One of the areas in the back yard of San Diego is Mount Woodson. This area offers an interesting assortment of cracks of various sizes. Many are short enough to boulder, but others warrant a top rope. Despite taking good gear I think most of the routes are rarely led. Since we can get out [...]
After spending most of last fall projecting Equinox in J-Tree Lizzy and I have not been back in a while and have mainly climbed in other places. However when a bunch of climbers are going to party in the desert it is hard to say no. Back in October was the 4th annual Intersection Rock [...]
Back when I was learning to lead belay (and climb multipitch routes), one of my guides told my classmates and I that we needed to go get daisy chains and belay gloves before he’d let us lead belay: a daisy chain so that you can attach yourself to an anchor (although now I typically anchor [...]
After testing out the Acrteryx R320 I was interested in trying out the competition. Right now I am testing the Black Diamond Chaos with the Kinetic Core Construction. So far I’ve mainly been cragging but it went up the Freeblast twice back in October. After a bunch more pitches I will be doing a full [...]
I wanted to take a moment to highlight some climbing inspired art. As climbers we travel to amazing places and often return home with just memories. I have tried to take photographs but they do not even start to capture the brilliance and emotion of places I go. I think Renan’s art shows a very [...]
Prompted by a recent post by Jamie Emerson on Grades. I thought it would be good to dig up a few older thoughtful posts on climbing mixed with some classic climbing quotes. “The best climber in the world is the one who’s having the most fun.” – Alex Lowe Grades, Grade, Grades. “As we unloaded packs at [...]
Tommy Caldwell is an inspiration, a bad ass and one of the most talented all around climbers in the world. When I heard Sportiva was coming out with the TC Pro I wanted in. I’ve been a Miura junkie for a while but was curious about what the TC Pro had to offer. I dream of doing many long free routes [...]
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