Archive | March, 2009

Tips For Climbing Dates

The irreverent climbing blog Pimpin’ And Crimpin’ has some hilarious tips for your next climbing date.

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Be Careful What You (Sort Of) Wish For

Be Careful What You (Sort Of) Wish For

As climbers we spend most of our time concerned about avoiding injuries to our precious upper body extremities, most importantly our hands. Injuries to seemingly non-essential climbing tools like our legs are usually not at the forefront of our minds. In fact, I often argued with Mrs. Narc that I would rather have a leg injury than an arm injury. This was at the time that she was spending 6 weeks on the couch with a broken ankle so she was nonplussed to say the least. After the events of last week in Rocktown, I’m starting to come around to her point.

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Climbing Photography Tips

UKClimbing has a cool article by Alex Messenger with several tips to help you capture better climbing photos.

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New Rocky Mountain Highball Website

New Rocky Mountain Highball Website

Rocky Mountain Highball is a climbing movie that has been in the works for several years now. In case you couldn’t guess, the movie is going to prominently feature highball boulder problems from all over Colorado’s Frontrange as well as interviews with the climbers who climb them. In anticipation of the April 27th premier in Boulder, CO, a new Rocky Mountain Highball website has been unveiled and it’s pretty slick.

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Agent Orange (V13) Repeated

Phil Schaal has made a probable 2nd ascent of Paul Robinson’s Agent Orange (V13) at the Gunks.  Here is some video and a few thoughts on the FA..

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Paul Robinson Does 2nd Ascent Of Psychedelic (5.14c/d)

Paul Robinson Does 2nd Ascent Of Psychedelic (5.14c/d)

Paul Robinson repeats Psychedelic in St. George, UT.

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Climbing Video:  Paul Robinson At The 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo

Climbing Video: Paul Robinson At The 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo

Video of Paul Robinson cruising double digit boulders at the 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo

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