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From the monthly archives:
March 2005
All Climbing is a blog focusing on all aspects of climbing. I enjoy writing about my observations on climbing news, events, and personal trips I make throughout the year. My personal blog can be found at http://www.tmarkiewicz.com Google Map of areas I’ve climbed
I grew up climbing on the gritstone of Western PA and always enjoy climbing there when I’m in the area. About.com has a nicely edited list of the major climbing areas in and around Western PA. Due to continued access issues, one of the nicest (and most graffitied I might add) is not listed – [...]
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A variety of news sources (Aspen Times, Climbing,
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From the Yosemite Blog comes a post about Royal Robbins Clothing giving away a free trip to Yosemite. Hmm, how can I win this? From the Royal Robbins site, Enter to win a trip to Yosemite, courtesy of Royal Robbins. Three days and two nights of adventure in one of the world’s most inspiring scenic [...]
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I never thoughts about this before, but do Sherpas get any formal mountaineering training? Apparently, most of them do not. California State University, Sacramento professor Kevin Tatsugawa is trying to change that situation. He’s currently working to transform Nepali guides and porters into certified professionals through the Khumbu Climbing School in the Nepali village of [...]
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Today’s climbing news links: Rock climbing works out body, mind Rock climbing’s physical benefits on display at Arizona’s largest indoor climbing gym. Exum guides honored for Alaska ascent Two Exum Mountain Guides were nominated for mountaineering’s most prestigious award, the Piolet d’Or. First Complete Ascent of Mt. Stuart’s North Ridge After six attempts over 17 [...]
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The Alaskan Alpine Club has a unique web page that illustrates the actual construction of an artificial ice wall over the course of four months. They also have photos of some prior years ice walls. And finally, this page lists other ice climbing walls from around the world. Try building one of these in your [...]
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Here are today’s climbing news links: Antarctica: the cold, hard facts Mountaineering companies can fly you to the peak for a mere $50,000. Steely resolve needed to scale Adirondack Mountains Ice climbing in the Adirondacks. Gym owner bets it all on climbing wall Former software engineer opens new climbing gym in Boise, Idaho. Don Whillans, [...]
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Backpacking Light has a review of the Princeton Tec Aurora headlamp. As I learned the hard way at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia many years ago, always keep a headlamp in your pack…
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Numerous climbing news links come across my desk on a regular basis, but I find that not all of them are actually “blog-worthy” or warrant a more detailed discussion. For these news items, I’ll be aggregating them in a post several times a week. My reasoning is that these may be of interest to some [...]
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