Beta Bonus!
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Retro Night , Shoe demo and Yosemite Slideshow!
Stop by Vertical Ventures for an awesome evening of bright tights, short shorts, tall socks and loud music. Kurt Smith will be hosting his Old School Yosemite Slideshow from 7 – 8pm, followed by an Evolv Shoe Demo from 8 – 10:30. ALL EVOLV SHOES WILL BE 20% OFF ON FRIDAY NIGHT! Wear your brightest [...]
Featured Area – Foster Falls, TN
With a plethora of sport routes at 5.10 and under, Foster Falls offers a great venue for building your climbing skills outdoors. The climbing is second only to the scenery. Deep forests and an enormous cascade provide just as much enjoyment as the steep cranking. Being only 9 hrs away by car and 1 hour [...]
The Season – episode 11
Fitz is taking a short break after this episode, so get your fill while you can. It’ll be a few weeks until the next one is out. Dont forget to subscribe via itunes to get the latest episode delivered straight to your dome in HD. Think that biking stuff looks rad, but there’s no where [...]
El Cap Free Climbing Mega-Project!
I’m sure by now most climbers have heard about Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s attempts to free climb Mescalito – a proud line straight up the tallest and steepest section of El Capitan. This climb is difficult for most aid climbers to get up, let alone free climbing many many many pitches in a row [...]
Hueco Trip
So a bunch of VV offspring (and a few illegitimate love-children as well) hit the road for that warm special happy place that many boulderers go in search of. No, not the back of a random traveling dirtbags Toyota Corolla turned make-shift RV on a cold desert night, we’re talking about the real deal here [...]
Arkansas?
What do you know about Arkansas? Do you know about the awesome bouldering there? Do you know about the incredible sport climbing there? What about the Horseshoe Canyon Ranch? Did you know you can fly there for $100? Cedar Wright provides us with some answers: Share this post:
South of the Equator
Some shaky short clips from past trips to the Southern Hemisphere. Everything is overhanging down there – something about being at the bottom of the globe. Share this post:
Summer
Maybe this is a bit premature, but damn we’re psyched for summer. Fresh lemonade, warm swimming, watermelons, oh ya – AND CLIMBING! The audio clip below sums this feeling up perfectly. The Dirtbag Diaries | Summer Invocation Don’t forget to check out The Dirtbag Diaries for more great stories. Share this post:
This Week on Cribs…
We take a journey half way up El Cap to the palacial domicile of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. These two kindly take a break from their attempts at freeing Mescalito to show us around their little slice of heaven. Share this post:
The Season: episode 10
We’re not sure about you, but we’re gonna have withdrawals when this series is over. It just keeps getting better and better. Share this post:
The Incredible Hulk
No, not the menacing green 20th century Mr. Hyde – this one’s way bigger. And pure white. And absolutely stacked with quality climbing. Yep, that Incredible Hulk – just another one of the innumerable secret stashes of perfect alpine granite hidden deep in the Sierra. In the summer of 2008, Peter Croft and Conrad Anker [...]
Yvon Chouinard Commercial
The below commercial first aired Sunday night during the Academy Awards, and continues to run on primetime television. We think its great to see not only climbing, but historical figures and activists that we know and trust getting airtime in front of the masses. Listen to Yvon’s message, “To do good you have to actually [...]
Do you trust that bolt?
With the Spring climbing season close at hand, a little public safety message/reality check is in order to keep us all vigilant while climbing outside. CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS! Yes, all climbing, including sport climbing. In January last year Nick Kaczorowski was killed when a bolt he fell on ripped out of the wall. The ripping [...]
The Season: episode 8
Episode 8 of The Season is fresh off the presses and ready for your viewing pleasure. If you like kayaking you’re going to enjoy this one. Put on a sweater though, ’cause it looks real cold. Think you’d like to try kayaking? Check out the kayak trails at Weedon Island for a fun outing. Don’t [...]
An interview with a Route Artist
Nate Gold, aka Biggie Smooth, aka the legend himself, took a little time away from his routesetting and horse whispering duties to share a little bit about himself with all of us. You might recognize Nate from the various movies he’s been in – Big Game, Best of the West and Pilgrimage. You also may [...]
Beta Bonus!
You take care of us…we take care of you. It pays to check The Send. TBS competitors pay extra close attention and flash this thing. Share this post:
Messner
From wikipedia: “Reinhold Messner (born September 17, 1944) is an Italian mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol, often cited as the greatest mountain climber of all time. He is renowned for making the first solo ascents of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and for being the first climber to ascend all fourteen “eight-thousanders” (peaks over [...]
