One of the hardest things about climbing actually has nothing to do with rocks but is actually communicating with other climbers at the crag. Climbers are a a strange passive aggressive lot who pretend to be full of happy, supportive congenial psyche that would make Oprah cry. This is all a facade of bullshit. Beneath all the pleasantries are a bunch of insecure ego maniacs trying to determine a pecking order without showing it. Figuring out what your fellow climbers really mean can be about as challenging as proving the Reiman hypothesis which is why we developed this quick and dirty translator for crag communication.
(just put your mouse on the image to see the translation)
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someone showed me this video the other day. There’s a part at like 35 seconds where this dude does this really. really. really. messed up looking climbing maneuver. I don’t know what it is. I don’t know how it would help at all. I don’t understand it at all. I dunno check it out. please… (more…)
I just got this promo video from friend Andrew Bisharat. He just wrote this new book about sport climbing that promises to teach you how to be a badass. If you don’t know who Andrew Bisharat is. Shame on YOU. He often pops up on the site in the comments section saying something pithy and full of self-delusion under the name AB if you see one of these comments make sure to give him as much shit AS POSSIBLE. He likes it because it makes him feel validated in the climbing world, plus he’s a pretty good dude. Buy his book when it comes out in October! You can check the book out here, and if you click through you can see the promo video featuring Emily Harrington and Sam Elias. HOLY SHIT! (more…)
Everyone has nights out that leave you broken, tired and more or less hungover the next day. I believe the term is overconsumption, and my dad calls it “overachieving.” I, however do not prefer such negative terms. I prefer words like “awesome” and “dude, this is awesome.” Then again in the morning it seems like I forget how much “fun” the night before was. In any instance, when you wake up you’re throats scratchy from screaming at each other in the bar and smoking too many cigarettes, and you’re head throbs and makes you feel like you could throw up any second and never stop, you HARDLY want to take your ass out to the crag to do some sending.
The real problem about this scenario is not that it happens too often or that it sort of ruins your morning and maybe even your evening. It’s that it typically happens on a Friday or Saturday which as you very well understand are the nights before big weekend climbing days. This tends to ruin any chances of hard climbing unless your name is Limit and can push your body to the upper stratosphere of the deadly hangover realm. I have witnessed this. A lady at the crag became pregnant and gave birth in the 9 minutes it took him to onsight this thing at Shelf while me and Bronco flailed helplessly on something I’m certain was far easier. (more…)
First time using a video camera so it’s a little shaky but Nalle sent this RMNP classic in the worst weather ever, slush, snow, rain—impressive. Enjoy—
http://deadpointmag.com/dpm-hd/28-nalle-hukkataival-on-jade-v15
Here’s a photo Nalle skiing in the park.
