The Van Life - Alex Honnold
Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a van? Where do you store things? How do you stay powered? What do you do when you need a bathroom? Professional rock climber Alex...
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Yosemite HD II
A 200+ mile backpacking experience through Yosemite National Park captured by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill. This project was filmed over the course of 10 months. We spent a co...
Video Friday - 1/24/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
First Light
Arc'teryx Equipment in partnership with "Duct Tape Then Beer" productions follow the climbing adventures of Arc'Athlete Jesse Huey as he and Hayden Kennedy embark on a mission that...
#honnolding
The trend that is sweeping the climbing world...
The Bourbon Family Tree
If it happens in Kentucky then it's climbing related, right? Right ?
Climbing Beyond Boehner's Reach
Freddie Wilkinson takes to the Op-Ed section of The New York Times to talk about how the government shutdown has affected the climbing scene in Yosemite: The most anticipated event...
Brian Arnold At The American Ninja Warrior 2013 National Finals Stage 3
Brian Arnold at the National Finals Stage 3 | American Ninja Warrior Watch on youtube
Jens Monitor
This pretty much made my week.
Boulder Flood
What else is there to say about the flooding that has taken place all along Colorado's Front Range the past few days that hasn't already been said?
Why Do Women Cry At The Crag?
Paige Claassen : Over the last few months, I’ve found myself sitting at the base of a project, crying, more and more often. Crying over a rock climb is the worst. The actual crying...
Man And Superman
Malcolm Gladwell, writing for The New Yorker : What we are watching when we watch élite sports, then, is a contest among wildly disparate groups of people, who approach the startin...
Isaac Caldiero at American Ninja Warrior 2013 Denver Finals
Isaac Caldiero at 2013 Denver Finals | American Ninja Warrior Watch on youtube
Video Friday - 7/26/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Summer Is A Finite Resource
Semi-rad, last week : Now is the time to bail out of work at 4 p.m., or 3 p.m., and head to your favorite crag, trail, or hill climb. Or get up at 5 a.m. and do something fun befor...
Lead Now Tour
Best of luck to Paige Claassen and Jon Glassberg as they get underway with their ambitious effort to raise $120,000 for charity as part of their 12 month tour around the world : Le...
Magic: The Climbing
Magic: The Climbing Watch on youtube
Popular Posts & Videos For April 2013
The most popular posts and videos for April 2013
I Did Not Know That. I Learned Something Today.
You learn something new every day...
Woods, Durif Win At 2013 SCS Nationals
Daniel Woods and Charlotte Durif win at 2013 SCS Nationals
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2013
The most popular posts and videos for March 2013
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2011
The most popular posts and the highest rated videos for November 2011
It Was An Honor Just To Be Nominated
Outside Online compiles their list of the top 10 climbing blog...
Popular Posts & Videos For October 2011
Was Alex Honnold on TV or something???
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2011
Popular posts and videos for September 2011
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2011
The most popular posts & videos from August 2011
Dean Potter On The Yosemite Falls Highline
Yosemite Falls High-Line Watch on vimeo
Popular Posts & Videos For July 2011
The most popular posts and videos for July 2011
Popular Posts & Videos For June 2011
Popular Posts & Videos for June 2011
Popular Posts & Videos For May 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in May of 2011
Dave Graham Back In The Blogging Mix
After a few year break Dave Graham is back to blogging, this time on Five Ten's website
Popular Posts For April 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in April of 2011
Time For A Shoe Checkup?
A confluence of factors have led me to the inescapable conclusion that I need to buy a new pair of climbing shoes...
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in March of 2011
Popular Posts & Videos For February 2011
Popular posts and the most highly rated videos for February of 2011
Popular Posts & Videos For January 2011
Popular posts and the most highly rated videos for January of 2011
Paul Robinson Shares His Favorite Bouldering Spots With Outside Blog
In this guest post on the Outside Blog Paul Robinson shares five of his favorite bouldering areas in the world.
What's On Your Climbing Bucket List?
As climbers we often have goals and lists of things we'd like to do in the upcoming months and years. Whether it's a specific route or boulder problem we are hoping to do, a partic...
Tommy Caldwell, Male Model?
Back before Tommy Caldwell embarked on his push up El Cap's Dawn Wall last fall he took some time out to do some... male modeling ?
PCI Followup
For additional clarification on last week's post about Professional Climbers International is this interview Peter Beal did with PCI's President, Kevin Jorgeson .
