Here’s a rundown of a few tips and tricks for getting the most out of your next time climbing in Indian Creek.
October 12th, 2011 | BJ Sbarra | 3 comments | ContinuedTips & Tricks
Giving Back to Climbing
Climbing can be a pretty selfish activity, but there a number of ways to give back to the sport and community that you love.
June 22nd, 2011 | BJ Sbarra | 2 comments | Continued
Featured Road Trip: Las Vegas
Featured Road Trips is a new column intended to give detailed beta on the drives to popular climbing destinations outside Colorado. Knowing the best places to get gas, good food, camp, and climb along the way can make all the difference on a long drive. We hope others will add to this info and we can create a comprehensive community resource for all the road warriors out there.
December 28th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 4 comments | Continued
Winter Travel Tips for Climbers
For those who think the cold months are a great time to climb in the sun, here are some useful tips for dealing with winter driving conditions.
December 17th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 3 comments | Continued
Wintertime Means Gear Repair Time
If winter means less climbing for you, it’s a good opportunity to take the time to get your gear back into top form.
December 7th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
The Dangers of Daisy Chains
Black Diamond put out an excellent post yesterday regarding the dangers of using daisy chains for anything other than aid climbing. The author, BD’s quality control guru, stated how he constantly sees people using them for both cleaning anchors and anchoring in on multipitch routes, which are functions they are not designed for.
September 8th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 12 comments | Continued
The Sport Climbing Toolkit
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 | 3 comments | Continued
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 [...]
February 18th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
April 8th, 2009 | Mike Schneiter | 4 comments | Continued
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 | 15 comments | Continued
