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Kolin Powick of Black Diamond tests what happens when catching falls through rope-worn biners. Itâ??s not the ultimate strength of a rope-worn biner that makes me the most nervous; itâ??s the risk of cutting a rope. As the biners get grooved or â??trenchedâ? from rope wear, a sharp edge begins to form on the sidesâ??and […]
This obviously isn’t a food blog, but the good folks at Go Fast Sports recently dropped off some samples. Since many climbers love their energy drinks, I thought a review would be welcome. While they mainly distribute in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado based Go Fast appears to be aggressively expanding. Their main pitch over […]
Gregory Mountain Products founder, Wayne Gregory, discusses how to fit a pack. In the video, Gregory states “people don’t buy packs to fit their bodies, they buy packs to dump their gear in.” He then proceeds to show the better way of fitting packs. (via Trailspace)
Dream in Vertical looks at the Petzl Reverso3 and the Black Diamond C3’s. The Adventure Blog reviews two books: Clyde Soles’ Training for Peak Performance and Expedition Planning. Haven’t read enough about Pure? straight outta bedlam reviews Chick Fryberger’s film. GearFlogger reviews the La Sportiva Olympus Mons mountaineering boots and the PMI 7mm cordellete with […]
Mike Libecki writes: I have a love-hate relationship with gravity, mostly love, of course. Gravity is my friend as well as my foe, mostly friend, of course. Without both the good and bad, negative and positive, a beautiful, healthy relationship is just not possible. Without the possibility of being blown off a huge rock-wall by […]
Too many blog posts to handle? If you missed out on a popular post on All Climbing from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: The Future of Technology and Climbing – Part 1 Posted on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 in Climbing Late last year […]
In the first part of this series, I questioned whether traditional climbing magazines can still thrive or will we see a faster migration to online only publications? Peter Beal and Dougald MacDonald both have some interested perspectives on this issue and I’d like to expand further on the topic. Personally, I still enjoy reading climbing […]
The Cupcake Mafia questions whether you can give back by buying gear. Between working to set-up the auction and receiving my REI dividend this week I have been thinking a lot about buying gear. As youâ??ll note from my previous blog, Gear on the Brain, my decision making was based on how much I can […]
Late last year my wife and I bought a house in Colorado and we went through all the normal stressful steps accompanying it. At one point during the process, I received a return phone call from my real estate agent from an unusual place – he was climbing the Third Flatiron! Now my first jealous […]
Too many blog posts to handle? If you missed out on a popular post on All Climbing from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: Roundup of Recent Climbing Gear Reviews Posted on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 in Climbing Gear Months ago, I wrote how […]