Final day of entries in reverse chronological order (contest ended around 8PM PST), please read in an appropriate mindset, perhaps as @canoelover suggested, a 14 yr old’s 😉 Read contest details here. RikRay: Hold on tight, I’m kind of a hang dog #climberpickup RikRay: I don’t normally like climbing cracks that are wet, but for…
Continue ReadingFor contest details see here. For Day 1 entries see here. The contest ends today at 8pm PST so Tweet away until then! Entries in reverse chronological order for May 27th: RikRay: #climberpickup If your thinking about a bigwall, let me teach how to ride a pig. RikRay: #climberpickup Your the kind of girl I’d…
Continue ReadingDay 1 of the Twitter Climber Pickup lines contest started off with a frenzy! Below are the entries up to 12:00 Midnight PST. It’s not even a full day of entries since I only created the hash tag around 3 PM PST! If you missed the other post about what this is, Â it’s a contest…
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Continue ReadingWhy would a climbing couple go to Costa Rica you ask? Well even though we are both climbers, one of us (“him” she gestures with a thumb) had scheduled arthroscopic knee surgery a month before the wedding and another (“her” he gestures with his head) wanted to do something a little bit different than their…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the foremost question on a climber’s brain? Right, “How do I land one of these hunks/babes?” I thought I’d write a guide to answer that question. Step 1. Become a climber on your own Step 2. Get a boyfriend/girlfriend. If they are already a climber skip to Step 4. If not proceed to Step…
Continue ReadingI went on another one night/one day climbing/shopping trip to the 5.10 Outlet and Joshua Tree National Park last Friday – Saturday. Deciding to go on the trip was last minute. I had work I wanted to get done so I didn’t truly decide I was going to go with my friend until late Thursday…
Continue ReadingYou have probably heard about how the peanut recall affected many food products including Clif bars, but now JetBoil is doing a voluntary recall of some of their products too. Jetboil has utilized three different gas valves (the “Aâ€, “B†and “C†style valves) in the production of its Personal Cooking System (PCS) andGroup Cooking System…
Continue ReadingLast Friday I finally got to go to the 5.10 Outlet store in California. My local climber friends and I had been hearing about this shop for awhile and we talked about stopping by on our way to Joshua Tree, but there was always this one catch… It’s only open on Fridays, it’s only open…
Continue Reading“You’ll have too much drag!” Dave shouted up to Luis, who was scouting around a round cap formation near the top of a trad climb on Chimney Rock. As his belayer, I was standing in a position about 50 feet below and to the left of Luis, unable to see what was going on. I…
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