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The Alaskan Alpine Club has a unique web page that illustrates the actual construction of an artificial ice wall over the course of four months. They also have photos of some prior years ice walls. And finally, this page lists other ice climbing walls from around the world. Try building one of these in your […]
Here are today’s climbing news links: Antarctica: the cold, hard facts Mountaineering companies can fly you to the peak for a mere $50,000. Steely resolve needed to scale Adirondack Mountains Ice climbing in the Adirondacks. Gym owner bets it all on climbing wall Former software engineer opens new climbing gym in Boise, Idaho. Don Whillans, […]
Backpacking Light has a review of the Princeton Tec Aurora headlamp. As I learned the hard way at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia many years ago, always keep a headlamp in your pack…
Numerous climbing news links come across my desk on a regular basis, but I find that not all of them are actually “blog-worthy” or warrant a more detailed discussion. For these news items, I’ll be aggregating them in a post several times a week. My reasoning is that these may be of interest to some […]
Music and climbing come together for a good cause. Check out the BoulderGrass Climbing Competition and Bluegrass Festival to be held March 11-13 at Horsepens 40 in Steele, Alabama. Proceeds from the competition and festival will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Southeastern Climbers Coalition.