A Few From Devil's Lake
Here are a few pictures from a fantastic day at Devil's Lake yesterday. Danny and I had a great day of climbing with the entire East Bluff to ourselves for the entire day. Lo...
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2007
Devil's Lake in the Fall
Picture if you will for a moment the most glorious Fall day you have ever seen at your local climbing crag. Picture in your head the trees ablaze with full fledged Fall colors. Fee...
More Devil's Lake Pictures
I added a few pictures from this past weekend's excursions at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . I'm still learning how to work with my new Nikon D70 which is at times frust...
The Learning Curve
I spend a great deal of my time with young climbers. Most have boundless energy and seemingly unlimited potential as climbers. Despite all their physical strengths, I cannot spend...
Devil's Lake - 9/22-23/2007
Here are a few pictures with related storytelling from our weekend at Devil's Lake. More pictures than what is seen here can be viewed by visiting the pictures page . On Satu...
Devil's Lake Pictures
I added some pictures from the past weekend's adventures at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . Amy and I spent Saturday bouldering with Tony & Sarah at the North Shore...
Devil's Lake: John Cow Edition
Berkeley Foreplay Charybdis Thanks Chris!
Devil's Lake - 9/16/07
What a great weekend. Amy and I pulled off a rare doubleheader on Saturday when we took in a Wisconsin Badger football game in the afternoon and then a Brewers baseball game in the...
Devil's Lake Trad
Back in May, our friend Chris was nice enough to take us on a trad climbing adventure at Devil's Lake State Park. Having never done any trad climbing, it was something I had...
Wisconsin Bouldering: Devil’s Lake
I had the day off today so I decided to go and do some exploring up at one of the only crags here in Wisconsin. This of course meant a trip to Devil's Lake State Park. I will be th...
Allez?
I don' really have much to say today. Besides my arm starting to feel better, it is supposed to hit 40 degrees tomorrow and 50 by next week. Making me anxious to get back to Devil'...
2008
Extremist’s Guide To Devil’s Lake New Climbs
Any climber that has spent time on the quartzite cliffs at Devil’s Lake State Park knows that it has a rich and colorful history. Legends like Fritz Wiessner, John Gill and Pete Cl...
New Devil’s Lake Guidebook Review
A review of the updated Climbers Guide To Devil's Lake, 3rd Edition that was just released.
New Devil’s Lake Guidebook Delayed?
As far as guidebooks go, the current edition of the “Climber’s Guide to Devil’s Lake” by Sven Olaf Swartling is the epitome of the phrase “it is what it is”. It is far from spectac...
Amateur Hour At Devil’s Lake
After two frustrating weekends that involved no outdoor climbing, this past weekend we made it out to the quartzite bluffs of Devil’s Lake. The crew consisted of Mrs. Narc, Old Sch...
Living The High Life At Devil’s Lake
Old School and I made our respective returns from surgery to the sharp end at Devil’s Lake yesterday. I decided to leave my camera behind so my words will have to suffice...for th...
Plan D Part 4: The Tombstone Left
To wrap up this series of ego boosts for T-Boz here is a sequence of photos of him climbing the left side of the Tombstone (not sure if it has a name or not). Regrettably he botch...
Plan D Part 3: The Tombstone Right
After Sarah & Kevlar gave the Tombstone their best efforts, Tony came down from his perch...
Plan D Part 2: The Tombstone
After finishing up at the Flatiron, we made our way over to the Tombstone boulder. Home to 3 tall problems ranging from V1 to V5, the Tombstone is one of the best boulders in...
Plan D Part 1: Gill's Flatiron
Late in the month of March, I headed up to Devil's Lake with the goal of exploring some lesser traveled boulders with the not-so-R-Tard crew (Kevin, Sarah & Tony). Unfortunately,...
Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
As usual, a weekend forecast for snow, wind and generally miserable weather leading up to the class I was teaching last weekend with Chris at Devil's Lake had us gripping all week....
Mrs. Narc Opens The Spring Season at Devils Lake
Despite the fact that I have no prospects for climbing anytime soon, I have been abnormally eager for the snows to melt and the Spring season at Devil's Lake to begin. A couple of...
2009
The Keymaker Finally Gets Repeated
Boy did I pick a bad day to stay home from Devil’s Lake yesterday...
Anchorpoint
The weather this Summer in Wisconsin has been a climber's dream. Temps have rarely gotten higher than 80 and many perfect sunny days in the 70's have been there for the taking whic...
Full Stop
Yesterday I came to a realization that the past 3 years have all followed the same pattern as far as my climbing is concerned. Each of the 3 years began with a roughly 6 month brea...
News & Notes – 05/20/2009
News & Notes from Matt Wilder, Southern Illinois, Black Diamond and more...
Devil's Lake Bouldering: Alpine Club and Beautiful Soup
After 6 weeks of sitting inside watching the spring season pass by while waiting for my knee to feel better, I was abnormally psyched to meet up with Nic (of Five Ten fame), Steve...
Old Devil’s Lake Bouldering Photos: The Keymaker (V11?)
Not all the bouldering on the West Bluff at Devil's Lake is spread out and hard to find. A short hike down the tumbled rocks trail followed by a brief foray in to the talus will b...
Old Devil’s Lake Bouldering Photos: Jenga (V6 or 7?)
When we were moving last year, I was very psyched to stumble across a series of pictures from the spring of 2003 I didn't remember taking. Among the pile were several pictures of t...
2011
Reviews Of The Schengen Files, The Swiss Account, Better Than Chocolate & Midwest Unknown
A chance for you to win something for free and a few thoughts on The Schengen Files, The Swiss Account, Better Than Chocolate and Midwest Unknown just as soon as the cops are done...
Beautiful Soup
If there is one recurring theme about my climbing you probably picked up from reading this site over the years is that I get injured. A lot. In fact, injury was the main impetus fo...
Video Friday - 3/25/2011
Before we get to today's videos I wanted to take a moment to draw your attention to a piece from a recent issue of Climbing that has been posted on their website. Entitled Lake Eff...