The Friday Five is a new feature here on Splitter Choss, where we’ll pick the 5 best whatever that we’ve seen online this week and post it all here for your enjoyment! It seemed like there was no end to the inspirational videos this week, here’s our pick of the best.

We’re taking some time off to enjoy the best granite Idaho has to offer, see you all in a week!

I had good intentions. All of my appointments would be in the morning and early afternoon, leaving the evenings free for some climbing. Somehow the OR Show just has a way o f taking over, however, and climbing didn’t happen. We did get to check out a lot of the latest and greatest coming out [...]

There’s something about the hit or miss nature of ice climbing that makes it appealing. In rock climbing, you never show up to the cliff hoping the route is still “in.” (Could you imagine hiking up to a tower, “Oh man, the splitter isn’t there today, we’re hosed!”) With ice, conditions are everything. Is it [...]

Only one week left to submit your photos and win a Gri Gri and/or Reverso 3. In typical lazy-climber-wait-til-the-last minute-fashion, we’ve only had one entry so far, so it looks like your chances of winning are pretty good. Once again, all you have to do is send us some photos of your beat up old [...]

Took a drive up the Crystal Valley on Monday. Not much happening yet, but all the ingredients are there. We have had snow, sunny days and cold nights, which usually equals ice in Redstone. I’m betting there will be some ice to climb by the weekend, look in the usual shady spots that come in [...]

How worn is your Gri Gri? Many of us keep using our Gri Gri’s even though they begin to show major wear and tear. The most common signs are a big rope groove, and wearing of the cam. So we’ve partnered with Petzl to help promote safety and get those old Gri Gri’s off the [...]