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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
The Choss Files #2 – Arrowrock Reservoir
Welcome to the newest section of SplitterChoss.com, the Choss Files. This will be a section that details the search for new cliffs and the results of those explorations. I guess the first installment was technically my jaunt into Rocky Canyon outside of Boise, so we’ll call that Issue #0, and it’ll probably become a collector’s […]
New Routes in Rifle
On one of my first trips to Rifle, I remember looking around the canyon thinking that there could be a lot more routes there. I was told there was a bolting ban instituted by the City, and no new routes were allowed, period. Some were snuck in under the radar, but for the most part […]
Fixe Triplex Bolts
Fixe USA is a branch of their parent company in Spain that makes bolts specifically for climbing. They are one of the few companies that do so, and they offer a high quality product. Many people just buy whatever crap bolts they can find at the local hardware store, but if you are taking the […]
Finger Blow Out
For some reason my fingers have never been kind to me and my climbing ambitions. The last three years I’ve tweaked tendons in June, which is definitely a bummer as I am just starting to hit my stride about this time, and then have to take a month or two off and then be cautious […]
Scary Fun at City of Rocks
I have only been to City of Rocks once before, about a year and a half ago. I remember many of the climbs we did had great patina on the steep faces and then you always seemed to be finishing on an engaging slab with no holds. Apparently nothing has changed. We spent last weekend […]
Thompson Creek in the Aspen Daily News
There’s an article in today’s edition of the Aspen Daily News about Thompson Creek and the agreement made between the Roaring Fork Climber’s Coalition and the BLM. I think the article does a good job of explaining the situation and where all the involved parties are coming from. Kudos to David Frey for a job […]
Petzl RocTrip 2006 – Kalymnos
Petzl has another great video up, this one from the RocTrip to Kalymnos Greece from last year. Enjoy!
Choss Files #1 – Team Splitterchoss Makes it to Idaho
We made it to Boise, Idaho yesterday, where we will be for the next two months. The drive went quick and we got to climb at Dierke’s Lake, steep basalt sport climbing, along the way. I guess I’ve been spending too much time on the slabby stuff, I got pretty worked! Great fun and definitely […]
Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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