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B3Bouldering.com on 05/17/12
I finally had a free afternoon and made my way out to a newly developed area in RMNP, Wild Basin. Wild Basin is in the southern part of RMNP and is a beautiful, remote and quiet corner of the Park. It is most well known in the bouldering community for a large erratic halfway along [...]
Climbing Narcissist on 05/16/12
So, listen up Cubicle Pukes!! Put down your work, clear the room, put on some cool tunes, and come with me to the Valley of your dreams, in this, the first of many Reports to follow. Yep, the El Cap Report is back. El Cap Report Returns For Spring 2012 from Climbing Narcissist Get the [...] El Cap Report Returns For Spring 2012 from Climbing Narcissist
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Steph Davis on 05/15/12
Backcountry.com asked me to go to New York last month to film this interview with Outside TV. It was a short trip, but I also got to meet my publisher from Simon and Schuster for the first time, and walk around and look at some tall buildings…
Steph Davis on 05/15/12
Steph, A while back you answered an e-mail I had sent you about fear and I began to recently contemplate how you know where you limit is? I seem to struggle with knowing when it is safe to tame my fear and when the fear is healthy and I should cater to it. Your segment [...]
American Alpine Institute on 05/15/12
It's a common enough site. A young man pulls on his rock shoes and clips on his chalk bag. The next thing you know he's blasting up the wall without a rope or a harness.
Someone nearby says, "that guy's stupid."
And someone else disagrees.
And then someone yells something at the soloist. "Hey!" the person shouts. "Don't you know that's stupid?"
And so it goes. People argue the value and the dangers of soloing on the ground. Eventually someone irresponsibly tries to get the...
B3Bouldering.com on 05/14/12
Just a quick note, for those who have ordered a guidebook and haven’t yet received it, I was very busy with school the last two weeks and then I was home in Michigan last week. I will be back in the publishers office tomorrow and will do everything I can to get out all of [...]
Climbing Narcissist on 05/14/12
Footage of Hayden Kennedy on the FA of Carbondale Short Bus in Indian Creek, UT Hayden Kennedy Climbing Carbondale Short Bus (5.14-) from Climbing Narcissist
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American Alpine Institute on 05/13/12
5/7 -- West Chester, VA -- Dean Kamazes, Life in Motion: Buy Tickets .
5/12/ - 5/13 -- Mazama, WA -- Highway 20 Ski Party .
5/12 - 5/13 -- New York, NY -- Peak Experience VII, Climb Everest without Leaving Manhattan: Learn More .
5/15 -- Twin Falls, ID -- Clean the Crag Bouldering Competition: idahoclimber1@gmail.com
5/16 -- Anchorage, AK -- Kit DesLauriers, Journey through the Arctic Refuge: Buy Tickets .
5/17 -...
American Alpine Institute on 05/13/12
For this week's videos, we're featuring the Mont Blanc range, and we've got a couple of awesome videos: the first one is on the Swiss Direct route on the Grand Capucin, a great tower of granite on the Mont Blanc group.
This next video is of a climb of Les Droites North Face of the Mont Blanc massif.
This last video is something a little different - the video is of some speedflying (skiing with a paraglider on) in Chamonix. We don't usually show many speedflying videos, but...
The Cleanest Line on 05/11/12
by Tom Morehouse I have an interesting Patagonia photo to share with you. I was on Christmas Island (Kiribati) in March. My guide was Moana who was one of the founders of bonefishing on Christmas Island in the '80s when...
Splitter Choss on 05/11/12
Climbers must have a footwear fetish. That might be the only explanation for the ridiculous number of shoes that most of us have in our closet. Shoes for climbing, shoes for getting to the climbs, shoes for getting down from the climbs, shoes for chillin’ after the climbs. It’s never ending! Something that almost every [...]
American Alpine Institute on 05/11/12
The ethics of leaving gear in the mountains or at the crag is complex. Some might consider anything left behind anywhere, akin to abandoning gear. Indeed, some National Parks and the Bureau of Land Management identify any gear left behind for any reason at all as abandoned.
So under these draconian policies, if you leave a tent up on a mountain, hike down to your car to do a resupply, and then bring your food back up, a ranger could decide that you've abandoned your tent. And while...
Little Po on 05/10/12
In addition to "Trekking in the Majesty of the Tibetan Plateau, A Qigong and Wilderness Adventure," LittlePo is offering another fall trip which consists of day hikes, bike tours, cultural activities, and qigong practice in the beautiful and diverse Yunnan province, south of the clouds. Oct 28-Nov 10, 2012. We had a successful trip in this lovely place in spring 2011 (check out our photo album) and we can't wait to share this awesome experience with more friends! Read More...
Climbing Narcissist on 05/10/12
Another one bites the dust for Daniel Woods in Clear Creek Canyon Another Hard 5.14 FA By Daniel Woods In Clear Creek Canyon from Climbing Narcissist
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American Alpine Institute on 05/10/12
Northwest:
The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center has stopped posting regular avalanche forecasts for the season, however special forecasts will continue to be issued if unusually severe avalanche conditions develop.
Forecasters decided that conditions warranted a special forecast for May 7th and 8th.
Read more here . A good reminder to stay heads-up in the backcountry while spring conditions develop.
Highway 20 is getting closer to being open for the...
The Cleanest Line on 05/09/12
by Ryan Montbleau As a New England boy through and through, I have to ask myself: what if over the last 80 years, Rhode Island had washed away into the sea and was now completely gone? That is essentially what...
Steph Davis on 05/09/12
Hi Steph, I’ve been spending a lot of time lately reading your blog, and have been working up the nerve to e-mail. I’m 21, about to graduate college and hit the road, with my whole life ahead of me and a world of possibilities, and am so unbelievably excited for everything that that future holds. [...]
The Cleanest Line on 05/09/12
by Fitz & Becca Cahall 5Point Film Festival invited us back for another live Dirtbag Diaries. And of course, we said, "Yes!" We invited four people up on stage to to talk about a moment in their lives when it...
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