Hello all,
This post is an update about the forthcoming Pullharder.org marathon. As you may, or may not, know this year’s race will be held in memory of our friends Ben Horne and Gil Weiss. In this post I am including two things, first is a video of with images sampled from the internet as a tribute to Ben and Gil; Second, is all the pertinent information that you will need for this race. More »
Ben saw a woman who resembled the Wicked Witch of the West, or maybe Mary Poppins, riding a small tricycle in the night. Our bumper was barreling down at her at 60 miles per hour through the fog. May Day, May Day!
It is well established: Punishment=Glory. But the glory usually comes at the summit; we seldom experience glory on the route’s descent. Backcountry snowboarding is an exception. Hours of work on the climb up = minutes of joy on the ride down. More »
Once upon a time, a friend of a friend nicknamed “the Nizzler,” for reasons lost to time, took a trip to Indian Creek. After getting brutally worked on one of her projects, she laid down amongst the gear at the base, like a wolf puppy who tried her first hunt on a porcupine. Semi-fetal, with knees tucked up but limp arms and lifeless eyes, my friend snapped a picture, and it provides the blueprint for when we tell each other we’ve been “nizzled.” More »
Most weekends you can find the pullharder crew suffering in the high Sierras, fighting their way up big walls or training…hard! However, one weekend a year we take a break to meet up with friends from all over the country and enjoy ourselves. It just so happens that our idea of a good time is a costume party/BBQ 160 feet off the deck. More »
There were falls into the engulphing blackness. Some pitches were onsighted, others not. There was blood, both fake and real. Cloaks blew in the wind, and mezmerized in the moonlight. An adventure was sought, and experienced. It was a good night….. 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 »
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.
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.
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 »
