Loved. Hated. Feared. Revered. No other type of hold evokes such a wide array of emotional responses as the sloper. While these rounded and relatively featureless holds (usually devoid of any real ...

I confess: I used to resent slopers. Perfect circles, rounded aretes, open-handed jugs, the topouts of boulders—you name it. Every few times that I slapped, grabbed, or hung on for dear life from ...

Rock climbers have traditionally been faced with the cumbersome task of hauling thick guidebooks to the crag, shoved between a full rack of draws and bulky climbing rope. However, the Sloper Climbing ...