Yup, you heard right: Pullharder is hosting a Marathon, a Half Marathon, a 10K and a 5K! Consider this the opportunity of a lifetime. More »

Back in the summer of 2009 Nath climbed The Vampire at Tahquitz (5.11a) with her friend, Linda.  She’s from Montreal and spoke French growing up and so this needed a little editing.  For various reasons (none good) I slacked and didn’t get to it until now.  Sorry Nath.  In any case, below is her awesome tale of leading The Vampire.  She’d been leading trad for about 2 years, and what made it exceptionally challenging was that she’s about 5′1″. More »

Climbing epics tend to start out in a similar manner: you pick a climb that is over your head, over-estimate your abilities, under-estimate the time to climb it and since you will summit in no time, you take away essentials like water, food, and headlamps. Much like a flawed mathematical proof or scientific experiment, what you set out to do turns into a series of mistakes because of a false initial assumption. When you succeed, you call it light and fast. When you don’t, it turns into an epic. Then there’s the gray area in between where you are climbing in the dark, blaming yourself for not bringing more water and a headlamp, your mind gets filled with self-doubts, and you are certain that you’re going to die. Here is my story: More »

When did I know I had bitten off more than I could chew?  I think it occurred to me about 10 feet into my 25 foot fall…WOOOOOOOOOOO! More »

Training for Moonlight Buttress, Roberto and I were short on time one weekend but long on energy.  We decided to hit Eagle Peak and just climb everything we could get our hands on!  The plan was simple: show up and punch out as many pitches as possible with the time we had.

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Over the last year and a half I have been lucky enough to put together a spectacular list of long climbs: Dream of Wild Turkeys, Levitation 29, The Original Route, Rainbow Country and Moonlight Buttress, but none of them really felt like they were my trip.  It never felt like success or failure rested on my shoulders.  So I figured it was time to plan my own trip and climb a big wall with all the pressure on me.  I chose the Original Route on the Rainbow Wall for two reasons; first, I had done it before, so I knew I could do it again, and second, it is close to San Diego. More »

Goals create motivation, motivation leads to goals.  It’s cyclical.  Without one, it’s hard to have the other, but with both anything is possible.  I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people say “that’s my dream climb.”  Dreams are for the thinkers, goals are for the doers.  I’ve learned that once my dreams become my goals, they quickly become my accomplishments.  Sometimes it’s hard, but I always end up with a smile on my face and memories for a lifetime. More »

Looking back on this trip all I can remember are the breathtaking views, the phenomenal rock climbing and the laughs, but that is only half of the story.  Be forewarned this is not your typical trip report. More »

Roberto and I recently wandered off to the desert for a weekend of punishment.  I’d been sport climbing, or climbing easier stuff for a while and I needed to get WRECKED!  I asked Roberto if he was up for some punishment and he gave me a big fat YES.  We flipped through the guide, and found our instruments of self annihilation.

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