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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
Penitente Canyon
For the long weekend, we packed the Subie and headed south for some warm sun in Penitente Canyon. I’d never been to the San Luis Valley, and it was nice to fill in one of the last blank spots on my map of Colorado. We drove down through Buena Vista as a beautiful evening unfolded […]
Wait! Do You Really NEED New Gear?
My friend Mike has a good post over at ChossMonkey.com today. He’s launching a new column about how to get the most out of the gear you already have, versus just buying the newest gadgets and gizmo’s because they are 3.5 oz lighter with recycled vegan parts that will bring about world peace if we […]
Black Diamond Icon Headlamp Review
Buy the Black Diamond Icon Headlamp from Backcountry.com The Icon from Black Diamond is unique among the headlamps of the world: it offers a rechargeable battery. As someone who tries to live in a sustainable matter, it bothers me that things like headlamps, cameras and beacons often burn through many batteries over the course of […]
Barefoot in Bohemia
I came across these cool videos that Renan Ozturk put together about a trip they are doing with Sender Films in Europe right now. Looks wild, climbing without shoes or chalk. Yikes! I’m sure the footage that gets released in Peter Mortimer’s next film will be intense! Part 1 Part 2
Quandary Peak 14er Ski Descent
For ease of access to a fourteen thousand foot peak, Quandary is tough to beat. You park at 10,900′ and the summit is only 3300′ and 3 miles above you. Our objective was to climb the east ridge, a mellow tour to the top, and then ski the Cristo Couloir which drops off the summit. […]
Top 5 Climbing Movies of All Time
It seems that every couple of years, Hollywood gets the idea to make a movie with climbing as the main theme. For real climbers, these are usually amusing affairs with all kinds of technical blunders, improper use of gear and lingo, and general mayhem. God only knows what kind of impression it gives the general […]
5 Point Final Thoughts
Wow what a weekend! Hope everyone could get out and enjoy at least one night of films. I was fortunate to catch every showing, and I was truly impressed. Julie Kennedy and crew put together one heck of a line up, especially for the first year. I thought as a whole the films were very […]
5Point Film Fest – Night 1
When I sat down in the theater last night and looked around, I was impressed. This was a legit event, with a very polished feel. Not bad for the first one ever! The festivities kicked off with burritos and beers, and everyone was in a lively mood. Old friends caught up on their lives, while […]
5Point Film Festival – On Like Donkey Kong
Get ready for a weekend of good films and good times. The first annual 5Point Film Festival starts tonight with a kick off party at Dos Gringos at 5pm. Stop by for a burrito, beers and some hang time. The films start at 7:00 pm, and include, among others, the excellent King Lines, along with […]
5 Point Film Festival – Volunteers Needed!
The 5Point Film Festival is looking for volunteers! They could still use about 20 more people to help out with everything from “security” (that’s what I’m working, so you best watch yourself or I’ll boot your ass.) to pouring beers. If you volunteer one night, you get into another night’s film for free! This is […]
Don’t Call it a Comeback
What can I say, the skiing has been damn good recently. Unfortunately, I took a high speed fall about a week and half ago that tweaked my knee/lower leg pretty good. I’ve skied on it twice since then, but decided I should just rest it and not do anything stupid. Rock climbing seems to fall […]
Quick Hits Around the Web
Took the morning to ski some fresh powder in Marble, incredible to have over a foot of new snow on May 2nd! Anyways, here’s some fun stuff around the web. Hoping to get out this weekend to put up some new routes, we’ll see what happens! Alpinist has a good article on new ice climbing […]
New GriGri Belay Technique
Here’s a good video from the folks over at Petzl which demonstrates two techniques for using a Gri Gri, one of which they are promoting as “New & Improved”. I haven’t tried it yet, but looks interesting. I love GriGri’s, esp for all the developing we do. I also like knowing that if I pull […]
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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