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Author: Tom Markiewicz

Royal Robbins Clothing Giving Away Free Trip to Yosemite

From the Yosemite Blog comes a post about Royal Robbins Clothing giving away a free trip to Yosemite. Hmm, how can I win this? From the Royal Robbins site, Enter to win a trip to Yosemite, courtesy of Royal Robbins. Three days and two nights of adventure in one of the world’s most inspiring scenic […]

Teaching the Sherpas

I never thoughts about this before, but do Sherpas get any formal mountaineering training? Apparently, most of them do not. California State University, Sacramento professor Kevin Tatsugawa is trying to change that situation. He’s currently working to transform Nepali guides and porters into certified professionals through the Khumbu Climbing School in the Nepali village of […]

Climbing news links, March 9, 2005

Today’s climbing news links: Rock climbing works out body, mind Rock climbing’s physical benefits on display at Arizona’s largest indoor climbing gym. Exum guides honored for Alaska ascent Two Exum Mountain Guides were nominated for mountaineering’s most prestigious award, the Piolet d’Or. First Complete Ascent of Mt. Stuart’s North Ridge After six attempts over 17 […]

Build your own ice climbing wall

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 […]

Climbing news links, March 6, 2005

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, […]

Princeton Tec Aurora Headlamp Review

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…

Climbing news links

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 […]

BoulderGrass Climbing Competition and Bluegrass Festival

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.

Peak Gritsone book review

Years ago I had the opportunity to do some bouldering on English gritstone while in the Peak District. Despite it being an ugly, rainy, gray day, I had an incredible time bouldering there. Shady Goings On has a good review of Peak Gritstone: East by RockFax. The RockFax site also has some comprehensive resources for […]