Happy Halloween, Hope you have a spooky evening!
A quick link to Fearless on MSN, looks like a reality series about pushing ones limits. There's a great profile on Libby Sauter, the first woman to walk the Lost Arrow Spire gap.Enjoy her profile, and you can also take in some clips from the show.
Back from a most excellent climbing adventure in Utah, and all I have to show for it are the cuts and bruises from crack climbing on desert rock. Arches National Park, just outside of Moab is a marvel, with lots of adventure for anyone willing: walking to the arches, hiking the devils garden or fiery furnace, cycling the park and for the climber, climbing the stellar desert towers. Sadly, slacklining is not allowed in the park.
Ancient Arts, in the picture above is a summit spire in the Fisher Towers area, giant sandstone towers covered in a curtain of mud. They are truly amazing.
A couple more photos on the click through.
Ancient Arts, in the picture above is a summit spire in the Fisher Towers area, giant sandstone towers covered in a curtain of mud. They are truly amazing.
A couple more photos on the click through.
Continue reading Desert towers.
I found this video online, looking for some motivation for a new fall sport in the city.
The fall bouldering bug has hit me hard this year, so I'm not sure if I will stray too far, but I AM sure that these girls are amazing, and offer up some great motivation to keep up and keep training.
It seems like the Parkour crew have taken what we are perfecting on the slackline and transferring it to the city landscape. Incorporating balance, flow, movement and training into this growing sport. The more I search for videos, the more I find from the city I live in. I'm sure you'll find the same.
Anyway, apart from the cheesey ending, this video has some good shots and a big casts, I hope you enjoy the video.
The New York Times has posted a new and rather long article on the history of one of Yosemite Valley's (and rock-climbing's) most iconic characters: Chongo.Give it a read, it's an interesting story of the California mecca of climbing, from the perspective of the perpetually homeless Chongo. Oh, and they talk about slacklining too.
In an effort to support my claim that parachutes have no business in the world of climbing, and are far from the best candidate to replace a rope for any climber heading to the mountains, I would like to submit this short film.To me, its much more sensible, accessible and safer, although, lets be honest, its just not a rope….
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