Slopers are rounded climbing holds, usually big and blobby. Many beginner climbers will not know how to climb slopers or even what they are--and once they learn, they might avoid them, but slopers ...

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 ...