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  • Climbing Gift Guide 2012

    Climbing Gift Guide 2012

    The nice thing about climbing gear is that it's almost impossible to have too many of any one piece of gear. The more the better, so you don't need to worry about giving something that the climber on your list already owns.

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  • Rocktourage

    Rocktourage

    I find in the outdoor recreation world there are many people that pride themselves on the individualism of their passions. Often times the term "I am not into team sports" is heard. And though I am very sympathetic to this attitude, my eyes were recently opened to the potential of a team style effort in climbing.

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  • When You Tie the Knot, Who is on the Other End?

    When You Tie the Knot, Who is on the Other End?

    When talking with my friends about relationships and getting married the discussion usually follows 2 themes. One, "I will never get married, I cannot give up the lifestyle I have." Or two,"I love my wife, but I miss the way it used to be when we were all single." I have never felt this way in my 7 years of marriage. It all comes down to who you are with and what you make of it.

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  • Why Being a Weekend Warrior Rocks

    Why Being a Weekend Warrior Rocks

    Are you a weekend warrior? There's no shame in admitting it. Go ahead, say it out loud. Now that you're out of the weekend warrior closet, meet Rob Pizem, one of the greatest weekend warriors of all time.

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  • How to Reset Your Stoke Meter

    How to Reset Your Stoke Meter

    Fighting a loosing battle against man boobs? Need to reset your stoke meter? Here's a simple formula from Brendan Leonard of semi-rad.com on how to "win the war on boobs" and get stoked... again. Semi-rad.com is a website that showcases the work of writer Brendan Leonard and in his words, "The relentless pursuit of the everyman's (and everywoman's) adventure."

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  • Psyching Out on Sinocranium

    Psyching Out on Sinocranium

    Cold weather has made its appearance; the Quaking Aspens are as bright of a yellow as I’ve ever seen. A Patagonia micro-puff jacket is welcome for the half-mile approach to the climb, and I don’t get cold that easy.

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  • Slacklining Video - 'Flight of the Frenchies'

    Slacklining Video - 'Flight of the Frenchies'

    Like slacklining? Ever though about doing it hundreds of feet in the air?  That's what I thought.  This group of French slackliners is taking slacklining to new heights by combining slacklining with basejumping. 

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  • Petzl Recalls Gri Gri 2

    Petzl Recalls Gri Gri 2

    Climbing manufacturer Petzl sport has issued a recall for it's popular GriGri 2 belay device.  Want to find out if this effects you?  Click 'read more' to do just that.

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  • Towers of the Ennedi

    Towers of the Ennedi

    I feel like I need to confess something.  I've got something I need to get off my chest.  Until today I had never heard of Tim Kemple.  Who's Tim Kemple you might ask, and I hope you're not asking.  He's only one of the better action sports photographers in the business.  Having done loads .....

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  • 20 Years Later, Jeff Lowe Reunited with Pack

    20 Years Later, Jeff Lowe Reunited with Pack

    Steve Casimiro (former editor of Powder magazine) over at Adventure-Journal.com reports an interesting story involving the north face of the Eiger and Jeff Lowe's backpack from twenty years ago.

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