Alright folks, the 10 hour detour is probably a lot of fun, and I’m sure the Steamboat businesses are psyched about this stimulus package, but it’s evident you need to bring in some experts to finish the job. Now, I know some fellas that are real handy with a prybar and a wall hammer, and I bet we’d do ok with some explosives as well.
March 11th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | ContinuedNews
Redstone Ice Climbing Conditions
Well, it’s hard to believe it’s come and gone, but this will probably be the last ice conditions update for the season. Warmer weather is predicted for this week, and things could start falling down soon. That being said, it can be a nice time to get out, as the ice is plastic and you [...]
March 1st, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
Winterfest Fun in Redstone
This past weekend marked the first Redstone Winterfest, a celebration of winter that included ice climbing demos and clinics. My friend Ya and I decided to check it out, and we met up Saturday morning at a casual 10:30am, thanks in no small part to the groovy disco beats of Sparkle Motion in Carbondale the [...]
February 8th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
Outdoor Retailer Winter 2010 – Other Fun Stuff
Aside from the really cool things we saw, there were other new and noteworthy items we got to check out from a variety of companies.
Petzl
The Ange is a new, lightweight carabiner with a very unique gate. Instead the standard wire, it’s more of a single bar with a keylock head, and the spring is in [...]
The New and Improved SplitterChoss.com
Well, it took some blood, sweat and tears, but it’s finally here! The new and improved SplitterChoss.com. Aside from a new look, there’s several cool features with this update.
The biggest improvement is that we have merged the two separate sections of the site into one. Now the beta pages are on the same software as [...]
Redstone Winterfest – The Local’s Lowdown
Your picks are sharp, your bags are packed, and you’re ready to come check out the newest ice climbing festival in Colorado, the Redstone Winterfest. But hold on there stranger, it’s a littler more wild out here than say, Vail, and there’s a few things you should probably know before venturing to Redstone this coming [...]
February 3rd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 1 comment | Continued
American Alpine Club Promo
We’re still plugging away at the site redesign, which we hope to have live this week, so things on the content front have been a little neglected. Thankfully my friend Dana at the American Alpine Club sent me their new video promoting the AAC and the benefits of membership. For a long time I remember [...]
February 2nd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 1 comment | Continued
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 [...]
January 13th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 1 comment | Continued
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 perspectives [...]
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 climb [...]
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?