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You may have noticed some intermittent issues with All Climbing over the past week or so. There were some hosting and database issues that had to be sorted out, but everything appears to be in working order now. For RSS feed subscribers, if you see a couple dummy posts in the feed please ignore them […]
I started using a service a few weeks ago called Jiglu. Their slogan is “tags that think”. Basically the service scours All Climbing and then creates new links to content within the site. So if I write a post and don’t explicitly link to an external site, Jiglu may create a link to content within […]
I added a new comment system for this blog today by Intense Debate. I’ve been following their innovative commenting system across a few different sites now and I’ve been really impressed with how it works. Here are a few of the new benefits readers of All Climbing will now see: The Intense Debate comment system […]
Finding the perfect climbing partner is one of those aspects of our sport that unfortunately only occurs by trial and error. Uncooped has some tips for us though in an article on how to choose the perfect climbing partner. My personal criteria: I have to be able to have and enjoy conversations on long road […]
Petzl has posted a recall for all its Petzl Charlet Sarken crampons. Recent customer experience has shown that the front points of SARKEN crampons are susceptible to premature wearout following heavy use. This means cracking of the metal forefoot near the front point(s), followed by possible breakage if usage continues. Petzl has stopped sales and […]
I updated the aging All Climbing design with a new theme today. I have a few more small changes to make, but the major work is complete. Check it out (especially if you’re reading via the RSS feed) and let me know what you think.
I just read the hangboard review in the new issue of Climbing and the Moon Fingerboard has really caught my eye. From Moon: As with all Moon products our design philosophy is definately less is more and the Moon fingerboard is no exception. Do not be conned into buying a fancy fingerboard at a high […]
The Wall Street Journal writes that Liz Claiborne, the relatively new owner of the climber favorite Prana, is on a list of companies and brands they’re considering for sale or discontinuation. The 16 brands that Claiborne will try to sell or license out or possibly discontinue are Sigrid Olsen, Prana, Ellen Tracy, Dana Buchman, Mac […]
The All Climbing blog is now on Twitter. Not familiar with it? Twiiter can be described as a cross between IM and blogging. With access from the web, IM, email, SMS, and mobile, it seeks to answer the question “what are you doing now?” Twitter has morphed into an interesting social network where you can […]
The scourge of many climbers, poison ivy is often a mystery to us. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve witnessed several climbers arguing amongst themselves at the crag over what is or what is not poison ivy. Three leaves someone says. Well, look around, every damn plant here has three leaves! To add […]