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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics adds Men’s and Women’s Sport Climbing in a combined event comprised of three disciplines: lead, bouldering, and speed climbing, the 100-meter dash of the climbing world. Learn how speed climbing fits into the Olympics, and what this means for the future of climbing.

Campus rec centers and their student members have the ability to get more out of their climbing wall with auto belays. Auto belays are a proactive climbing tool that grants beginners the opportunity to get on the wall without prior knowledge safely.

Campus rec centers across the nation are benefitting from the addition of auto belays by TRUBLUE. Auto belays enhance the offerings at climbing walls for athletes of all ages. For campus rec centers looking to improve their climbing experience, community and revenue, consider these six reasons why  TRUBLUE Auto Belays could be the next best investment for your climbing wall.

Don’t miss the excitement around this year’s USA Climbing Paraclimbing National Championships, hosted by Momentum Millcreek in Salt Lake City, June 19-20. This championship will determine which athletes represent the US at international events sanctioned by the IFSC.

As climbing becomes an increasingly popular workout of choice, campus rec centers have the chance to elevate the sport and promote development through educational tools like auto belays.

Are you still using friction-based auto belays in your gym? Then here are some thoughts that might keep you up at night: thermal deterioration, foreign substances like water and dust, slack falls and dynos, and brake fade. Magnetic brakes solve these issues and more. Here are seven ways magnetic braking is superior to friction braking in auto belays.

From minimizing risk to maximizing performance, learn how you can get the most out of your Head Rush devices by servicing them on an annual basis.

Enhanced usability and safety features make the TRU-Lock carabiner the most advanced Auto Belay carabiner in the world. Get all the details inside.

Kai Lightner’s Climbing for Change partners with Atlanta-area climbing gym Stone Summit and Kevin Jorgeson’s 1Climb to bring not just a new climbing wall to College Park, but ongoing climbing programs to further connect new climbers to the climbing community. Learn more about this incredible team up and heartwarming story inside the blog.

In this video Chris Sharma explains how he uses TRUBLUE Auto Belays to train at his newly opened state of the art climbing gym, Sharma Climbing Madrid, including these three main tips: mileage, campusing and just climb!