New Partnership With Professional Climbers International
The astute among you may have noticed a bit of a change to the design of this site yesterday. This change coincides with the launch of Professional Climbers International (PCI), a...
Popular Posts & Videos For December, All Of 2010
A quick look back at the most popular posts and videos from December and all of 2010
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2010
ClimbingNarc.com was dominated by one topic in November: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push to free their Dawn Wall project on El Cap. Thanks to modern technology we were abl...
Popular Posts & Videos For October 2010
Check out which posts and videos you were clicking on the most during the month of October 2010
How Does Your Local Wall Stack Up?
Check out this climbing wall in the Netherlands that weighs in at a staggering 120 ft tall
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2010
Here are the most popular posts and videos for September 2010
Chris Sharma Tries A Little Yoga...
What happens when one of the world's best rock climbers gives Yoga a try???
Getaway Day
It's "getaway day", the day before a long weekend filled with climbing......or not
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2010
After a quiet month of July, which mainly stemmed from my 2 week vacation, ClimbingNarc.com was firing on all cylinders during the month of August. Here is what you were reading a...
Climbers Are Sexy, But Is The Sport Getting Too Sexy??
A recent study looking at the "attractiveness" of certain sports that was originally discovered by RockClimberGirl.com has been getting a lot of attention on various climbing websi...
Oh, The Places You'll Go
If there's one thing I miss the most when I'm not climbing it has to be the travel. For me, and I think many of you probably feel the same way, there's something strangely addictin...
Popular Posts & Video For June 2010
Popular posts & videos for June 2010
Free-Basing Meets Deep Water Soloing?
Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole, filmed on breath hold by Julie Gautier Watch on youtube
Popular Posts & Videos For May 2010
A brief recap of a Memorial Day weekend spent at the Red River Gorge and Popular posts and videos for May of 2010
The Hull Cook Journals
While not rock climbing related per se, the Hull Cook journals being featured lately on Colorado Mojo about living beneath Longs Peak in the 1930s are pretty fascinating reads.
Popular Posts & Videos For April 2010
Popular posts and videos for April 2010
Being Sponsored Is A Sin?
Is sponsorship in the outdoor sports world a sin???
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2010
Popular posts and videos for March 2010
Climbing Website Time Machine
Take a trip back in time with this look at what 20+ climbing websites looked like over the years
Putting A Price Tag On Climbing
Could you be bribed to give up climbing forever? How much would it cost??
Popular Posts & Videos For February 2010
Popular posts and videos for February 2010
Popular Posts & Videos For January 2010
A note about the ClimbingNarc.com Facebook page as well as a summary of popular posts and videos for January 2010
Editor And Pro Climber Meet At Trade Show
Last week I mentioned that I wasn't going to the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, and I know that a lot of you have never been to one either. To give you a better idea of what really...
A Brief Note
A brief note about my upcoming plans...
Organic Bouldering Holiday Sale
Our friends at Organic Bouldering are running a holiday sale, but you have to act fast
Learning To Climb…At The Vertical Limit
Back in the year 2000, I distinctly remember being excited when the "climbing" movie Vertical Limit came out. My excitement wasn't so much about the movie itself, but rather the ex...
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2009
The top posts and videos on Climbingnarc.com for November 2009
Boreal Shoes Doing Lots Of Climbing
BOREAL Reality film Watch on vimeo
Matt Segal Training, Recovering From Injury
vimeo video Watch on vimeo
2009 Squamish Mountain Festival Highlights
2009 Squamish Mountain Festival Watch on vimeo
Layton Kor Fundraiser
Find out how you can help iconic climber Layton Kor fight mounting medical bills and win a day of guided climbing with well known climbers.
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2009
The top posts and videos on ClimbingNarc.com during August 2009
New Climbing Book: Sport Climbing, From Toprope To Redpoint
Rock & Ice editor Andrew Bisharat has been hard at work on a book about sport climbing called Sport Climbing: From Toprope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success.
Amazing Story Of Survival On Half Dome
Check out this incredibly well written account of a near fatal accident on the popular, and increasingly infamous, Half Dome Cables.
Rock N’ Roll Climber
Rock climbing hits the Nintendo Wii...
New Video Area
There are so many interesting and high quality climbing videos being shared online these days that I've had a hard time keeping up sharing them on this site. Often times it is jus...
2009 Squamish Mountain Festival Starts Tomorrow
I wish I was in Squamish this weekend...
Tyrus Bachar Trust Auction
Friends and family of the recently deceased John Bachar have put together an auction of great items to benefit John’s son Tyrus. Click here to see the items up for bid . Auctions e...
