The Transient Power Of Travel
Justin Roth, writing on The Stone Mind after returning from the final leg of this year's Petzl Roc Trip: Often, the flashiness of the itinerant lifestyle is held up as the antidote...
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The Future Of Climbing
Climbing Business Journal reports from a recent meeting of "an informal group of leaders in the climbing industry" where issues like routesetter safety and poor behavior at outdoor...
The Answer Is Yes
Question posed to Climbing.com's "Answer Man": Clipping your toenails in the middle of the gym is totally disgusting—am I right? Answer from me: of course you are right. The fact t...
More Olympic Push
The push for climbing to be an Olympic sport continues : "I'm open to anything because I love our sport," Dornberger said. "I love tradition, but it's vital that we become an Olymp...
A Group Lifts Paraclimbers To Higher Goals
Nice piece in the New York Time the other week on The Adaptive Climbing Group, a group of paraclimbers in New York: The Adaptive Climbing Group is the brainchild of Kareemah Batts,...
The Time Value Of Climbing Ability
It's like the past 15 years of my climbing life are flashing before my eyes each time I re-read this post on the Rock Climber's Training Manual blog : For many climbers, the unrest...
What Girls Think (About Climbing With Dudes)
These are the true stories of female climbers--from five-year old girls who only climb the routes in the gym that have purple tape, to professional female climbers who have establi...
What I Know Now
Cool piece on The Stone Mind where a number of climbers share things they wish they had known when they started climbing. I think I most identified with what Fitz Cahall had to say...
Climbing Past My Pregnancy Stigma
Excellent first post in a series by Beth Rodden who is expecting her first child soon: When I first found out I was pregnant, I did a ton of research to see what other climbers exp...
Monte Carlo And The Quantification Of Effort
Interesting post by Jason Jordan about grades and how statistical modeling could be used to analyze something like the 8a.nu database to better understand how people quantify and p...
A Climbing Chat With The Ladies
Jen Vennon, writing for her sponsor Prana's blog : Over the years I’ve kept a mental list of advice or suggestions I’d give to a girl new to the climbing world. As someone who is n...
Why Are So Many Climbers Not Wearing Helmets?
Long piece from the August issue of Climbing about why so few climbers wear helmets: When it comes to helmets and climbers, inconsistency is everywhere. Most ice climbers and mount...
Lead Now Tour Promo
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Climbing Technique In 1993
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A Day In The Life Of The Castle Route Setters
A Day in the Life of The Castle Route Setters Watch on vimeo
2011 Khumbu Climbing Center
Nepal 2011, Namaste, Khumbu Climbing Center Watch on vimeo