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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
What I Learned About Climbing from a Puzzle
This week I spent four days guiding a backcountry hut trip outside Aspen, and while there, I started a 500 piece puzzle that was among the collection of games visitors have donated over the years. The picture was a beautiful shot of Mt Everest, and it seemed like a good way to pass the downtime […]
Winter Outdoor Retailer 2010 – The Coolest Stuff
The 2010 Winter Outdoor Retailer show has come and gone. We saw a lot of good friends, and got to check out many of the new products that are in store for the coming year. It can be a little overwhelming in there, with all the fluorescent lighting and shiny toys and all. We’ll share […]
Testing, Testing 1,2,3
Over the next couple of days you might see the site template shift back and forth. We’re working on launching a complete redesign, including the other half of the site which currently isn’t run on WordPress. Bear with us, and please feel free to leave comments here with any feedback. Thanks for your patience!
The End of Outdoor Climbing?
Sunday afternoon in Boulder. We could have gone to Eldo, and climbed a couple of cold, chossy pitches, but it was much easier instead to head over to the new Movement Climbing + Fitness gym. My third day in a row there, I couldn’t help but wonder if this ultra-modern facility signals the end of […]
Fun in the (Winter) Sun
This past weekend I had an experience, one of those eye opening ones, that has changed my perspective permanently. On Saturday, several of us decided to head out to try to climb some rock, despite a forecast that called for a high of 25 in Carbondale. We had heard of a local spot that bakes […]
Ice Climber Falls 100 Feet When Fang Collapses
While there were certainly much bigger things in the news yesterday, of note to the ice climbing community is a man who took a 100 foot fall while attempting to lead the Fang, likely for the first ascent of the season, when the whole formation collapsed on him. Below are before and after pictures, and […]
Announcing the Copp-Dash Inspire Award
Just got this info from the American Alpine Club, looks like a great new grant: The deaths of alpinists Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, along with young filmmaker Wade Johnson, last spring in Sichuan, China, left a huge void in American climbing. But it’s not just their climbs we miss—it’s also their unique and fresh […]
Redstone Ice Conditions 1.10.09
For Redstone to have a banner ice year, we need the perfect mix of snow and sunny days that are warm enough to get some water moving but not so hot everything falls down. This year it’s been sunny, but way too cold for much ice to come in other than the usual routes. Here’s […]
The North Face (of The Eiger) Movie
We recently were sent the trailer for a new climbing film coming out soon called the North Face, which tells the story of Tony Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser’s dramatic attempt to scale the Eiger north face in 1936. From the website: “Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to […]
Happy New Year!
Hope everyone had a great New Year! We spent the last day of 2009 driving (which seemed fitting in a year that was defined by travel for us) and the first day of 2010 we climbed on the brilliant red stone of Red Rocks. Here’s to a healthy and fun 2010!
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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