2009 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Day 2 Recap
Rockclimbergirl shares a brief recap of Day 2 of the 2009 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market.
RC.Com 2009 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Day 1 Recap
A thorough recap of day 1 of the 2009 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market from RockClimbing.com
Treatment Of Climbing Injuries Increases 63% Since 1990
A recent study found that the treatment of climbing injuries in hospital emergency rooms has increased 63% since 1990.
Mysterious New Five Ten Shoe Identified
Earlier this year there was a lot of interest shown in a pair of mysterious blue Five Ten shoes that looked very similar to the recently discontinued, but highly popular, V10s. Ke...
Pro Climber Injury Update
Updates on the injuries of a few well known climbers courtesy of Urban Climber
Harness Humor
Pimpin’ & Crimpin’ helps you interpret what your partner’s harness says about them
Robbed In China
This past weekend, Mike Call from MVM and Duncan from the Boulder Oz blog were both robbed in China ! Gone are laptops, cash, and Mike’s HD Video camera. His recent footage of Sh...
ABS 10 Nationals Weekend Shoutouts
A few thank yous to go around from our weekend in Colorado.
Joe’s Valley Trip Beta Needed
Mrs. Narc and I are in the process of picking out a destination for a Spring break trip in mid-April. I really wanted to go to Hueco, but several factors have pointed us in the dir...
Top 10 Posts Of 2008 On ClimbingNarc.com
The 10 most popular posts of 2008 on ClimbingNarc.com
Spray DVD Sale For The Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, you can now pick up a copy of BS Production’s latest release Spray for just $20 . Check out our review of Spray here . If anyone knows of any other...
Organic Bouldering Mats After Thanksgiving Sale
Organic Bouldering Mats after Thanksgiving sale can save you roughly 20%!
Fifty Words For Chump
A couple of weeks back, there was a minor controversy at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky where two of the bolt hangers on Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c) were flattened by Adam Taylor...
Alpinist Magazine’s Assets For Sale
The assets of Alpinist Magazine are for sale.
ClimbingNarc.com Readers Like Quality In Their Crashpads
A couple of weeks back, I posed a question for readers. The question being “What was the main factor in choosing your current crashpad?”. After almost 100 votes and 25+ comments,...
Bummer x10000
The bad news seems to keep coming these days. My favorite V15 climber in the world, Paul Robinson , has unfortunately had his dream trip to Europe cut short. Apparently Paul fell w...
Help Choosing A Crashpad
Help a Climbingnarc.com reader choose a crashpad to buy.
I Can’t Believe I Am Alive To Write This Trip Report
You will never believe what happened to us during our recent drive to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky...
Upcoming Falcon Guide To Colorado Bouldering
It is with great interest that I have been following the controversy surrounding the upcoming Bob Horan guidebook to the bouldering in Colorado's frontrange that is to be released...
DVD Winner & Back From Yosemite
Before we left for our Left Coast trip I failed to mention the winner of our Free DVD competition . The winner was Isaac and he unfortunately chose The Australia Project . I say un...
An Organic Anniversary
What better gift is there for a wedding anniversary than Organic Bouldering Mats???
Finger Injuries Of Doom
Being that I am no stranger to finger injuries, both benign and catastrophic, I was extremely dismayed to recently learn that two of our young protégés have cracked bones in their...
Pad Stashing Redux
It’s summer in the Frontrange of Colorado and that can only mean one thing, boulderers escaping to the cooler temperatures of one of Colorado’s alpine bouldering areas. Cooler tem...
Somebody Do Me This Favor
Please bring the Rocklands area of South Africa into the 21st century and give them some high speed internet access??? How else will we follow the sendtrain that is Paul Robinson...
Update On The Climbingnarc.com Forum
I added a forum earlier this year that had been temporarily lost in the shuffle of updating the design of this site. Now that things are settling down I fixed things up so that the...
Guide To Choss
The aptly named Splitter Choss Blog has a helpful guide to the different kinds of choss one might come across when searching for new rock. I think the rock at Governor Dodge...
A Bit Of Housekeeping
It's been a few weeks since I made some changes to the site here and I wanted to take a moment to inform you of some of the changes.
8a.nu To World [Again]: Just Because We Have A Popular Climbing Site Doesn't Mean We Know What We Are Talking About
Climbers with alleged "eating disorders" should have their scorecards "recommended" against?
One Step Closer
So it's been almost 3 weeks since my most recent surgery. Back in February, I had surgery on my left thumb and this time it was my right thumb taking the knife, or scope as it wer...
