Comments on: The Future of Technology and Climbing – Part 1 https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/ Everything climbing and the outdoors. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Seth Zaharias https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-881 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:06:01 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-881 Smart phones are a invaluable tool in my business, Guided Rock Climbing. you might think as a climbing guide all I do is climb……Wrong, my personal climbing time is limited just like any other person that is employed full time or even more by being self employed. my Android gives me the freedom to book trips from anywhere with a decent cell service. most summits in Joshua Tree, Lovers Leap, Devils Tower, Mammoth Lakes area, ect…. In the Rock Climbing Guide world he or she that answers the phone first gets the work! Thank you ATT&T….

Seth Zaharias

]]> By: Climbing the Cracks « Viva Viva https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-880 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-880 […] states, along with feature articles like “Review of Rocky Mountain Highball” and “The Future of Technology and Climbing.”  If the blog itself isn’t enough, they offer a plethora of links to other climbing […]

]]> By: Top Posts on All Climbing from Mar 2009 | linkfeedr https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-879 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-879 […] 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 my wife and I bought a house in […]

]]> By: Top Posts on All Climbing from Mar 2009 â?? All Climbing https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-878 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48:45 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-878 […] The Future of Technology and Climbing – Part 1 Posted on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 in Climbing 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 thought was “dammit, get back to work. […]

]]> By: The Future of Climbing and Technology - Part 2 â?? All Climbing https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-877 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:16:55 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-877 […] the first part of this series, I questioned whether traditional climbing magazines can still thrive or will we see […]

]]> By: Luke https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-876 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-876 I am a big fan of the climbing eBook. Since you can store PDF’s online I can access my Supertopo guidebooks from anywhere. Also in places like Red Rocks, Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite it is really handy to be able to just print out a few pages of the book and take them with out. You can even make duplicate copies for both the leader and the follower just in case you drop one copy.

As far as devices go I enjoy being unplugged. I like leaving my cell phone off and completely exiting the real world for a week or the weekend is pretty nice. On the flip side I have brought a Ipod bouldering so we could watch videos of various problems to help figure out the beta.

]]> By: Ryan https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-875 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:26:05 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-875 I agree with the desire to keep my work life and adventure life separate, to some extent. The driving reason behind my move to Boulder was so I could experience one of the epicenters of climbing. If technology allows me to take time off to work to climb then I will embrace it with both arms, even if that means I have to take a small break to pound out an email or field a call from a client. My only skepticism is the impact of chalk, dirt and sweat on my precious Blackberry. As you stated before, I have a hard case but that only does so much. I guess that’s why I have insurance on my phone! Even if it does go down at least it will only be $50 to replace, a fee I would be more then happy to write off for all the days that this handy little device has allowed me to slip out of work and hit the crag. I haven’t started using it for guides, yet, but now that the idea is in my head I’ll do some investigation on the best way to implement this. Great thought provoking post, as always, it’s what keeps me coming back!

]]> By: George Sudarkoff https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-874 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:27:01 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-874 To me, the biggest issue is safety. Having a cell phone with you is definitely a good idea, but it both helps and hurts safety. The benefits are obvious. Where it hurts is, first, when it’s a distraction and second, when it fails when you need it most and you have no backup. We grow dependent on our tech too much – we carry with us a GPS, a two-way radio and a cell phone – all are wonderful inventions. But then the GPS gets smashed or lost, cell phone gets rained on or simply runs out of juice and we get stranded, scared, injured or dead.

ALWAYS take low-tech equipment with you (I wouldn’t even call it a “backup”) – paper maps and guides, a compass, a whistle and a signal mirror, etc. And know how to use it all, of course.

]]> By: Will https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-873 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:11:23 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-873 I worry about the separation of work and play as well. But, what about when combining the two through technology leads to more play. My favorite part of the promise of new technology is the liberation from the cubicle. I’d rather work from the crag than work from work.

]]> By: Ryan Wanger https://allclimbing.com/the-future-of-technology-and-climbing-part-1/#comment-872 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:52:24 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=938#comment-872 Oops, that should read “Paper guides also have mistakes, which cannot be automatically corrected in the way they can in the DIGITAL world.”

Don’t let that mistake suggest that divide between the real world and the digital one becomes blurrier every single day. 🙂

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