“Jah Man,” Classic Desert Tower Route, Falls Down! (Well, the First Pitch at Least)
On January 3, a massive flake that abutted the base of the tower came crashing down.
On January 3, a massive flake that abutted the base of the tower came crashing down.
Odette sent her hardest grade yet at 49 years old, having done her first 5.14a at the age of 44.
This past May, the BD Athlete Team got together for two days in Saint George, Utah, to hang out, test new products, and climb. Of course with heavy hitters like Nalle Hukkataival and Carlo Traversi at the cliff, a few evening sends went down.
In early 2019 Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall visited the roof-crack climbing mecca, Canyonlands, Utah.
Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall have made another hard first ascent in the Utah desert: Black Mamba (5.14b).
That could've been really, really bad...
We all knew it was stupid. It was 109 degrees, humid enough to necessitate a swimsuit and with nearly no shade. I was upside-down, clinging to the underside of a boulder. The rock felt like a sauna stone against my face. Sweat and dirt stung my eyes. My hands burned, and slipped. This was not sending conditions. It was stupid, but we couldn’t help ourselves.
Hong and Spannuth land a one-two punch and give the Joe Kinder testpiece its third and fourth ascents.
Sidearm-less sunglasses, these things are great for cragging and multi-pitch alike.
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The story behind the first bolts in one of the country's most unique sport climbing destinations.
This past spring Mason discovered an amazing unclimbed crack in a remote canyon seldom visited by climbers. This is the story of Ringlock Ranch.