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...t trip to the area and how she and Matt climbed the Leaning Tower Leaning Tower is a steep and nice wall that is usually climbed in two days. We bivvied at the base of the route and did it in one ...
...rature is below zero. We dodge rocks carrying 80 pounds of equipment. The most frustrating part are the walls. After 12 hours of hiking, you can spend another four hours climbing a 400 foot wall. Some...
Nothing say the ultimate climb like the Everest! And sure you can't really go there on your own for a joy climb but still you can read about the story of other people that have done it,
...and reached the top. My colleagues slowly let the slack out of the safety rope as I pushed back off the wall and they brought me back down to the ground. My muscles were twitching. My heart was still ...
...and reached the top. My colleagues slowly let the slack out of the safety rope as I pushed back off the wall and they brought me back down to the ground. My muscles were twitching. My heart was still ...
I understand a climber was killed this past weekend as he rapped the wall between the Swiss Arete on Sill and the V - Notch. I understand that he pulled out a block with his anchor. Anyone know more a
Awesome! A fine report, too. Not as good as the dirt star tongue punching crack whore, though.
...d be interested in any helpful hints people can provide about setting up a portaledge. I'm a first time wall climbing hopeful and have borrowed a ledge ( 5 year old A5 ). I tried setting it up and it'...
I recently bought a 70m lenght of Beal's WallMaster III rope. It was recommended by the shop as being very resistant to fraying. Well, after 4 outings the rope was already very badly frayed in sever
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
...l can't get this question answered. How stable, in terms of movement side-to-side, are ajustable home walls? The reason I ask is that right now mine is a fixed angle, and I'm going to make it stee...
...ut 130 feet long. The third pitch is the one pictured in Moynier's book. It starts up the cracks on the wall to the left of the dihedral. Striking a Harrington pose (minus the Hexes) I went into layba...
Try these two trad routes located at Junkyard Wall; New Yosemite 5.9 & Four Sheets To The Wind 5.9+. At Thunder Buttress Area try Super Crack 5.9+ also a trad route. So many great climbs in this gorge
Looking for any beta on Love Without Anger (B.O.L.T. Wall/Leaning Tower)! Gear lists, TRs, ect. Thanks a lot Happy Climbing
...edge. - The belayer is close to the weight of the leader. - The belayer stands close to the base of the wall, not 15 feet back. - The leader puts in bomber pro close to the ground that has resistance ...
... non-climber. Well, at least she was until she topped out the 30-foot, 5.4 beginner's route at our club wall. Kathy is also, by no coincidence, the mother of my two young daughters, Kate, five, and Em...
Oh STOP people!! You guys are soo dang cultured! You know what my favorite beverage is after a wall or climb (besides a nice frosty Coke, since I am a soft drink addict)..............Coors in a moldy
Hi all. I'm having trouble finding what used to be bigwalls.com. Can anyone tell me their new address? Thanks in advance, (lack of cool web moniker)
...all I need. Somthing vertical with a crack would be preferred. Help me out North Carolinians or Moore's Wall locals. PS: Need not be south facing, temp is not a major deciding factor....
The Walla Walla county commissioners have posted a 'no rock climbing' sign at the Two Sisters crag near Wallula Gap. They claim that this action is mostly in response to fears of lawsuits. The reality
... is, as I write, trying to get a #5 RockEmpire cam in the space between the closet sliding door and the wall...and my 1 year old daughter (in between toddling around with a BD half-dome on her head) i...
Hey people! I'm curious if anyone has climbed these routes and maybe has beta on them. I've been eyeing them for a couple years and thinking of doing one or the other around august 2001. Any insight i
...ep to the ceiling is about 9- 1/2'. I was hoping for some serious suggestions here. I dont want all the walls to be exactly straight up and down so the top 8' or so of the taller part will be slightly...
Does anyone living in cornwall, Launceston area need a climbing partner, if so i would like to hear from you. I live in Minions right by the cheesewring, but all my occassional partners are in plymo
Im looking for a partner for Wallnuts while I am home for christmas. email me.
Hi to all. I need to know if someone knows of a climbing gym, wall, whatever. Near or in the Amsterdam area in the Netherlands. Thanks. Paul K.
...asually hiked it (after saying 'watch me' for effect) 7. 2nd pitch of *The Swift* (5.7) at Lost Horse Wall, J-Tree (onsight) 8. *Third Time's A Charm* (10b) Moosedog Tower, J-Tree (on-sight) 9. ...
... 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 be. Read th...
...ries and I also added more pictures from Linda's site (the ones with a 45 deg slab looking like a steep wall with 45% horison and clowds ;) OK, so I am not a good page designer! Olga ...
... that precipitate their replacement. The Edelweiss just get old and dirty so they make their way to big wall haul line Nylon deteriorates very little if kept out of the sun. That old rope in the clo...
...her have, dry food or canned fruit? Cans are no big deal. Remove both top and bottom. Smash flat with wall hammer, available rock, or partner's head. I _knew_ Evan was a smart guy. How's Thailand ...
Does anyone know of any good Web sites with instructions on building climbing walls? I have a brick veneer house so would need to build a timber frame to give an steepnees to the wall. Anyone suggest
...or future raillery fledging. Rather than let it quail, I could pullet back out in a clutch, if you can swallow this wrendition of crow....
GOOD EVANS! on The Black Wall, Mt. Evans
... are dangerous to me and other climbers. Currently I can't claim a good ascent of the main route on the wall because I did it on top-rope already, but I believe that it has potential to be lead. Most ...
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