Category Archives: Climbing
Paying to Play
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Tagged as bouldering+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing, Featured, Inspiration
I’ve been doing this climbing thing for going on 23 years. That’s a long time, and it really should be something I’ve got pretty well figured out by now, and in a lot of respects [...]
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Craig DeMartino wrote this on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Tagged as Colorado+ Categorized as Adventures, Climbing
As a parent I struggle with what I should and shouldn’t let my kids do.
In the past, I tried to look at each incident as it happened. For example, can they ski that line safely [...]
‘Core’ screening in Jackson tonight
Jim Stanford wrote this on Friday, May 14th, 2010
Tagged as films, travel+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing
Cloudveil ambassador and former Mountain Murmur contributor Chuck Fryberger has made a climbing film he says goes “to the heart of the sport.”
Shot in high-definition 35mm, “Core” follows a cast of some of the sport’s [...]
Mother’s Day on the Rock
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Monday, May 10th, 2010
Tagged as Colorado, holidays+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing
How we celebrate Mother’s Day is as different for us as our moms are.
My wife is a great mom to our two kids. They adore her, which is how it should be. One of the [...]
Inspiration at the American Bouldering Series
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Tagged as bouldering+ Categorized as Climbing, Inspiration
The ABS Nationals were held last weekend in Washington, D.C. I know what you’re asking yourself … What are the ABS Nationals and why would I care?
I’ve actually asked myself those same questions, and until [...]
Bad Parent, Part 2
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Tagged as Colorado, ice climbing, Winter+ Categorized as Adventures, Ambassadors, Climbing
“This is serious …” I’m trying to get Will’s attention as he plays with his fork in the Silver Nugget restaurant in Ouray, Colo. We’ve just come from getting him some boots and crampons so [...]
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Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Categorized as Adventures, Climbing
This video has been making the rounds, shot by two climbers last fall in canyon country.
Talk about a gnarly downclimb. We’ve all had misadventures like this where we suddenly get way more adventure than intended.
Such [...]
Blackout on Bird Creek
Renee McFarland wrote this on Monday, December 28th, 2009
Tagged as Alaska, holidays+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing
(Ice climbing at Caribou Creek helps pass the blackout.)
The snow started lightly falling Thursday afternoon. By Saturday night, our cabin had received somewhere between a foot and two feet of heavy, wet snow. Not an [...]
Scaling Alaska’s Pioneer Peak
Renee McFarland wrote this on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Categorized as Alaska, Ambassadors, Climbing, Fall
(Over the first couple of knolls; Knik River in the background.)
Pioneer Peak is rather typical of the easily accessible mountains in south-central Alaska. Although its summit is only 6,398 feet, those unfamiliar with the front-range [...]
Blueberry Grappa is Good
Penn Newhard wrote this on Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Categorized as Adventures, Climbing, Europe, FoodThe Dolomites are rad. Cloudveil shooter Dan Patitucci has been professing this since his move to Italy a few years back.
But everyone knows how that goes – mountain local moves to new mountain locale and [...]
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