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Medical Advice

Leg: Pulled Hamstring
About eight weeks ago I pulled my right hamstring at the attachment while heel hooking. I didn’t actually feel it until about five minutes after I’d come off the route, but once I did, holy cow!

Training Tips

Can Old Guys Get Stronger?
As an older climber with a long history of climbing and athletics, I find that age, lifestyle, work commitments and other responsibilities have been taking their toll on performance.

Gear Advice

Hand Drill Advice
My wife and I are presently living in Tibet but we are getting ready to move to Mongolia. We would like to take a hand drill so we can establish routes. Any suggestions?
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Climb Safe

Ascender Safety 101
Three fatalities on this one route alone underscore the seriousness of jugging fixed ropes. Though seemingly simple and safe, this task, like rappelling, is one of climbing’s most insidious killers. The good news is that, as with rappelling, a few simple precautions can minimize the risk.

Features

John Long: Guilty Pleasures
Lynn Hill and I spent the winter of 1981 in Las Vegas, climbing daily at Red Rocks and plowing through nights at dead-end jobs. After roughly 10 seasons of climbing 300 days a year, my learning curve had flattened and I found myself singing the same old song.
Alex and Thomas Huber Climb in Queen Maud Land
Stephon Siegrist and the Huber Brothers-three of Europe's top free climbers-embark on an Antarctic expedition to the spellbinding realm of the Queen Mound Land, and open the coldest chapter of their lives.
Alex Puccio
The first time Alex Puccio tried to join her climbing team, she didn't get far. Alex, now 17, from McKinney, Texas, had just started climbing at the Exposure gym.
Alex and Thomas Huber Climb in Queen Maud Land
Stephon Siegrist and the Huber Brothers-three of Europe's top free climbers-embark on an Antarctic expedition to the spellbinding realm of the Queen Mound Land, and open the coldest chapter of their lives.
MSR Reactor Stove
It was only a matter of time before MSR, the Toyota of climbing and backpacking stoves, picked up the gauntlet shoved down its throat three years ago by the upstart Jetboil, which unleashed an integrated stove and pot that touted fast boil times, decent performance in wind, and the best fuel-efficiency ever seen in a propane/butane canister cooker.

Randy Leavitt Climbing the First Ascent of I'm Your Huckleberry (5.13)
Randy Leavitt Climbing the First Ascent of I'm Your Huckleberry (5.13)
Washington Bouldering with Jon Glassberg
Washington Bouldering with Jon Glassberg
Chasin' the Rubbish: Fred Nicole, Nico Favresse and Nalle Hukkataival Clean Up Font
Chasin' the Rubbish: Fred Nicole, Nico Favresse and Nalle Hukkataival Clean Up Font
Mike Fuselier Sending Era Vella (5.14d) in Margalef, Spain
Mike Fuselier Sending Era Vella (5.14d) in Margalef, Spain
Dave Graham Sending Bridge of Ashes (V15)
Dave Graham Sending Bridge of Ashes (V15)
Paul Robinson Sends American Gangster (V14)
Paul Robinson Sends American Gangster (V14)
Ben Spannuth Bolting in the Utah Hills
Ben Spannuth Bolting in the Utah Hills
Cedar Wright and Matt Segal Trad Climbing in China
Cedar Wright and Matt Segal Trad Climbing in China
Weekend Whipper: 40-Foot .10d Slab Fall!
Weekend Whipper: 40-Foot .10d Slab Fall!
Adam Ondra: A Few Forgotten .14ds/.15as
Adam Ondra: A Few Forgotten .14ds/.15as
Daila Ojeda: The Canarian
Daila Ojeda: The Canarian
Weekend Whipper: Hard Grit! The Iconic Fall from Gaia
Weekend Whipper: Hard Grit! The Iconic Fall from Gaia
Te Cuelgas Guey-First Ascent
Te Cuelgas Guey-First Ascent
Will Stanhope Freeing the Titan's Finger of Fate
Will Stanhope Freeing the Titan's Finger of Fate

Climber's Festival

Destinations

EVEREST 2008
Climbers on the world's highest mountain have been particularly challenged this season -- not by altitude, weather or even the stream of guided climbers who clog the camps and flanks of Everest like cholesterol in the artery to the summit. This season the crux could be getting past the cops now posted around the base and at Camp II (21,300 feet) on the Nepal side.

Gear Reviews

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Get Digital Accidents in North America FREE!31-Dec-2012

Rock and Ice and the American Alpine Club (AAC) have teamed up to create a new online educationa..

Wild Country Recalls Helium Carabiner31-Dec-2012

Wild Country is issuing a voluntary recall on certain batches of Helium carabiners delivered aft..

Wild Country Recalls Ropeman31-Dec-2012

Wild Country recalled their Ropeman 3 ascender which although passing all required CE EN standards h..

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