"Cars, trucks, and vans have been the unsung silent partners in the progression of our sport. We love our cars. We name them, live in them, and for better or worse, are utterly dependent on them to explore crags and send the gnar." (From 2016)
Having spent the better part of three weeks in El Potrero Chico, I was emotionally prepared for what might have otherwise been a very disturbing discovery.
Sendhaus™ is the premier facility for affluent millenials that heard rock climbing was a great workout.
"I have a 'two degrees of poop' separation theory, that every climber either has a poop story of their own or a story about a friend somehow getting covered in poo." (From 2015)
In 2007 Cedar Wright and Renan Ozturk made an alpine-style FA of the 2,500-foot Northern Cat’s Ear Spire, the last unclimbed spire in the Great Trango Group. In the process he realized a thing or two about "style."
"In a sport that prizes youth and energy and boldness and good health, it is, I realize, anathema to confess to any sort of weakness..." But sometimes embracing your weakness can help.
At 78, climber, hall-of-fame skier, and former mountain guide Dick Dorworth had to make a difficult decision.
The hippest new month is “Don’t-Try July,” when your best bet is to do as little as possible so you’re not a burned-out strip of human beef jerky come August.
ANSWER MAN knows climbing. (And he knows it.) Here he answers three questions: (1) when can you excavate landing zones? (2) What are best practices for simul climbing? (3) What's the best thing to do when you find old tat on a route?
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If you’re an aspiring trad leader, this document will provide you with more bad advice than you can shake a rack of hexes at.
How skinny do we really need to be to crush? Where do you draw the line between strategic dieting and an unhealthy eating disorder?
It's too beautiful. It's not crowded enough. You're better off at your local gym.
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Getting out on the rock has greater benefits beyond simply being fun.
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Reaching past your shortcomings.
The problem with getting what you asked for.
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How truth In climbing makes you stronger
How our simple presence Impacts and even disrupts crag fauna
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How the new school trains to train
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Life lessons from a fermented peach
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Unsent /un-sent/ 1. To have failed so badly on a route you had previously climbed that you negate your redpoint. 2. A humor column.
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The human side of the superhuman climber who free soloed El Capitan
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As new media allows us to see more of climbers’ daily routines, our expectations are becoming conversely more outlandish.
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Polo’s latest scent claims to “ignite the thrill-seeker in every man.” To climbers, it adds to an already complicated history of branding.
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SCARY (AND TRUE) TALES FROM A CRAG NEAR YOU
Globalization on a sheet of plywood
Looking back on the 2017 Women's Climbing Festival
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With the world’s first proposed V17, is climbing reaching a new level or becoming a numbers game?
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As climbing’s popularity rises, so does the environmental impact.
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More women climbing means a richer experience for all of us.
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Answer Man discusses the crappy belayer (From 2016)
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Cruxing hard in pursuit of a gym lead card
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