from The Adventure Blog
For the past week, I've been running a little giveaway on the Adventure Blog to hand out three Survivor Medic packs from Adventure Medical Kits . I asked anyone who entered to e-mail me to share their favorite outdoor destinations, and after receiving several hundred entries, I randomly picked three winners last night. Those winners and there outdoor adventure destinations of choice, are as follows: • Duffy Knox of Los Angeles, California, who prefers spending time in Zion National Park . • Erich ...
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from Sonnie Trotter
When people ask me when I fell in love with climbing, I say I was about 16 years old (a little late for todays standards) but then my mom sent me this picture in the mail yesterday, and it occurred to me, maybe Ive been in love with climbing for a lot longer than I [...]
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from Happiegrrrl Climbing
It all started, I believe, when I decided to buy a twenty-pound propane cylinder to use for a Mr. Heater unit in the cabin and for cooking fuel while on this southwest tour. Back in October, I went to the Agway in New Paltz and they had only one unit left. I bought it, slightly upset at the price, which was something like $25. Unfilled. When I got the cylinder home, the first night I hooked it up to the Mr. Heater and could not make it work. Not a good omen. A few days later I called the company, assuming
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from Happiegrrrl Climbing
My alternate personna, ClimbAddict Designs, is running an end of year promotion. Giving away $50 in product - you can find information on the Moments In Climbing - 2010promotion here ! Trying to garner People who *Like* ClimbAddict on Facebook, so I can spa...ummm, update them with new design info, Item of the week and such. It's been told to me that I am simply - NOT - getting the word out about the damned company, despite my nearly incessant efforts. I guess I have not been working smart.... On a ...
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from Rock Climber Girl
I wonder if Teresa and Maile the Great will come running in slow motion if I call out On Belay
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from High Places
Dear Steph.
I know you are busy and a rock star but i will appreciate if you take some time to read this mail.
I just finished High Infatuation two days ago, and during the time I spent in every page I had a lot of mixed feelings because I found many links between the sentences you [...]
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
A story by Silvia Vidal Photos by Olivier Favresse, Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Stephane Hanssens. Usually I write about a climbing. This time I'm writing about the reasons that brought me to climb a not planned route and with some other climbing partners as first expected, on Mount Asgard (Baffin Island, Canada). I was planning a summer expedition to Baffin Island with a friend of mine (Luis Gomez, Madrid-Spain). We started to prepare things early in the season trying to have things under ...
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from The Adventurist
Rock climbing could be heading to the Olympics in 2020 as a competitive sport. The Vancouver Globe and Mail is reporting that the International Federation of Sports Climbing recently jumped the first of many hurdles by becoming recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC will be taking a close look at the sport of Rock Climbing, with a final decision to be made by 2013. Rock Climbing as an Olympic sport is not that far fetched. It is recognized in nearly every country as a viable and
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from Life in the Vertical
Well I have just return from a lovely (Well edible) lunch in Pete's Eats, where I was flicking through the Mirror and saw a story of sensationalist proportion on a couple taking a baby for a walk up Snowdon . I read between the lines and saw no story whatsoever. Then in walked a previous chairman of Llanberis Mountain Rescue team who chatted about the idiot that took the picture. Mid slagging would you believe it the idiot, who would only give his first name Rob (I will get his full name when I have ...
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from Online Climbing Coach
Paul sent through a mail with questions about choosing different fits of rock shoes for different climbing objective, as well as using other options such as wearing socks. Basically his question was whether it’s best to choose different shoes for different jobs or if one can do everything. The answer is really to choose the best shoe for exactly the type of climb you are trying, especially
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