Author’s note:I’ve temporarily removed this video while I work on a related project, sorry for the inconvenience. This post contains some coarse language, use your discretion. Direct link to video here We got out to Shelf Road last weekend for a chance at climbing the classic $#!+house Traverse. A good time was had by all. [continue reading]
Jan 192010
Jan 142010
A couple days ago, I looked at the ad content of Dead Point Magazine. Today I checked out a couple other mags- Climbing, and Rock and Ice. Results below… This is the December issue of Climbing Magazine with the ads cut out!
Dec 222009
If you’ve sat around the campfire with me, you’ve probably heard The Legend, a “true” story about the harshness of nature & the strength of one man. Below, for posterity, is the written word. *Author’s note: The piece was written with a comic book hero in mind, hence the Machismo. The setting is my favorite [continue reading]
A Jolly Good Time By the end of his undergraduate program, Rusty was anxious to do some climbing. College in Pennsylvania doesn’t allow for much of that. Sure he’d been on summer trips, but aside from that, he had not been able to really summit anything substantial as of late. So when Alex Lowe called [continue reading]
Dec 022009
It’s flat, it has no rock, it’s Nebraska. Several years ago while walking my dog at Wilderness Park (Lincoln, Nebraska) I spotted an intriguing crack splitting the center of an old railroad bridge foundation. I was new to climbing but quickly saw the potential of this 20+ foot high finger sized problem. I slotted my [continue reading]
Aug 252009
The weekend of August 13-16 injected some life zest into four souls without concern as to whether they were in need. Three Climbing House contributors, Andrew, Chris and I, and the lovely Sara decided to hit up the Eastern Sierras for some climbing. Unbeknownst to us, by Sunday we would’ve tackled serious Alpine environs, some [continue reading]
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