Southern Accents Part 1: Brazil

Southern Accents Part 1:  Brazil

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March 10th, 2010 by Gil
Terminal Impatience
   As the airplane banked to the east, my small window framing the freshly encrusted Rockies faded to scenes of flat expanse and then night.  Several feet above me in the overhead compartment, a 60 lb. cacophony of gear slept peacefully in my cary-on pack after surviving scrutiny from dumbfounded security officials at Denver International Airport who had swooned at my explanation for all the alien metal and cord I was attempting to bring on board. I told them ”people’s lives depend on this gear” and I could not risk it being out of my possession for even a moment.  How had these security agents never seen or heard of rock climbing gear at Denver airport?  Four hours later I landed in Atlanta and took a train to a friend’s house where I would spend my 22 hour layover.  My oversized pack and gigantic haulbag gave me celebrity status on the Atlanta railway, MARTA. Some people thought my haulbag contained golf clubs.  One couple wanted to know if I was going to be on TV.  “Just like that guy who climbs the buildings, right?” asked a portly woman.  “Right,” I said, “but I aint using no suction cups!” More »

Pullharder vs Woodson Bouldering

Pullharder vs Woodson Bouldering

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February 26th, 2010 by Josh

Nate and I found a day without rain a while back, and decided to hit the Mt. Woodson boulders.  We only tried a few problems that day, but three of them were absolute classics and we shot a little video.  There was Silk Banana, the obscenely strenuous lieback, which neither of us had tried before.  That provided a wicked warmup, being one of the most powerful problems I’ve ever tried at Woodson.  More »

Adventurers of the Year

Adventurers of the Year

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February 25th, 2010 by Nate

Check it out:

http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/readers-choice-adventurer-of-the-year-the-votes-are-in.html

Adventurers of the year.  That’s right.

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Gym Kostas: The Return

Gym Kostas: The Return

January 23rd, 2010 by Nate

Bad weather in the mountains and at the crags, schedules coalesce, and it’s time for a saturday morning thrashing.

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Chamonix Beta

Chamonix Beta

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by Nate

Information we could have used beforehand.

Transportation from Geneva

The absolute best way to get from Geneva to Chamonix is to go to chamexpress.com and spend 25 euro on a van ride directly to where you want to go.  They speak english, and you can schedule a pickup time and place online. More »

The Frendo Spur

The Frendo Spur

December 29th, 2009 by Nate

June 2009, Chamonix

Kostas, Scotty, and I chose the Frendo Spur as our first route in the Alps. Of course our “real” goals were the Petit Dru and the Walker Spur, being California hotshot rock technicians and all.
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North Face of Notchtop

North Face of Notchtop

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December 8th, 2009 by Scotty

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Dark Star, the Siberian-Alaskan Way

Dark Star, the Siberian-Alaskan Way

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November 25th, 2009 by Robb

With my work trip to Antarctica quickly approaching, Friday Nov. 6 became Konstantin’s and my goal to climb Dark Star (V 5.10c) on Temple Crag. More »

Free Rider

Free Rider

November 16th, 2009 by Stein

A couple of weeks ago Luke and I drove into Yosemite with the intention to check out Free Rider — kick its tires, try and get its general idea. Things went better than expected and we ended up climbing up 1/2 of El Cap free in a day. So we figured, “Eh, doing the whole thing can’t be that hard.” When I said that to my friend Traian, he laughed and answered “Yeah right, you guys climbed ‘Easy Rider’. Wait till you get higher.” He was spot on. More »

Pullharder vs Woodson: Part II

Pullharder vs Woodson:  Part II

November 12th, 2009 by Josh

The long awaited 2nd installment is finally here.  That’s right, last month I got the itch again, sent out the e-mails, and this time an even bigger crew went up for punishment on some of the more heinous offwidths at Mt. Woodson.  Round 2!!!  This time we tried Right Long’s Crack and Greg’s Crack as the main course, with a little Big Grunt for dessert!

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