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The Power Company Climbing Podcast

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How to Reduce Friction on Hangboards

Gymnastic chalk does indeed reduce friction. But it reduces the moisture on your hands, which thereby increases friction. Climbing is actually just a battle with gravity and moisture. One of them usually wins against you. If you want to hear more about chalk, the coefficient of friction and the research done on climbing holds, Paul Coursaro and I covered this subject on breaking beta in season two.

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