Interview with Dougald MacDonald of Colorado MoJo

by Tom Markiewicz on December 21, 2009

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Colorado MoJo

Dougald MacDonald recently launched a new site focused on the Colorado backcountry called Colorado MoJo. I caught up with him to ask some questions about the site.

What prompted you to start a new website focused specifically on Colorado outdoor pursuits?

I started Colorado MoJo because I couldn’t find anything else online that covers all the outdoor sports I love, close to home. There are lots of great outdoor sites, but they’re mostly sport-specific. Most people I know don’t just climb…they also ski or mountain bike or hike 14ers. There was a need for one site that covers multiple backcountry sports, and exclusively in Colorado.

The other issue is that many of the best sites are forum-driven, and you have to read through a mountain of posts every day to get the most out of the site. With Colorado MoJo, we sort through all that information and only publish the real gems, the must-reads. Essentially, it’s a daily online news magazine.
[click to continue…]

{ 6 comments }

Climbing Video: Erik Weihenmayer Climbs The Naked Edge

December 20, 2009

Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer, climbs Eldorado Canyon’s The Naked Edge to benefit the Access Fund in this incredibly inspiring video.

(via Colorado MoJo, Prana)

0 comments

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-20

December 20, 2009

RT @climbingnarc CCC And Access Fund To Purchase Bouldering Area In North Carolina http://bit.ly/5Lp5Fe #climb #
RT @MetoliusClimb 20% off all Metolius Cams – Coupon code: 1260229769 – Holiday Special ends today http://bit.ly/7dBzr4 #
RT @SuperTopo: If you slackline or highline you MUST read this! http://tinyurl.com/ylrexa9 http://fb.me/3EnKEph #
iTopoMaps: Technology in the Wilderness http://bit.ly/748rfB #
RT @ClimbingMag: [...]

0 comments

Chris Sharma Sends Neanderthal

December 19, 2009

Chris Sharma sent Neanderthal, a possible 5.15b (9b), in the Santa Linya cave, Spain.
Seen in Dosage V, Neanderthal follows a long and sustained 40 meter line with a hard dyno near the top of the wall.
(via ClimbingNarc, Dead Point, 9b)

2 comments

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-13

December 13, 2009

Girth Hitching a Stopper http://ow.ly/HZWe #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) #
RT @climbingnarc Cool List Of 5.14d And Harder Climbs/Climbers http://bit.ly/7IVOtY #climb #
Ice climbing guide to Boulder's Flatirons http://bit.ly/82uebl #climb #
RT @splitterchoss The Ice Climbing Season is Here! http://bit.ly/6VTnnx
3climb #
RT @climbingnarc MSA Redpoint Descender Auto Belay Discontinued Indefinitely http://bit.ly/5L6KtR #climb #
Amazing dyno on new route by François Nicole [...]

0 comments

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-06

December 6, 2009

Extending Cam Slings http://bit.ly/7uYGOg #climb #
RT @climbingnarc #climb New V14 In Austria By Daniel Woods http://bit.ly/7wtsex #
RT @rockmonkeyart Back in boulder after tday in Indian creek and a wild rukus… http://vimeo.com/7874776 #
Chris Schulte FAs new problems at Mount Evans, Colorado http://ow.ly/HiZL #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) #
RT @splitterchoss Interview with Dave Pegg of Wolverine Publishing http://bit.ly/7mMAqT #climb [...]

0 comments

Extending Cam Slings

November 29, 2009

Kolin Powick from Black Diamond posted another excellent gear testing article, this time on the different methods of extending slings on cam placements. He illustrates the three common methods he uses (same as mine) and then examines a sling-on-sling approach he thought was dicey.
The sling-on-sling method of extending a cam sling does save the use [...]

1 comment

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-29

November 29, 2009

RT @AlpineInstitute Lynn Hill: Visualization and Patience http://tiny.cc/ehA2U #climb #
The velcro on my Miuras are not sticking anymore. Anyone have suggestions for cleaning/repairing velcro on climbing shoes? #climb #
Matt Wilder making Midnight Lightning look easy http://bit.ly/07MWejO #climb (via @MetoliusClimb) #
Disciples of Gill: New film chronicles climbing innovators #climb http://bit.ly/6G7eO3 (via @dailycamera) #
Will Gadd's solution to [...]

0 comments

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-22

November 22, 2009

Bouldering in Ohio http://bit.ly/aQL2Z #climb #bouldering #
The Sin of Sponsorship http://tinyurl.com/yg8f5n8 #climb (via @clmbmore, @lstefurak) #
Conrad Anker climbing on Eldorado Canyon's famed Naked Edge http://ow.ly/D4XC #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) #
Top 5 Rocky Mountain National Park Ice Climbs #climb http://is.gd/4XksT (@via @RMNP4MS, @jennfields) #
Climbers Find Relics Where Archaeologists Can’t! http://bit.ly/22K2ym #climb (via @Sierratp) #

0 comments

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-15

November 15, 2009

Sunburn in the mountains http://bit.ly/JOCU7 #climb #mountaineering #
RT @Smart_Climbing explaining why graded exposure works better than flooding for falling off practice http://bit.ly/3MCAZI #climb #
Win An Access Fund Holiday Pack http://bit.ly/2ABvuF #climb (via @climbingnarc) #
How Big Is Your Rack? new post by Kelly Cordes http://bit.ly/4weVxl #climb (via @lstefurak) #
RT @splitterchoss The How Bad is Your Gri [...]

0 comments

Climbing Video: The 9 Rules of Rock Climbing from TED

November 10, 2009

Interesting video from TED showing how lessons learned in rock climbing apply to daily life.

0 comments

Medical Professionals Treating Climbing Injuries

November 3, 2009

The most sustained commenting I see on posts here are those related to climbing injuries. There’s also been increased activity on my post from February where I described my A2 pulley injury and the steps I began to recover.
Many of the comments from other climbers related to their injury, how they’ve been treating it, and [...]

2 comments

← Previous Entries