We’ve spent much of the summer in town this year, enjoying several of the good local sport crags. As such, I’ve gotten my sport climbing systems fully dialed, and present to you my Sport Climbing Toolkit.
September 3rd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 2 comments | ContinuedTips & Tricks
Failure = Learning
There was no sugar coating it, I was getting a beat down. This normally wouldn’t surprise me, but it was on grades that I can comfortably climb at our home crags, so I was feeling a little frustrated.
September 2nd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 3 comments | Continued
Washing A Climbing Rope
It was a beautiful new rope. 9.8mm, 70 meters long, and day glow yellow. It had been made only the week before, and we were now the proud owners. We knew the color would pick up dirt quickly, but we never could have guessed that our beacon of light would fade so quickly. Our last [...]
August 17th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 3 comments | Continued
Guidebook Maintenance, Part 1
While many areas have seen updated versions, there are likely still some older books in your collection that may not be holding up so well. A common problem is that pages start falling out, which is usually the beginning of the end for a guidebook. However, there is a simple fix to remedy this problem and get many more years of use out of that trusty guide (or at least until the fancy new color version that costs $40 comes out.)
June 7th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 3 comments | Continued
9 Tips For Climbing & Camping With a Kid
Your wife just announced she is pregnant and your family is about to grow by plus one, but all you can think about is what happened to our summer of climbing, camping, and road trips? Yes, your life is about to change, but getting out and pulling down doesn’t have to grind to a halt.
April 9th, 2010 | Cooper Best | 5 comments | Continued
Will Gadd’s Ice Tips
Will Gadd is in the middle of one of his biggest season’s of pure ice ever, and as such, has offered up some handy tips over on his blog. Here’s a couple that really stood out with my thoughts on each.
“If you get a stuck tool regularly you’re likely placing them both at the same [...]
Winter Rock Climbing in Western Colorado
Every year the sun gets lower in the sky, the temps drop and most folks in the valley switch over to winter sports. Skiing, snowboarding, and for the demented few, ice climbing, replace our rock climbing ambitions until the warmer days of spring find us back out at the crags. But not everyone embraces these [...]
February 12th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 5 comments | Continued
Speed Climbing Tips – Belay Exchanges
by Mike Schneiter
Steve and I had set out that morning on what seemed like an audacious mission for two everyday climbers: 31 pitches of climbing with a few thousand feet of vertical gain, a 5 mile hike and a hitch-hiking return to Yosemite Valley. Our objective of climbing the classic Crest Jewel Direct on top [...]
Backup That Rappel or Else!
Picture this: It’s the end of a long day of cragging. You’ve been pushing it hard all day, and with the light fading you’re anxious to get back to the car and some ice cold PBR’s. You rig the last rappel, a full 30m off the ground, and cast off. Soon after leaving the anchor [...]
February 25th, 2009 | BJ Sbarra | 13 comments | Continued
Yeah, but you'd need a 30' or 40' stick at the City! 
ha, coming off a 2 week climbing trip, climbing only the t-radest lines, i took a break from nuts and ...
Someone buy Sam a cordless grinder. Sheesh dude, retire the boltcutters! 
We took a couple photos of you guys on shan's phone, I will try to post them on facebook today, ...
Sounds like a post I wrote the last time I visited smith rock. That place can be pretty humbling. You ...
Great review Tracy! 
FYI, the Hadley Gulch Trail is open as of the beginning of August 
Dude. These things look freaking awesome. I want a pair. 
Washing the rope will remove, or mostly remove, whatever dry treatment was left on the rope. I thought someone sells, ...