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Hans and Yuji Claim New Nose Record
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +0800
The Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley is not only the most famous big wall rock climb in the world but its probably the most beautiful. Its a sight...
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Climbing Quote of the Week: John Gill
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:18:00 +0800
John Gill, a long-time resident of Pueblo West, Colorado, is perhaps the most legendary of all American climbers. John is simply the father of bouldering. He began specializing in short,...
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How Many Climbers Are in America?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:11:00 +0800
How many climbers are in the United States? There is no firm number. An Outdoor Industry Association survey shows that the number of Americans over the age of 16 that...
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Climbing Quote of the Week: Reinhold Messner
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:31:00 +0800
Reinhold Messner, born and raised in the Villnöss Valley among the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy, is quite simply the greatest mountaineer of the 20th century and perhaps of all...
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Which Rappel Knot Do You Use?
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:58:00 +0800
Yesterday, I went up to a new unclimbed cliff overlooking a hidden valley near Pikes Peak. Its a big cliff, broken into four immense buttresses that are divided by three...
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Yosemite Climbing Exhibit
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:36:00 +0800
Yosemite National Park has long been the crucible of American rock climbing. Yosemite Valley, or The Valley as locals call it, is a mythic climbing area. Here are the famed...
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Climbing Quote of the Week: Lynn Hill
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:27:00 +0800
Lynn Hill, a California-raised climber, has lived a life of superlatives. In the 1990s Lynn Hill was not only the best female climber in the world but also the worlds...
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Ed Webster Desert Photo Gallery
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:20:00 +0800
Ive known Ed Webster since 1975 when he was a young student at Colorado College. After that I went on a lot of climbing trips around the American West with...
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Climbing Quote of the Week: Mark Twight
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:42:00 +0800
Mark Twight became a bold and extreme alpinist in the late 1980s with a knack for climbing hard ice, dangerous peaks, and surviving with skill and smarts. Some of his...
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Your Climbing Harness
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:56:00 +0800
Your climbing harness is not just a piece of equipment but it becomes part of you when youre climbing. Its intimately bound to you around your waist and upper legs....
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