As climbing becomes more popular, will old, dangerous routes be upgraded with modern hardware to provide more user friendly, safe climbing for the masses? Or will the old guard defend these testaments to climbing’s past to the death?

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, [...]

I’ve been having this conversation a lot recently, how climbing is so amazing, but at the same time how much it sucks because to do it well, you have to put so much into it. I was recently explaining to some new comers that you have to climb three to four days per week to [...]

As I was hiking up to a local crag last week, I noticed some new stone steps that had been installed on the steep trail. At first I didn’t think much of it, but as I continued up, it became clear that someone had put some serious effort into improving this slidey path. I figured [...]

If you’ve been a climber for any length of time, you’ve no doubt had some awkward conversations with the general public about it. When it comes to public awareness of our sport, at least in this country, the average citizen is woefully uneducated about climbing. Here’s a list of some of my favorite things I [...]

Choss Master – a person who enjoys climbing on choss…. Now just a second there, professor. I feel I need to take a moment this morning to clear up a misconception that is spreading in the climbing world. After bailing off a climb in Red Rocks recently, I later referred to it as “the chossiest [...]