Babagah

We grind our own magnesium carbonate in a garage. We suspend it in a high-purity isopropanol. We bottle it by hand.

Apply a dime to each palm. Rub until the isopropanol leaves. What remains is a dry, even film that outlasts most pitches. No cloud in the air, no chalk ghost on the holds.

how to use it

01

a dime per palm

Shake once. Pour a small circle into the heel of your hand.

02

rub in slowly

Both palms, back of the hand, between the fingers. Let the isopropanol leave.

03

wait a breath

Five seconds. What remains is a dry, even film.

04

climb

One application is most pitches. Re-chalk only when the palm starts to ask.

Baba-gah began as a question: what does the boulder remember of us?

We grind our own chalk in a garage in southern, ontario. The niagara escarpment above us was once the shore of a tropical sea. We think about this a lot.

We believe chalk is a conversation between the climber and the stone. We try to speak plainly. So we make one thing, well.

𒌷𒅾 · 𒅗𒊒 𒀀𒄠𒈾 𒁇𒊒 · 𒌦𒀀𒄠 𒉡𒌦

1. the hand is a slow animal
2. the rock is an older animal
3. dust is the language between them
4. we are not a brand, we are a small ritual
5. this will all be sediment again

𒀀 𒁕 𒂗 · 𒂗 𒊒 𒅗 · 𒅗 𒅾 𒀀 dust to palm, palm to stone, stone to dust

one thing, made well

$12CAD

100ml · in stock · ships from toronto

liquid chalk.

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