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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
The Return of Pimpin & Crimpin
After a too long hiatus, the geniuses at Pimpin and Crimpin are back, and they’ve been putting out the kind of high quality entertainment we’ve come to expect from these dirtbag bloggers. Some of their most recent offerings: How to Tell if You Will Get Laid at a Climbing Festival – Are you a girl? […]
How Long Can It Last?
I spent several days last week working/climbing along Potash Road outside Moab, UT. For those who haven’t been, it’s Navajo sandstone, which is softer than Wingate, the stuff at Indian Creek. It’s a popular crag, however, being right off the road and offering many bolted pitches, which is somewhat rare in the Utah desert. Anyhow, […]
La Sportiva TC Pro Review – First Look
I’ve been climbing in the TC Pros for a solid month now, and while it’s a bit soon for an in depth review, I wanted share a few initial thoughts for those who may be considering getting a pair. First off, I have never had a shoe that stretches so much. When I first got […]
Castle Valley at Sunset
You’ve been working all day, but the few hours of daylight left are all you need. Driving out in the afternoon light you scan the walls above for unclimbed lines as the miles pass. The hike goes quick and only one other party is descending, the route is all yours. Before long you’re monkeying up […]
MountainProject Brings Us the Classics
It looks like the folks at Mountain Project.com are unveiling a few upgrades here and there. The most noticeable is the new featured photo, which is now a slideshow, but the one I really like is a list of the “classics” for a given area and/or cliff. So let’s say you are heading to Joshua […]
Early Season Avalanche Awareness
It’s been snowing in Colorado… a lot. I can’t remember the last time there was this much snow up high this time of year, though my friends tell me two years ago they were getting faceshots. Maybe on tele skis, while dodging between weeds. Or maybe they smoked too much weed. Either way, there is […]
Rab Microlight Jacket Review
Seems like everybody has gotten into the down sweater game these days. Patagonia, Cloudveil, Rab…the list goes on, and for good reason. It’s an excellent compromise between weight and warmth. We’ve been testing the Rab Microlight Jacket in a variety of conditions over the last couple of months, and it has performed flawlessly. What We […]
Rock Shoe Rant
I’m feeling like ranting today, but instead of going off on this video I just saw about how if we all rode bikes then global warming would go away (a huge crock of sh%t), I’ll focus on something a little more relevant: trying on rock climbing shoes. A common problem I’ve run into whenever I […]
Radioactive Cragging in Southwest Colorado
Last week I got to volunteer on a CRMS fall climbing trip to the Paradox Valley in southwestern Colorado. I’d heard good things about the area, but never had a chance to check it out aside from driving through once on a back road trip to the Creek. What we found was fun climbing and […]
Interview with Andrew Bisharat
Aside from his full time job as senior editor at Rock & Ice, Andrew Bisharat just authored a new book about sport climbing. He’s also a very talented climber, though he’d never admit it. So I recently took the time to found out more about the book, and what else makes Andrew tick. Grab a […]
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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