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How to touch Everestâ??s base Himalayan challenge for Everest base camp. Rock climbers have an outlet a stone’s throw away Climbing in the San Diego, California area. Michigan woman sets out to conquer highest peak in the Americas Aconcagua climb to raise money for adventure opportunities for local families. Menno Boermans: Frozen images from Broad […]
The bible of climbing and mountaineering instructional literature is Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills published by The Mountaineers. I’ve read and studied that book cover to cover numerous times and now the experts from The Mountaineers have put out some guidelines for wilderness survival. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a useful article on the ten […]
MountEverest.net has an article on phenomena of “sweet death”. After last year’s Everest season, climbers trickled in to ExWeb’s office bringing with them tales of summits but also some alarming news. All over the mountain, climbers had been falling asleep. All had been shook awake by Sherpas; most weren’t aware how close to death they’d […]
MountainZone.com reports that two climbers were hit by an avalanche at Quandary Peak in Colorado’s Tenmile Range. One of the climbers emerged with only minor injuries while the other died.
I’ve seen some recent email traffic as well as some posts (rexblog, fishbowlNY) regarding the latest issue of Outside magazine. An article entitled “Babes on Belay” and the accompanying picture shoot sure have some people up in arms. I haven’t read the article yet, nor was I planning to, but it has now been adding […]
You may have noticed that the site is slightly different the past two days. Two major changes have occurred. First, using Movable Type as the publishing software was just simply not working. There are many aspects of MT that I like, but there were too many errors occurring and numerous maintenance issues I had to […]
Blogs and Individual Sites Climbing Narcissist The Climbing Wired Nut the diary of a [newbie] rock climber Shady Goings On Jack Roberts Mack Muir TopRope.com Will Gadd Glacial Erratics Gritstone & Chips Greg’s Climbing Blog John Gill Climbing Areas Chamonix Valley Climbing Climb PA Climbing Boulder Climbing Joshua Tree New England Climbs SmithRock.com Rock Climbing […]
All Climbing is a blog focusing on all aspects of climbing. I enjoy writing about my observations on climbing news, events, and personal trips I make throughout the year. My personal blog can be found at http://www.tmarkiewicz.com Google Map of areas I’ve climbed
I grew up climbing on the gritstone of Western PA and always enjoy climbing there when I’m in the area. About.com has a nicely edited list of the major climbing areas in and around Western PA. Due to continued access issues, one of the nicest (and most graffitied I might add) is not listed – […]