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What's your favorite chalk and why?

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R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

What is your favorite chalk? Why?

Jason Todd · · Cody, WY · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 1,114

The chalk I steal out of my partner's stash.

Because it's free.

Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245

magnesium carbonate / block chalk -- because it's simple, cheap, and effective.

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

Nice, does he use blocks or loose?

Ryan Nevius · · Perchtoldsdorf, AT · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 1,837

BD White Gold...miles better than anything else I've used. I like the texture, and it seems to last longer than other "gym chalks" on actual rock. But I won't say I can climb any harder because of chalk type.

Cor · · Sandbagging since 1989 · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 1,445

Any chalk that is in my bag… Because it's better then none!
(I admit it, I am a East Coast Chalker!)

Ask George Lowe what his favorite chalk is. (I give you a hint, he doesn't sweat it.)

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

I'm an addict myself. Can't get enough of it. Just wondering what people think. I used to love super chalk but I swear they changed the recipe or something.

Sherpthederp · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 40

$1 blocks of Frank Endo gym chalk! it's awesome until big gymnastics competitions happen and you cant find it anywhere.

H.. · · Washingtonville NY · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 45

No chalk. Maybe I dont climb hard enough.

Paul Wilhelmsen · · sandy, ut · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 231

I don't know about a favorite, but I really despise the scented stuff. Holy $h!t who thought making chalk that smells exactly like a bathroom de-odorizer was a good idea!

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

Never seen scented. What scents does it come in Pine ? Vanilla? New car?

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140
H.. wrote:No chalk. Maybe I dont climb hard enough.
I think you got it backwards. I don't climb hard enough not to use it. I know BITD it was considered cheating. Hell maybe it still is?
Ryan Nevius · · Perchtoldsdorf, AT · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 1,837
R. Moran wrote:Never seen scented. What scents does it come in Pine ? Vanilla? New car?
Peppermint...it's awful
rocknice2 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 3,847

Really it depend on the type of rock I'm climbing as well as the humidity level. Different for cracks and pockets as opposed to crimps and slab friction.

It depends on the situation.

Jesse Newton · · catskills · Joined Dec 2011 · Points: 145

def depends on situation. but that just means to use or not too, i dont care what kind... who has the money to buy "premium " chalk lol

Nick Grant · · Tamworth, NH · Joined Oct 2012 · Points: 424
Ryan Nevius wrote:BD White Gold...miles better than anything else I've used. I like the texture, and it seems to last longer than other "gym chalks" on actual rock. But I won't say I can climb any harder because of chalk type.
+1 to Black Diamond's White Gold and all of Ryan's comments about it.
GhaMby Eagan · · Heaven · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 385

Trango Gunpowder.

Bryan Ferguson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 635

Frank Endo.

R. Moran · · Moab , UT · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 140

No Super Chalk ? That's interesting.

Tom Lausch · · Madison WI · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 170

Super chalk. But I bought a ton of the So Ill Holds stuff because it was on sale.ill say its average. Does the trick but wears faster than the superchalk.

Finn The Human · · The Land of Ooo · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 106

Endo all the way. BD White Gold dries my hands out a ton. Not sure what that's about. Superchalk is meh. Bison is too finely ground, feels like chalking up with powdered sugar.

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