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Revolution & Pusher Closing Up Shop In The U.S.
Unfortunate news from The Cordless Group, parent company of Revolution pads and Pusher holds: To keep this company going, I am facing a hard reality; make huge financial investment...
Outdoor Retailer Summer 2014 Climbing Report
Nice recap by Splitter Choss of the recently completed 2014 Outdoor Retailer Summer Trade Show. I was actually able to make a brief stop at the show in between Psicocomp duties, bu...
Waggoner Takes The Reins at USA Climbing
Climbing Business Journal : USA Climbing, the National Governing Body for Competition Climbing, is proud to announce that Kynan Waggoner has been named the Chief Executive Officer...
Mountain Project App Goes Free
Black Diamond PR on their new partnership with Mountain Project's mobile app: Black Diamond Equipment®, a global innovator in climbing, skiing, mountain sports equipment and appare...
Petzl RocTrip Photo Contest
Cool contest going on right now by Petzl to win a trip to the Antalya, Turkey portion of the upcoming 2014 Petzl RocTrip . Mrs. Narc and I went to Antalya at the end of 2012 , and...
Prana Living, Yoga Gear Maker, Is Sold to Columbia Sportswear
Interesting news today about one of my favorite companies: On Tuesday, Prana Living, a yoga gear maker, was sold to Columbia Sportswear for $190 million. Prana will join Columbia’s...
Adventure Rock Opening 2nd Location
There are a lot of new gyms opening around the country these days, but the announcement this week that my home gym, Adventure Rock, is opening a 2nd location later this year was re...
More Details On Death Of Mark Hesse
Longtime climber and conservationist Mark Hesse died while climbing at the Boulder Rock Club this past January, but until this week it was unclear what actually caused his death. W...
The Hidden Industry Of Hold Manufacturing
Interesting piece in Climbing Business Journal about the industry behind many of the holds we pull down on in gyms around the country: For some hold companies, there seems to be no...
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2014 Climbing Report
On a more serious Outdoor Retailer note, Splitter Choss has their usual lowdown on a few of the new items shown off during the recent Outdoor Retailer Winter Market including a new...
The Death Of Plaid?
Dark times: For the past three Outdoor Retailer shows, I’ve blogged about the longstanding prevalence of plaid shirts in the outdoor industry. This year, I was burned out; I didn’t...
The World's Worst Belayer
In climbing and mountaineering, proper use of belay devices is the cornerstone of the belay chain. The belayer holds the life of his partner in his hands. This task requires as muc...
Is Your Gym Guilty Of Music Piracy?
Interesting : At this very moment, climbing gyms across America are pumping pop, rock, reggae and other background music into their facilities to entertain customers while they cli...
Human Error Blamed For Grapevine Climbing Wall Death
Back in September a woman fell to her death while climbing at a gym in Texas, and as speculated at the time it was due to improper use of the gym's auto belay equipment: In the rep...
The Professionals
Justin Roth, writing on The Stone Mind : From what I’ve seen, however, the professional climber’s life is less glamorous than many imagine and more like the jobs that most of us wo...
Wild Country Recall
Heads up if you own any Wild Country Rocks or Classic Rocks: For the safety of all of our customers we are issuing an immediate recall of certain batches of Wild Country Classic Ro...
Climb For a Lifetime, ClimbSmart!®
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Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013 Climbing Report
Nice recap over at Splitter Choss of the latest and greatest in climbing gear that was unveiled at last week's Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. The Millet Opposite rope looks interesti...
Sender One: Chris Sharma Climbing Gym
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10th New River Rendezvous
Nice report over at DPM from the 10th New River Rendezvous : What once started as a grassroots gathering of core climbers has grown over the past decade into one of the most well-e...
Adidas Group To Buy Five Ten For $25 Million
The adidas Group is set to buy up shoe maker Five Ten for $25 million in cash
ARI Equipper Of The Year
Anchor Replacement Initiative: ARI Equipper of the Year Watch on vimeo
AAC Launches New Guidebook Finder Tool
The American Alpine Club launches a new tool to help search their library of climbing guidebooks
News & Notes - 8/17/2011
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more...
PCI Pro Clinic Series
Earlier this year I announced a partnership with PCI that was met with decidedly mixed reviews. While that partnership is still developing (perhaps a bit slower than expected), PC...
News & Notes - 8/3/2011
A few lingering pieces of News & Notes left over from my recent vacation...
Access Fund, Jeep Team Up For National Conservation Team & New Access Fund Smartphone App
News from the Access Fund including how they are teaming up with Jeep to employ two people in a national trail building campaign and a new Access Fund smartphone app for both iOS a...
