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Climb Safe
Top Roping is Not So Safe
Toproping is so safe it’s virtually foolproof, right? Think again. Just a brief belay lapse can produce high loads, testing the holding power of your gear. Rock and Ice field-tests real-world climbing scenarios.
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John Long: Legend of Lord Gym
Sammy and I hunkered into the shade beneath the Weeping Wall, Suicide Rock, panting between pulls on a gallon jug of water. The sun had just crawled over Tahquitz Rock, a mile across the Sunshine Valley, and heat waves welled off the Suicide slabs. No big.
Good Ice Hunting
Who says global warming is putting the kibosh on ice climbing? Certainly not a small but active crew of climbers in Virginia.
The Banner Years
BY JIM PERRININ THE HISTORY OF POST-WAR British rock climbing, Hugh Banner was an iconoclast and psychological enabler at a time when rock climbing wa...
Arco Climbing Comp, the Face of 2010
The mighty Grimer and the world's best climbers square off at Arco.
Black Diamond LiveWire Quickdraw
Finally, a quickdraw built for actual, real-world sport climbing! The Black Diamond LiveWire is a snazzy green quickdraw that has quickly become my favorite way to connect rope to rock.
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Fingers: Stiffness, Soreness
I'm 26 and for the past two years I have been unable to bend my fingers into a complete fist. I've started doing the finger stretches that you suggested [No. 173 or drjulian-saunders.com] as well as ice baths, but nothing seems to improve the range of motion.
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Rest ... or Else
Neil Gresham, renowned coach and Rock and Ice columnist, outlines the most essential (and neglected) component of any training program—recovery
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Should I Angle Ice Screws Down?
I heard that ice screws should be angled slightly down to maximize the strength of the threads. If this is true, why don't the threads run the full le...
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