Wandering the Web
As I’ve mentioned already, backcountry skiing is the choice activity this month, but our training program is in full swing. We’ve taken a sample program out of the book Training for Climbing
First up, the Trango 2009 Homemade Cam World Cup over at rockclimbing.com. The gist of the contest is that you build a camming device and submit it for review in a variety of categories, from strength to looks. Pretty cool concept, it’ll be interesting to see how many people actual enter a contest that is somewhat complicated.
Another cool site I found the other day is gearsamples.com. What they do is sell off old sample sizes of Arc’teryx, Icebreaker, Patagonia, Chaco, prAna and Timbuk2 at prices that are comprable to prodeal. The only catch is most sample sizes are medium, so if you are a bigger or smaller person, you may be out of luck, but at those prices it’s worth a look. Enjoy.
In my mind it depends largely on the nature of the route as far as whether or not I'd be ...
I like the food recommendations!
When it's warmer, a float down the Colorado is always fun. The benign sections can be ...
Number 5 is hilarious. I very much approve. 
Of course, the Love Muffin! I don't know about Slickrock though, that could also be a trip ending rest day ...
Someone should sanction the Eiger Sanction trailer. Egads, that's some bad editing, filmmaking, acting, ...just bad 
Don't forget the Love Muffin Cafe! Renting a Mountain bike can also be fun. The slickrock is pretty wild. 
Sweet & hilarious, we love to climb because...we just do 
Slabs not fun or cool? Since when?