CCH Alien Cams Are Coming Back
After a year and a half of negotiating with CCH Alien creator David Wagoneer's widow, Fixe-Faders will bring Aliens back to market later this year
Tim Kemple Explores When Being "Inspired" Goes Too Far
Tim Kemple explores when being "inspired" goes too far : We’ve all heard the saying that ‘imitation is the sincerest sign of flattery’. But a question that keeps coming more freque...
Well-Known Youth Climbing Coach Mike Lyons Arrested On Sexual Assault Charges
A well-known coach in the youth climbing community is arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a member of his team
Behind The Scenes With Organic Bouldering
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Petzl GriGri 2 Recall
Potential problems with the break lever lead to a recall of the Petzl GriGri 2
American Alpine Club Making Changes, Launching New $25k Conservation Grant Program
The American Alpine Club launches their Five Year Plan as well as the Cornerstone Conservation Grant program
News & Notes - 6/1/2011
News & Notes from Ethan Pringle, Nina Caprez, Carlo Traversi, Jimmy Webb, potential problems with the GriGri 2 and much more...
Strong First Quarter For Black Diamond, Inc.
Black Diamond, Inc., the parent company of both Black Diamond and Gregory Packs , reported first quarter results for 2011 on Monday, announcing an increase in sales of 18% to $39.1...
How To Make A Climbing Harness
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News & Notes - 3/22/2011
News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Daniel Woods and much more...
How To Identify Petzl Counterfeits
To followup on last month's warning about counterfeit Petzl products , Petzl has produced this handy chart to help you decide if your Petzl gear is genuine or not.
WeClimb Promo
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News & Notes - 2/23/2011
A smorgasbord of News & Notes to get you through your Wednesday
DMM Size 4 & 5 Cam Recall
DMM has issued a recall for size 4 & 5 Dragon cams. Read more about what products are affected on their website .
World's Tallest Climbing Wall Coming To Reno?
If all goes to plan Reno, NV will be home to the world's tallest climbing wall by this summer
Warning About Chinese Counterfeits Of Petzl Products
Petzl has a warning on their website about counterfeit versions of some of their popular gear like the Attache carabiner and the Ascension jumar. Not surprisingly these rip-offs do...
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2010
DPM has a nice write-up about the recent Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show put together by John Wilder (aka vegastradguy ). Check it out for a good summary of the latest of...
2011 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market
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NE2C, USA Climbing Joining Forces
Last week NE2C Productions, the group behind the Unified Bouldering Championships, and USA Climbing, the National Governing Body of Competition Climbing in the U.S. announced they...
News & Notes - 08/16/2010
Youth seems to be the theme of this edition of News & Notes...
News & Notes – 08/03/2010
News & Notes from Dave Graham, Alex Honnold, the Pou brothers, another new 5.14 in Utah, more World Cups coming to North America and more...
New Belay Devices In The Offing
An updated GriGri from Petzl is among the notable new belay devices coming in 2011
Things That Happened While I Was Away
A few stories from the past few weeks that caught my eye including World Cup Bouldering, climbing on El Cap and more...
More On Black Diamond/Gregory Merger
A brief followup on the recent reverse merger of Black Diamond and Gregory into 1 publicly traded company
Climbing Magazine & Urban Climber Magazine Sold
On the heels of an already active first half of the year, more changes are in the works at the magazines Climbing and Urban Climber
Black Diamond Equipment & Gregory Mountain Products Acquired By Clarus Corp.
Prominent companies in the climbing world Black Diamond Equipment and Gregory Mountain Products have been acquired for a combined $135 million. UPDATED with statements from Black...
Full Version Of Red River Gorge iPhone App Now Available
A final version of the Red River Gorge guidebook iPhone app that I previewed last week is now available for download from the App Store for $29.99. I have my copy and it looks real...
Free Preview Of Red River Gorge iPhone App Now Available
A lite version of the upcoming Red River Gorge Guidebook for iPhone/iPod Touch is now available for free download
Movement Gym Draws Hannity's Ire
Boulder, Colorado's Movement Gym draws the ire of conservative commentator Sean Hannity...
Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson Sign With Nicros
Hold maker Nicros has signed Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson and Alex Johnson to their team to help shape holds and develop products for the 2011 Nicros line-up. Word on the street is...
Interesting Developments At Mad Rock
Check out this post at Deadpoint Magazine as they try to piece together the latest developments at climbing gear maker Mad Rock .
Actual 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Climbing Wrap Up
Rockclimbing.com has an excellent wrap up of what various climbing companies had to offer at the recent 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Trade Show.
News & Notes – 1/27/2010
News & Notes from the OR Winter Market, Chris Sharma, Iker Pou and more
Industry News: New Athletes Signed By Patagonia, Black Diamond
A couple of interesting new sponsorship signings for Patagonia and Black Diamond
Mad Rock Crash Pad Dominoes
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