Sonnie Trotter 'Gives Back'
Peep this story from Scotland where Sonnie Trotter (in town working E11 trad route Rhapsody ) helped rescue a 'Non-Educated Delinquent' Scottish youth when said youth climbed...
ClimbTalk Radio Show
Last week Monday, a climbing talk radio show premiered on KGNU in Boulder, CO. Wait. What? Talk radio? Climbing??? Yes, you read that right. The hour long show featured FRB's Mike...
Keep Up The Support Update
Thanks to everyone that has used Climbingnarc.com to place their order with any one of our retail affiliates. Just that easily you have helped to raise money for climbing acc...
It's Official...
It is no secret to anyone that knows us that we (I) have been itching to move out of Wisconsin. After months of careful consideration, Mrs. Narc and I have finally decided to make...
Gem Lake
With one day to ourselves before our coaching duties commenced for the recent ABS Nationals comp in Boulder, we somehow had to pick only a couple of activities out of the myriad th...
Micah Dash Slideshow
La Sportiva and Mountain Hardwear athlete Micah Dash paid Adventure Rock a visit this past Friday night. He shared with the gathered crowd stories and pictures from his travels aro...
Just A Little Patience Is All You Need
Yes, I had surgery on Friday to correct one of several ailments that have been bothering me recently. Typing is a bit difficult so details will have to wait until later. Basically,...
One Year of Narc-ing in the Books
One year ago the Climbing Narcissist blog was born out of a combination of boredom, frustration and extreme obsession with climbing. Since then the site has grown and evolved...
Keep Up The Support
Thanks to whomever used Climbingnarc.com to place their order with Moosejaw . Just that easily you have helped to raise $5 for climbing access and you probably bought some cool stu...
Poker Night at Adventure Rock
Last night was day 2 of Adventure Rock's 7 day 10 Year Anniversary celebration . Despite the continued snowfall, plenty of people turned out in their cheesy dealer hats to make Pok...
Climbingnarc.com Forums
With the 1 year milestone approaching, I have been thinking of ways to improve this site and get you more involved. To that end I have created the Climbingnarc.com Forums . Right n...
Adventure Rock 10 Year Anniversary
Next week, my home gym Adventure Rock is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a 7 day extravaganza. Click the below flier for a schedule of events. The event of most interest t...
First Tracks
From the sounds of it people from all over the Climbingnarc.com reading area are getting crushed with snow this winter and here in southeast Wisconsin it is no different. We have a...
News & Notes - 2/6/08
James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems , recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcli...
Epic "Free Solo" in Squamish
Check out this video of rigging expert Matt Maddaloni attempting to "free solo" Young Blood (5.13a) on the Cacodaemon boulder in Squamish, BC. Matt Maddaloni "soloing" in Squamish...
MVM Subscription Contest Reminder
Just a reminder that you have until next week Tuesday to leave a comment on the MVM Subscription Contest Post to be in the drawing for a free 1 month subscription to MVM. Big thank...
Momentum Video Magazine Subscription Contest
To commemorate the upcoming 1 year anniversary of the Climbing Narcissist blog, I am holding a small and simple contest. The prize is going to be a 1 Month subscription to the Prem...
Midnight Express
Dave Graham recently did the 3rd ascent of Ty Landman's Midnight Express (V14) in Boulder Canyon. Ty indicated that he named the problem after a movie that he rather enjoyed so I t...
Updated Design
If you are reading this via the RSS Feed and don't visit the actual site on a regular basis, climbingnarc.com recently underwent a makeover. There are a few new features incl...
Anatomy of a V13 Flash
Consider with me for a moment what it takes (beyond being freakishly strong) to flash a V13 boulder problem. Patience is no doubt important as one must wait weeks or even years bef...
Famous Climber Ape Indexes
From what I can gather, Theo Merrin has a rather well known home climbing facility. Being that he is located in Boulder, many a strong climber has made their way through his house...
May I Check Your Tire Pressure?
Note from the Narc - Please enjoy this guest essay by the newest unofficial member of the Gimp Mode Squad: Mrs. Narc Some five weeks ago, the Climbing Narc and I took our climbing...
Boot of Doom Revisited
Word to the wise: get a second opinion...
Updates...
...or lack thereof. Updates will be few and far between for the foreseeable future due to incipient hand pain brought on by excessive pounding on a keyboard. Hopefully...
