Grandpa Petey

I, in keeping with my anonymous internet persona of constant, indignant rage, took this as a glaring example of nanny-state meddling and risk averse “progressive”

… Read More »ENERVATED OLD MAN RELINQUISHES HIS ANGER. FOR NOW.

Yes, that’s right. Ladders. Now, this may blur the line for a climbing website, but I did find it by googling “climbing”, so I feel

… Read More »ALL SHOULD FEAR THE DANGER OF LADDERS. NOT BOLT LADDERS.

Oh yeah? Really? As if I didn’t have enough to be concerned about, now I learn that a chemical secreted by ants can cause rappel

… Read More »ANTS. SLING FAILURE. THESE TWO SHOULD NOT GO TOGETHER.

“They should have signs and stuff and trash cans outside,” said Pham, who climbs regularly in the safety of a San Francisco gym. “I don’t

… Read More »HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE PAID TO WRITE ABOUT CLIMBING?

Stirring the pot of ethical debates, Chris Kalous–who apparently has some sort of climbing credentials, though I know not where–gives a nice seven minute speech

… Read More »IF I WERE BAT-HOOKING UP SOME NASTY A5…

I wanted to like this because I love the Huber brothers. If I could climb 5.14 in leather pants, I would. Actually, if I could

… Read More »WORST. CLIMBING. VIDEO. EVER.

Captain GJ Finch, who took part in the Mount Everest expedition, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, London, last evening on the

… Read More »SMOKING ON EVEREST IS COOL, OR WAS IN THE 1920S

So, Mayor Kiss, of Burlington, Vermont, USA, decides that the 86 percent of tax payers that voted to change the empty, decommissioned power plant into

… Read More »SCOTS BRING INDOOR ICE CLIMBING TO VERMONT