The Rock Climbing Journey
₱500
Each SKITBOOKS journal is printed and hand-bound when you order it — no warehouse copies, every book fresh off the press. Printing and binding takes 3–5 business days, then your order ships with tracking.
- Pages
- 100
- Size
- 6 × 7.8 in
- Paper
- 120 gsm bristol vellum
- Cover
- 260 gsm satin
- Binding
- Perfect bound
About this journal
You went bouldering once with friends. Now you have your own shoes, chalk on everything you own, and a problem at the gym you've fallen off eleven times. Your forearms are done after twenty minutes, and the person next to you, who looks half as strong, just floated up it.
That's climbing's little secret. It looks like an arm sport, but it's a footwork puzzle you solve with your whole body.
The Rock Climbing Journey is a climbing journal for learning that puzzle. It gives you somewhere to log each session, the attempts as well as the sends, what the wall taught you, and the beta a friend shouted from the mats. Over time you start to see why you're stuck: usually it's feet, hips, or rest, not strength.
It takes you from your first boulder to projecting at your limit, one level at a time. Early pages cover gym basics, falling safely, and quiet feet. Later ones get into hips, flags, route reading, and eventually projecting and a first look at lead. And it's honest about the part beginners skip: tendons adapt slower than muscles, so it keeps you off the finger-destroying stuff until you're ready.
What's inside
- 12 session logs — remember what you tried, what you sent, and what felt off
- 12 technique trackers — see whether drilled moves actually show up on the wall
- 6 project logs — keep every attempt and tweak on the climb you're working
- 6 coach & beta notes pages — for the advice you'd otherwise forget by the car
- 3 fingers & body logs — notice tweaks early, before they become months off
- 3 tick lists and 3 climber feedback pages — track sends and get outside eyes on your movement
- 15 skill focus pages across three levels, each with something specific to practice
- Golden rules for tendons and safety, a climbing glossary, goals, milestone checks, and 12 self-reflection pages
It's a good fit for new gym climbers, regulars stuck at the same grade, and anyone working toward belay certification or their first outdoor trip. It also makes a fun gift for the friend who now plans weekends around the climbing gym, or the officemate who keeps showing you videos of a V3.
Strength will come. Technique is what this helps you build.
