A Complete(ish) Guide to Cold-Weather Bouldering
Because good friction and warm weather have very little in common.
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Because good friction and warm weather have very little in common.
The post A Complete(ish) Guide to Cold-Weather Bouldering appeared first on Climbing.
How far are you willing to go for the “full experience”? For Adrian Montano, who had long coveted an ascent of Golden Beaver Left (5.13b), it meant skipping as many clips as possible on the partially bolted line, accepting a healthy runout at the top (for the crux moves) and risking a long fall.
I smiled as the familiar scent of chalk and climbing rubber greeted me. After a full day teaching kindergarten, followed by three hours in a graduate-school course, I was ready to climb. A 14-foot freestanding boulder loomed in the center of the gym.
About three years into my life as a climber, I was talking to a photographer friend, Dave Benyak, who at the time was shooting all the best climbing imagery in our home state of New Mexico. “Watching you guys through my lens...
Home walls are the original climbing gyms, and while they’ve certainly lost market share over the last few decades, they remain a worthwhile investment for climbers who don’t live close to gyms or don’t like the gyms they live close to.
The rope arches in an unbroken loop from me to Lucho, 30 feet above. “At least there’s no rope drag,” I quip, trying to make light of his predicament. We are six pitches up the South Dragon’s Horn on Tioman Island...
The projecting process is hard enough. Here are five mistakes I’ve personally made on more than one occasion. Do as I say and not as I do.
There is still time for a few more weekend climbing trips before things get too cold for the rock jocks. Backcountry.com is here to make sure that your camp set up is as cozy as home with great deals on everything you need from tents to folding chairs.
The American worked the route with U.K. climber Tom Randall, who sent on the same day.
There are daunting reading goals, like inhaling the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in one day or War and Peace in a weekend. And then there's reading every Marvel superhero comic ever published, a...
Early season snow coming soon- get your avalanche awareness game started now before heading out on a backcountry tour or on a snow cat
Watch the short film ‘Queen Maud Land’ with your Outside+ membership
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For the past year, I’ve used the Blue Ice Reach 8L for ice, rock, and varying mountain adventures. In the genre of small, lightweight, performance, on-route packs, it’s by far my favorite. I’ve taken the 12.5-ounce pack up Bridalveil Falls...
Everest Exhibition Catalogue Now Available Online
Following the end of its run, the accompanying catalogue for our exhibition 'Everest by Those Who Were There - 1921, 1922, 1924' is now available to view online via our Publications Page.
Getting outside on your period can be daunting, but it doesn't have to be.