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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
What’s in a (Route) Name?
Guest blog by Mike Schneiter. Ever wonder where the name for the routes you climb on came from? Mike Schneiter on the FA of Slice and Dice. Where’s the name come from? Read on. Originally, route names typically described features on the climb, such as the Northeast Ridge or The Nose. Or the name told [...]
Biggest Rock Climbing Falls Caught on Video
When you’re out there pushing your limit on routes that are difficult for you, falling becomes just a normal part of climbing. But every now and then, you might find yourself looking at a big one, with no way out. Here’s a collection of some of the biggest air caught on video. Sit back with [...]
Friday Ramblings
Birthday Presents Yesterday I celebrated my 29th birthday climbing at a great cliff in the warm sun on a perfect fall day. I knew good things were in store when my partners showed up at the lot and gave me this as a present: The bolt found a home a couple hours later, part of [...]
Monday Morning Movie – Climbing in the Bridger Jacks
After a snowy Sunday, everybody is probably sitting at their desk looking for things to do other than work. Here’s a video of some guys climbing a couple of the routes in the Bridger Jacks in Indian Creek. Enjoy. PS Anybody ever notice how many climbing videos on YouTube have bluegrass songs for the background [...]
Guidebook Teaser #2
Another great crag that will be in the new guidebook is up the Frying Pan valley. Many folks already know about it, and can attest to how good and unique the climbing is. Here’s a shot from an FA that was done yesterday. In the morning we were climbing without shirts on, today its snowing [...]
The Aid Climbing Rant
Ok, I’ve been wanting to put this up for awhile, but finally just got around to getting it on YouTube. It originally came from Matt Lloyd’s site, relentlessclimbing.com, but the video was slow to load. So I took it and modified it, and now the whole world can enjoy this priceless tidbit of wisdom. Chris [...]
Alpine Ice on Pyramid & Capitol Peak
In the spirit of the fall season, I’ve added some info to the Beta section of the site about alpine ice lines on Pyramid and Capitol. The info I have was taken from old Climbing magazines and second hand reports, so drop me a line if you have anything you’d like to add. Looks like [...]
Alpine Ice Season is Here
On our way to the East Coast on Monday, we flew right over the top of Longs Peak, and from the plane it appeared that the Smear of Fear was in shape. Hard to tell exactly how much was there, but it was very obvious. I’ve always thought it’s cool that when you fly from [...]
Challenge Aspen | Climbing with the Vets
Recently Tracy and I had a chance to help out with the Challenge Aspen program that takes disabled vets climbing on Independence Pass. Most of these guys were fresh from Afghanistan and Iraq, and the trip was a welcome respite from their daily routine of hospitals and doctor visits. Several of the vets were missing [...]
Dead Horse Canyon
One of the cool things about the upcoming 2nd edition of the Western Sloper guidebook is all the previously unpublished crags it will include. One of these is a small quartzite wall in Glenwood Canyon, just off the Dead Horse trail, near Hanging Lake. The wall sits in plain view of the most popular trail [...]
2007 Rifle Mountain Park Clean-Up
This Saturday is the 2007 Rifle Mountain Park Clean-Up, the annual get-together to help keep Rifle clean, and of course drink free beer afterwards. Activities on the agenda this year include rebuilding some of the bridges, cleaning up trash in the canyon, and replacing some of the bolts that are getting sketchy. The after party [...]
Vail & Redstone Ice Featured in North Face Athlete Videos
It’s mid winter, might as well keep the ice climbing stoke going! The North Face just released two new videos profiling their athletes Emily Harrington and Sam Elias, with some sweet footage shot at Vail and Redstone. It’s also cool to get some insight into how each of them approaches the sport, as they are [...]
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