The Southeastern Climbers Coalition is a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving climbing access in the Southeast. They started in 1993 when a group of climbers banded together to help out with ongoing access issues at Sunset Rock, atop Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The group had positive results from the start and went on to sponsor cleanups and trail days of climbing areas, raise money to purchase land and to keep climbing areas open for future generations.
In addition to the SCC there is another corporation called CCC- Carolina Climbers Coalition, since 1995, the Carolina Climbers Coalition has grown and expanded. Today the CCC is a nonprofit corporation. We still hold onto the motto, preserving protecting and expanding you climbing opportunities.
The climbingnarc-blog posted a video directed by Andrew Kornylak, with footage from Josh Fowler, the recently unveiled short Heart Of Stone provides an important voice for all of the hard work being done on climber’s behalf in the southeast.
In July Colorado climber, cyclist, runner, and all-around endurance nut Bill Wright was more than halfway through an attempt to climb Longs Peak once a month for a year.
Dougald from the mountain world-blog has reported that Bill Wright has completed his Longs Peak project: climbing the 14,259-foot monarch of the Colorado Front Range via a different route each month during a single calendar year.
I would like to congratulate Bill on his outstanding achievement.
If you feel a sensation of “popping” or “crackling” at your shoulder as you reach for that gaston or jug you might be experiencing the start of SIS- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome. Climbers are particularly susceptible to SIS because they are always reaching overhead – higher, higher, higher for that next hold.
That nagging pain that you may experience at the shoulder is likely inflammation of tendons of the rotator cuff getting “pinched”. If it continues, the only thing you may be reaching for is a bottle of pain killers. In worst case scenarios SIS can lead to surgery.
Steph Davis answered a letter to Katie that asked for tips on how to deal with 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 them wanted to avoid surgery, so they spent a year (or more) trying to rehab the shoulder, with a lot of frustration. All of them finally “gave up”…
The Lippi Selk Bag is a revolutionary new sleeping bag system which allows you the maximum mobility you need whilst keeping warm. This new concept retains the functionality of the traditional sleeping bag.
Himalman evaluated the new Lippi Selk Bag:
The Selk Bag, named for the Selk´Nam, a nomadic tribe in Chile, comes in it’s own stuff sack, just like any other sleeping bag, although I quickly noticed that it was quite large, which probably ruled it out immediately for any serious backpacker. Removing it from the stuff sack was easy, but getting it back it was a lot trickier.
In his post Himalman writes a very detailed and informative review of the Lippi Selk Bag i think it’s worth to read.
courtesy of Jim Frazier
The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 mi long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River, called the “Poudre” for short, which locals pronounce as “Pooder” in Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. The canyon is a glacier-formed valley through the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins.
The canyon begins in northern Rocky Mountain National Park, at an elevation of approximately 9,000 feet, where the Poudre descends from near the continental divide. It winds gently to the northeast, then east, descending the slope of the Colorado Tertiary Pediment, emerging through the southern end of the Laramie Foothills north of Bellvue at an elevation of approximately 5,000 feet.
Jamie Emerson was at the Poudre Canyon, read about his adventure in his post about the Poudre Canyon.
