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I received an email about the 16th Annual International Climber’s Festival in Lander, WY. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it but it looks like a cool event to meet some other climbers. Also, it is under three hours to the Tetons from Lander so you might as well hit some big mountains while [...] My little sister is headed to college this fall and while this is a point of consternation for me I guess it was inevitable. Like any good freshman entering a program in graphic design she will be sporting a brand new laptop. Now one thing my sister is damned good at is chatting. I mean she [...] BlueRidgeOutdoors.com recently posted a Happy Trails article showcasing Crowders Mountain. (link) The only reason I mention it is because I got to play my little part by contributing a photo of my buddy Mike TRing on David’s Castle. I like local flavor. While you can probably get some of this info off rockclimbing.com or some other mega rock climbing website, I think local is the way to go and I want to showcase this great website. BooneBoulders.com Rappelling is by far my least favorite part of climbing. Not only is it dangerous but it seems to take forever, especially when you are rappelling with three people. A couple of years ago I took a glacier course with the American Alpine Institute and was lucky enough to have Kurt Hicks as my guide. [...] Red Lantern is most definitely a burly route that requires a little bit of lunacy to climb. It got its name from a very random rusted out red lantern near the start of the climb. I have no idea how it got there but I do wonder who brings an ancient lantern out to [...] While there will be some controversy about bolts being put on Everest, I think that often in the bolt vs trad argument people forget that the entire point of pro is to protect the climber and cams, nuts, pitons, ice screws and bolts are all part of a climber’s arsenal to safely get up a [...] I’m planning on making a trip to Ship Rock next weekend to climb the classic moderates Boardwalk (5.8) and Hindu Kush (5.8). I wanted to see if youtube had anything on the two routes before I went but came up empty. All was not lost though because I did find this awesome video of Castaway [...] Just a heads up, BD C4 Cams are 20% off at REI. I plan on picking up picking up a number 3 to round out my set. (link to sale) |
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