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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
What Your Training Program Says About You
There are a number of excellent books on the topic of how to get better at climbing, and each tackles the subject in a unique way. Here’s our distilled version of the popular training programs out there, and what you can expect from each.
New Gear Highlights From Winter Outdoor Retailer 2011
Outdoor Retailer, that magical time of year when a man’s fancy turns to…gear?
Avocado Gully Speed Record
Think you are fast at climbing ice?
We’re Off to See the Wizard
Tomorrow is the start of the Outdoor Retailer Winter trade show, and as usual we’re heading out to bring you all the latest and greatest from companies like Five Ten, Black Diamond, Petzl and more. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for live updates from the show, and we’ll be posting in […]
Metolius Safe Tech Women’s Deluxe Harness Review
By Tracy Wilson For the last four years, I’ve lived a mere hour away from some of the best limestone sport climbing in the US, but it wasn’t until this fall that I finally embraced the climbing at Rifle Mountain Park. Almost immediately, I was blown away by how hard the climbers around me were […]
Injury Advice: Dealing With “Tweaks”
Let’s face it, climbing is hard on the body. In fact, it’s on a long list of things that the human body was never intended for: jumping off buildings with parachutes on, hucking 30 foot cliffs on skis, lifting massive amounts of weight, dangling from our finger tips, etc. Even so, it still comes as […]
The Only Rule: Don’t Be An @$$hole
When it comes to climbing ethics, there’s really only one rule: don’t be an @$$hole!
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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