from Stories From a Climbing Life
Climbing is growing in popularity on a daily basis, drawing in more climbers to destinations than ever before. As more climbers are drawn to the sport, and more specifically bouldering, were all going to need to learn how to manage the crowding. In my eyes, there are only two ways to deal with this explosion [...]
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Forrest grew up in the mountains and is the product of a life spent in the outdoors. Born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, he and his family moved to Mount Shasta when he was three. With a ski resort fifteen minutes from his home and parents that worked at the resort, it was natural that Forrest took to skiing at an early age. Forrest's early focus in skiing was geared towards ski racing. During high school, Forrest won two high school state championships and was the 1998 USSA J1 Jr. Olympic Champion in the ...
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from Climb with kids
This past spring, my husband and I rented an RV for our two week climbing trip to California. We aren't usually the "RV type", if there is such a thing. Or, I should say... prior to kids we weren't the RV type. Our trip to Bishop and Yosemite this past spring may have given us a window into the RV life. And it didn't suck. Yes, it's a bit gas guzzling, and yes, it seems like a lazy way to go. Say what you will, I consider it a win that we enjoyed a two week climbing trip on the road with two kids under 4 -
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from Online Climbing Coach
Climbers who are into training or pushing themselves are often trying to keep everything ‘clean’. Clean in this sense means without complication - black and white, yes or no, all or nothing. This is good, but it can backfire. It backfires because real life performance in sport (of life etc) is messy, always. Well, OK not always. If you’re a bit older, you’ll look back on a handful of moments, maybe only one, where everything was clean for a fleeting few minutes on a climb. Sometimes that’ll be
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from The Adventure Blog
The New Year hasn't changed much for the Antarctic skiers, who still have their eyes on the prize and are continuing their long, cold, slow march to the Pole. As is usual, I'll start with an update on the progress of Chris Foot . In my last post on the Antarctic season I noted that he was fast approaching the Pole. Turns out, I read his locational coordinates wrong and he still has a ways to go. Foot should have crossed the 89th degree yesterday, which would put him at roughly 60 nautical miles until he
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from The Adventure Blog
After suffering through 2+ weeks of weather delays in Punta Arenas, it seems that things have finally taken a turn for the better. Reports out of Antarctica indicate that the weather is excellent and that progress has been good for just about everyone. I think it is safe to say that the season is officially on, although it remains to be seen if the delays will have an effect on any of the explorers. Chris Foot has been sending dispatches back from the ice, including an audio file yesterday that updated us
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from The Adventure Blog
Adventure travel company Intrepid Travel is running a contest throughout the month of November during which they'll be giving away one trip a day. The Win30 Trips in 30 Days contest couldn't be easier to enter either. All you have to do is roll your mouse over the onscreen map, stopping on the various push pins, along the way. When you do stop, a small postcard will pop up, indicating the destination depicted by the pin. Find the place you would most like to visit and click on it, and you'll be given the
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from The Adventure Blog
One of the more amazing things I had the chance to do last week while I was in Yellowstone was to spend some time with park ranger Rick McIntyre who took our band of travel writers out to spot the elusive wolvesthat now call the park home. I wrote about this experience at length this morning over at Gadling , but definitely wanted to share some thoughts on it here as well, as it was one of those opportunities that rarely come along in your lifetime. Now don't get me wrong, it is quite possible to spot ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Back in July, French rower Mathieu Bonnier set out from Greenland to attempt to row through the Northwest Passage, and while he has already faced a number of challenges, he continues to make good progress towards achieving that goal. At this point, he is north of Canada, and has passed through Resolute Bay, but continues to battle pack ice which has impeded his progress. According to this story at ExWeb , Mathieu arrived in Resolute Bay around the middle of the month, but before reaching that milestone, he
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from Happiegrrrl Climbing
Living on a nature preserve is certainly different than residing within a municipality such as Chelsea in Manhattan, but it's not without it's own society. At first I wasn't really conscious of the connection that the preserve created between myself and the many others who come to this land, whether for only a portion of one day out of their entire life, or as a regular user here on a frequent or even near daily basis. Sure, I noticed others about me, and interacted with them on a variety of levels, but I
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