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“In the Cracks there were Bats and Spiders of Giant Sizes”
Until today, I thought the Russians, exemplified by Odintsov’s “Russian Big Walls Project”, were completely unstoppable. Even though Rocky did eventually beat Ivan Drago in the fourth installment of that regrettable series of films, I think we all sort of knew that in reality, the giant Russian would have kicked Stallone’s ass. So, why did…
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Interview: Mike Robertson on His Eiffel Tower Protest Solo
There are a multitude of reasons we climb–more often than not they are expressed in pithy, sound-bite phrases like Mallory’s “Because it’s there.” Within, Mike Robertson offers a reason more satisfying.
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New Utah Ice Climbing Resource
I would like to announce the launch of IceClimbingUtah.com, a new resource that will aggregate ice conditions across Utah…
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Mountain Hardwear Spire 2 Tent: Rugged and Lightweight
Lightweight at about 4.5 pounds. Watertight. Tough, durable, double-walled. It was too good to be true… on the whole, Mountain Hardwear’s Spire 2 lightweight expedition tent fit all the specs I could hope for here in the Bugaboos, where rugged weather comes standard.
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Zen and Zero
This Hunter Thompson-esque trip from California to Costa Rica features five landlocked Austrians on a surf pilgrimage.
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Jedi Repeat Zion MacNamara Route
Present day. Angelino Wall, Zion National Park. This is our second present day, which is my bad, because that’s pretty confusing. This is actually a present-er day than the first one, but I called that present day and I can’t call this “three days in the future” because then how confused is everybody gonna be?
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Snapshots of a Scottish Winter
The Scottish West coast has been getting its usual flurries of early season mixed climbing conditions. I thought I would pop a post on here as I have some good pics that might get folks sharpening their picks!
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New Climbing Management Plan for Great Falls, VA
The National Park Service has released its Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Great Falls (VA) Park. The document is the culmination of a process that started in 2003, and contains specific rules for climbing at Great Falls. The document is available at parkplanning.nps.gov…
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Petzl Nomad 9.8mm Rope: The Workhorse
Petzl has a long history of developing quality and innovative products, and their new line of ropes is no exception. Aside from the bright green color, the Nomad immediately caught my attention out of the bag with a manufactured “ready for action” butterfly coil that required no painstaking uncoiling or restacking. Sweet! I hadn’t even…
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Destination: Croatia
When contemplating a climbing trip from a US mountain town, several important factors come to mind: blue–even turquoise–water, cultural experiences and a European location where the dollar isn’t drowned by the Euro.
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