New England Maxim Ropes - Poor Quality & Dangerous

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

[singlepic=25,320,240,,left] New England Ropes just left a comment on a post about their rope recall because I was "misleading the general public".  A few weeks ago they announced that they had produced some faulty ropes that needed to be recalled because "The climbing lines can break, posing a serious ...

The Joke Called Bouldering

Monday, August 11th, 2008

If you call bouldering "climbing" I may punch you in the face. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-iTZJECJyE

Gear List for Mt Rainier via Cuil

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Cuil (pronounced COOL) has been getting a lot of press over the last day because it was founded by some hotshot ex-Google employees and what they are calling a Google killer.  Yesterday was their first day online so I decided to check out what all the buzz was about. Wow, now ...

Stylish Climbing Stores

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

I am in a mini non-climbing relating vacation right now but climbing is always on my mind.  I am in Kansas City which is the last place I would expect to find a climbing shop but low and behold there just happened be one across the street from my hotel.  ...