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...th shoulder injuries. I know that you definitely want to go to a doctor and get diagnosed. I have six friends who were diagnosed with the type of injury that can be surgically corrected. All of th...
... Though climbing is something that you can do on your own it is still a great thing to do with a partner/friend, someone to back you up and support you or just have fun together. For beginners it's n...
... ways wen and women communicate. It took me a long time to realize that I'm not less of a climber than my friends because I express difficulty out loud.     ...
Wow it was fun! I'm just back from Yosemite. Been there for a week with few friends and have done some great climbing. I finally took a week off from work to be able to do some climbing instead
Christine Chan brings the story of a friend she met in Argentina that climbed Mt. Aconcagua: It usually takes 12-13 days to climb to the top. The first few days looked like a big dust bowl. The
...facing fear of heights that attacked the bloger while rock climbing. He was climbing the rock when one friend had the safety rope and then looking down froze because of the height fear. Well he ...
...facing fear of heights that attacked the bloger while rock climbing. He was climbing the rock when one friend had the safety rope and then looking down froze because of the height fear. Well he ...
...specially if you are in a whole new area it is best to have a guide, this can be a fun way to introduce a friend or a life partner to the adventure as well. I personally like to start with the best ...
...f's detectives say the shooting of 43-year-old Grant Kuenzli was a justifiable homicide. But the victim's friends say he was a peaceful man who had volunteered to take a couple of dogs from an animal ...
...utes to the crag, by foot, and 10-15 minutes on the bike to reach the Maritime Park. Now me and my girlfriend works with the website www.coronn.com, trying to give the information that would be nec...
I climb it all ,but some of my most fun days are spent climbing sport with my girl friend that leads 10 A sport So IM looking for beta for the boulder canyon sports park for a Jet trip .Looking for ra
...bout it saying something about an 'unharnessed' climber falling 200 ft My condolences to the family and friends.......
...w what effect diesel has on spectra and nylon (webbing and accessory cord)? I lent some of my gear to a friend and got it back from the trunk of his car reeking of diesel. Apparently just diesel fum...
... for concern. After all, the core of the rope is not (yet) affected. Beal's advice is, IMHO, hogwash. A friend has a 20 year old Edelrid rope that has had a very rough life, yet it shows nothing lik...
Big thanks to the person at Lovers Leap who brought my friend's jacket down from Pop Bottle on Saturday - really appreciate it.
Like every serious climber: First death of a friend/acquaintance (Wally)/funeral (lost 5 this year) on a climb [this was at a time in the Vietnam War when 200+ dead were returning weekly]. First ava
My friend was climbing at Lover's Leap on Sat. and said a woman fell from 30 feet up The Line and broke arms and legs. If anybody knows how she's doing, please pass it on... fingers crossed for her.
...et short of the notch behind the block mentioned by Moynier. Ben got us up to the notch (past a big fixed Friend which I couldn't booty - damn!) and I led the last pitch before the summit ridge. This ...
a good friend and longtime responsible rockjock Mike Fischesser from NC just told me about two bolts he recently installed for a belay anchor on the top of Crackerjack on TableRock for the following t
...s. In this sort of rock, ANY mechanical bolt will loosen and wear out over time. Please, if you or your friends are top-roping Leaping Leana, set a natural pro anchor for the TR session, then rap of...
...gs were stolen. We've replaced almost everything, but we can't find another chalk bag like the one my girlfriend had, which she loved dearly. I've asked all the Black Diamond dealers I can and even BD...
...bsolutely no proof, what so ever, that this individual is guilty of anything, except being at odds with a friend of yours and yet you slander him on an international forum...For your sake I hope the d...
I've bashed them here in the past... Things have changed. Background: For some reason, a couple years ago WC decided their cams weren't pretty enough. They started anodizing them (but not color codi
A friend of mine read an article about climbing in Portugal. The crag is called Guia near a village called Cascais. He is trying to find out if there is a guide book available, or any online topos and
I have been thinking about buying a hammer drill. I used a friends ages ago and don't really remember much about its specs. I've looked through a few tool magazines and such and wanted some input as t
...ing April (maybe a little chilly at night). I am a newbie and have always visited Araps with a group of friends, so I have not needed to find partners myself. But others I know have hooked up with s...
Argh!!! I'm headed to the Dominican Republic later this month with the girlfriend (great) and the girlfriends whole family (not so great). Instead of quietly drinking myself in to a stupor every day,
I'm thinking of investing in a range of Friend and Alien offsets. How useful do you find these. I was at J-Tree last week and wisehed for them a few times, but I have never used them. My question is p
...rekking trip. I tried to do a trek that requires 4 pax in order to obtain a visa to Tibet (Kailash) but friends who were interested are dragging their feet. Thus I'll probably go by myself. Can't wa...
A post for a friend who is looking for and old Stubai Pick. The tool is old enough (15+ years) that we are not sure of the name but it has Extrem 150 on one side and F.K.W. on the other side. The pick
... last week in May and am wondering what's happening over there with the foot and mouth disease problem. A friend got back from England and told me that the parks and crags were essentially closed with...
Im 22 years old and Ive decided to move up to tahoe live on my friends couch,work a couple nights a week and climb full-time. BOOOYAH life is good. If anyone is in the south lake tahoe area and wouldn
...fe and I climb face to .10+. Our seven year old son can climb .6-.7 and is an experienced hiker. Some kid friendly to moderate approaches and some fairly flat terrain at the routes is what we're looki...
...members have since said the picturesque lake with its surrounding mountains is a fitting resting place. Friends of the former prime minister have said Trudeau never recovered from his son’s tragic...
Borrowed a friend's Climbing no. 196 and in Hot Flashes there's a bit about Potter soloing Astroman and other big wall classics. Look at the photo, wait, is that Moccasyms he's wearing? No, couldn't b

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