Eiffel Tower Free Solo
On Monday, November 12, England's Mike Robertson was arrested while soloing the outside of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He made it roughly 720 feet up the 1,063 foot tall mon...
My Climbing Shoe Collection
Lately I have been accused by many of owning too many pairs of climbing shoes. One might even think that I am sponsored by Five Ten based on my endless promotion of their shoes, bu...
Picture of Nate's First Lead
Here is an approximate picture of Nate on his lead this weekend:
HP40 Triple Crown Weekend
Good luck this weekend to everyone competing at the Triple Crown event at HP40 in Alabama. Probably not especially prime temps being that it is supposed to be 70 tomorrow but it sh...
Falling Climber Videos
Check out Splitter Choss for a compilation of videos of climbers taking huge whips at places like the Red River Gorge, KY and the Grampians, Australia. Inexplicably there is...
Boot of Doom Imminent?
Breaking News... Mrs. Narc suffered a devastating fall off the black problem by the stairs at the ABS comp this past weekend at VE Warrenville. Her awesome effort that ended in a s...
Another New Design
After receiving some feedback on my new design from last week, I decided to head in another direction yet again. I actually like this layout as it offers a unique way of presenting...
New Design
Ever since I switched to a Wordpress blog I was never really happy with the template that I had chosen. Then I came across the redesigned Allclimbing.com and realized that this was...
Things Can Only Get Better...
Below is the extended forecast for New Paltz, NY. This is not the kind of forecast you usually want to see when you are going on a climbing trip where your main climbing days are...
It's Here
Just in time for my trip to the Gunks this Wednesday...
Thanks
It's been about 7 months since I brought my unhealthy obsession with climbing to the internet. I don't think I ever thought that I would still be injured after all this time,...
Mountain Climbing - Wisconsin Style
It was such a beautiful day for my day off today and seeing as climbing was out of the question, I decided to do some mountain climbing instead. Unfortunately I live in Wisco...
Five Ten Shoes on Modern Marvels
The segment about Stealth Rubber on History Channel's "Modern Marvels" was short but interesting. It was cool to see the process through which they synthesized and cured the rubber...
Man vs. "Wild"
Time for something a bit off the board Bear Grylls surviving on his own As a regular viewer of the hit TV show Man vs. Wild I always had my suspicions about how much of the show wa...
Nationals Weekend
This weekend is the culmination of a busy 2 months that has found me out of the state of Wisconsin for 7 straight weekends. This weekend's excursion takes my wife and I to Ann Arbo...
Miss much eh?
I'm back from a week of gorging on fish and beer north of the border. I am on climbing spray sensory overload...back with more tomorrow...
Gone Fishing…
Treatment Day # Who Knows
I haven’t had too much to say on here lately about my rehab efforts because frankly it’s not really that exciting. I did some physical therapy for a while, thought I was almost bet...
Climbing Areas Visited
There is this company known as Google that has a nice map feature. With it I can now plot out various locations at which I have gone rock climbing and share them with you . Badly n...
Not what I had in mind…
I don't think this is what we had in mind when we decided to leave Kentucky last night at 8:30 pm (and drove through the night because we are cheap) to avoid getting rained on: Spr...
Destination Wish List
In no particular order, here is a list of areas within a long weekend’s trip from where I live that I have yet to do any climbing at. I wish to someday touch rock at some of these...
What’s with the ads?
Just so people aren't getting the wrong impression, I am fully intending to donate any ad revenue generated by the ads on this site to climbing access. For now my intent is to dona...
Treatment Update
Couple of interesting developments on the perpetually injured front. First off, I've had 2 more treatments on my elbow/shoulder. I had one session of straight therapy last week and...
RSS Feed
I seemed to have biffed my RSS feed last night but it should be fixed now. An RSS feed is a good way to keep up to date on my posts without having to load your browser. Sharpreader...
Allez?
I don' really have much to say today. Besides my arm starting to feel better, it is supposed to hit 40 degrees tomorrow and 50 by next week. Making me anxious to get back to Devil'...
Treatment & Grotesque Injury Report
Nothing really that earth shattering to report after today's treatment. I still have intermittent random pains from my elbow up to my shoulder but the actual elbow joint itself see...
Narcissism at its best…
I really fucked up my arm. At least that was my medical opinion. Jacked, messed up, tweaked all wrapped in one. My elbow has hurt before from excessive campusing and general overus...
What’s the Point?
Before I get too ahead of myself I should probably at least say a little about what my whole point here is. It basically comes down to this: I am obsessed with all facets of rock c...