Totem Cam Review
Totem Cams have come up with a truly innovative design that holds much potential to provide excellent holding power in tricky placements while at the same time maintaining a large expansion range and light weight.
Pullharder.org
A Culmination of Experiences Earned in the Pursuit of Climbing
Climbing Boutique Off Route Site Index
Bullshit
Climbing Weather
Here are links to NOAA.gov for exact climbing areas…not the nearest city ( I will be updating and improving this, I just wanted to be able to use it) More »
The First Annual Pullharder Marathon
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 »
A climbers dilemma
The one of the hardest part about being a climber is trying to convey the experience of climbing to others. It is as if you know the answer, but you can’t articulate it. You have a great story, but can’t tell it. I have had similar experiences trying to tell a story to someone who doesn’t speak the same languages as me. What makes it frustrating is that there are words that describe the experience, but the meaning of those words is far removed from their conventional definitions. How do you define “mysteriously technical”, “mind blowing” even if you could recount the movements of a climb; even if you could describe the sounds of a day, it is still impossible to impart upon others the experience that you had. It is yours and yours alone. You want to share it, but you can’t. This is the curse of climbing.
A visit to Mesa Rim climbing gym
A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to check out the new climbing gym in San Diego that we had been hearing about. The main attractions (in my mind) are 52 ft lead walls, top out bouldering walls, a bunch of cracks at different sizes, and a weight room. Mesa Rim is scheduled for a grand opening on May 22nd. More »
The Pinnacle of Climbing Fashion
Roberto was kind enough to throw this video together from his trip bouldering in Hueco. More »
Southern Accents Part 1: Brazil
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. More »
Adventurers of the Year
Check it out:
Adventurers of the year. That’s right.
Chamonix Beta
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 »
And Now They Call Me “Meteor”
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while so now that I am finally healing up, I figured I write up my accident report and see what feedback anyone had so that something could be taken away from what happened. More »
Joshua Tree Sendtastic (Wanger Banger, Hidden Arch, Father Figure)
Another beautiful weekend in Joshua Tree and a few more sweet routes ticked. After a lazy saturday-morning wakeup Josh and I made it to the park before noon and headed straight for Hidden Arch, an amazing left leaning corner just to the left of Loose Lady. This thing is pretty hard, with funky crimping outside the corner followed by body-englishing your way up the corner. A total Scotty route. More »
Blitzkrieg Day at Mt. Woodson
Ben and I hit Woodson today with the goal of doing thirty routes.. BLITZKRIEG DAY!!
Sport Climbing
Not to be outdone by Shay’s Pullharder-Exploration Division (PhD), I’m starting PUllharder Sport-climbing SYndicate (PUSSY). Everyone who thinks sport-climbing is the best and only aspect of climbing is welcome to join. We get together several times a week to hangdog and wank on bolted routes. No skills are required, you just have to talk big. More »
Pullharder Exploration Division.
What it is:
The Pullharder-Exploration Division (PhD) is a division of Pullharder.org aimed at exploring new climbing terrain in the surrounding mountain regions. More »
Straight to the Dome: Starvation and Glory in the High Sierra
The Kearsarge Pass is but a small lull in the blocky granite ridge that runs between Mt. Gould and University peak. The scree and tallus of Mt. Gould’s southern slopes fall away from the east and west to reveal a stark and bony ridgeline which steadily slithers upwards towards University peak. It is the skeleton of the Sierra, growing with every seismic episode and aged by the very weather it creates. More »
Full Circle: Moonlight Ascent of Leonids (II 5.9 El Cajon Mountain)
Back in February of 2006, I climbed my first multi-pitch route. I had been climbing for about 3-4 months at the time, mostly indoors and on toprope. My hands were still soft, my forearms puny, my gear still shiny, but my mind was gung-ho on this new sport More »
We celebrated Kostas’ birthday in fine style: Weekend o’ chumpness
The sunrise in the Buttermilks was glorious as usual, blah, blah, blah. I vaguely remember waking up for a split second and seeing an incredible light show playing out on the underside of the clouds on the eastern horizon, but it was probably just a dream. More »
Kostas on Gunsmoke
This was the weekend of the big fires (October 2007). If anyone knows the proper way to do the video conversion from NTSC 720×480 (widescreen) to mp4/youtube format, please let me know. More »
Uh-oh, I pulled too hard!
In this season of hard training and pushing your limits, I figured I would post up a reminder that you need to listen to your body. Very carefully. More »
On Winter
Avalanches suck. The photo below is from blatant early season stupidity, four years ago in Washington, resulting in a 1/2 to 1 foot crown and a 500 foot ride, a sprained ankle, a shitty walk out, and a super fun ER visit. More »
White Rastafarian
Thought I’d post some photos of this amazing boulder problem in the Outback, Joshua Tree. More »
Birthday Challenge: 230 boulder problems at age 23
While I’m posting here, I figured I would recount my 23rd birthday celebration from May 15, 2006 to inspire you all to continue the tradition. By the way, I’m turning 25 this May, and I plan to come up with a challenge. See www.birthdaychallenge.com for inspiration for your own challenge. More »
Rediscovering Mission Gorge
Mission Gorge will always occupy a special place in my heart. It was there that I first climbed outdoors, first lead a trad climb with the 5 pieces of gear I owned at the time and subsequently fell and ripped out my first piece and decked. More »
UCSD Buildering
Okay, assholes. Since nobody is posting anything to PH, I’ll stick this little TR from when the fires were raging, the gym was closed, and we had to fucking crank! More »
BBQ on Intersection Rock
On the way back from Joshua Tree, Josh, Alex, Albert, and myself stopped at Texas Lucy’s in Temecula. We gorged ourselves on flatulence inducing grub, made obscene comments about the waitresses (whose ass cheeks and cleavage are more apparent than the Bush administration’s hypocrisy), and talked about climbing. More »
Hell Hike II
Well I would like to report a successful Hell Hike on Wednesday in rural Escondido.
A luring road promptly sent us to a small trail that passed by some graffiti and then dumped us in friendly chaparral to thrash about for awhile. More »
Nate Dike
Charles and I got spanked. We got on the magnificent dike, only to be shut down by the monumental task of handrilling all the bolts. Hand drilling on lead is simultaneously tedious and frightening. We slugged in 4 more bolts and pushed the route 100 feet higher….but the hardest climbing still remains. More »
