Boldering.com
Since they haven't yet started importing the Ocun Paddy Incubator into the US and therefore the greatest bigpad ever made is unavailable here, I have to buy an inferior pad. I want to talk about where we are with that right now.
Paulin, Ari
When Matt Segal, 36, entered his first Youth Nationals competition at age 14, he didn't have much experience competing. He'd only discovered the sport a year earlier at summer camp in North Carolina. He didn't really know what he was getting into.
Washington Alpine Club
March 2nd 2021 @ 7:00PM What if we looked at mental health the same way we look at physical health? Outdoor activities depend on both, and they impact both in varying degrees – whether we acknowledge it or not.
Paulin, Ari
Crusty Corner is a column written by Climbing editor Matt Samet, a climber of 30+ years. When he's not at the gym or the rocks trying to stave off the inevitable performance decline of middle age, you can find him in his basement playing Xbox.
Paulin, Ari
Here on the Front Range of Colorado, we have 300 days of sunshine a year, but also very dry air and wind, lots of wind. In winter, this means that your skin turns into alligator hide—a sere, callused carapace riddled with cracks, gobies, and splits that has you dry-firing and bleeding all over.
Paulin, Ari
As cold temperatures, precipitation, and winter weather blankets North America, climbers are donning their ice and mixed climbing gear and heading to the hills. Right now, GearX.com is running a sale on all things ice climbing to get you outfitted for your cold weather adventures.
UIAA - Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme
UIAA member associations are informed that applications are open to submit films for the fifth edition of MFM – Mostra Filmes de Montanha, an international exhibition of mountain films, whose objective is to promote mountain culture, mountain sports and free access.
Paulin, Ari
Alaska is considered one of the last places in the United States that is truly wild, one of the last places with opportunities to experience exploration in a genuine sense. Its land mass is larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined, yet barely more than 700,000 people reside there.
Paulin, Ari
On February 7, 2021, Belgian climber Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll turned 40 years old. In the days following his birthday, O’Driscoll hit a milestone in his climbing career as well: a solo ascent of the Fitz Roy Traverse in Patagonia.
Paulin, Ari
On February 8, Italian alpinist Carlalberto “Cala” Cimenti and his partner Patrick Negro were buried and killed in an avalanche while ski mountaineering in the Upper Susa Valley in Piedmont, Italy. The men were 45 and 50 years old respectively...
New York Post
They’re in a mountain of trouble. Two scandal-scarred climbers were banned from mountaineering in Nepal after an investigation found they faked their summit of Mount Everest, according to a report Thursday.
UIAA - Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme
DRAFT. NOT FOR RELEASE. In response to the growing issues faced by mountain workers and guides in the trekking and mountaineering industry, a situation further exacerbated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Paulin, Ari
This winter, K2 has featured both the triumphs and tragedies that often encapsulate high-altitude mountaineering. On January 16, a team of Nepali climbers made history with the first winter ascent of the world’s second tallest mountain.
Paulin, Ari
On February 1, a group of seven backcountry skiers were touring on South Lookout Peak in the San Juan mountains of Southern Colorado. The group members were experienced backcountry skiers, yet they remotely triggered a massive slide due to unstable conditions.
Paulin, Ari
Black Diamond produces just about everything a climber could need, from cams to quickdraws to crash pads to apparel to climbing helmets to tents to shoes... Everything, really. And right now just about...
