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Popular Rock Climbing in New Mexico 2008-02-14 00:11:29 For the visiting climber New Mexico
offers some of the most diverse and adventurous rock climbing in North America. Far from the limelight of places like Yosemite, Boulder and other “meccas” of climbing, the mountains and crags of New Mexico
are unrivaled in terms of quality climbs, solitude, adventure, beauty, and variety of rock and [...]
The Mountains of Asia and the Pacific 2008-02-13 23:17:33 A Thematic Overview by Dr. Harka Gurung
The mountains of Asia
are spread over a vast area. Scientific enquiry into such a vast area has to reconcile the hierarchy of scale. In the context of Asian mountains, individual ranges can be taken as micro-components, their groupings as meso-regions, and the continent itself as a macro-realm. The [...] Read more:Pacific
Mount Kenya 2008-02-13 22:15:56 Access to the mountain
Tarmac roads lead to towns at the starts of the three principal routes up the mountain; see road map. Dirt roads lead to the park gates and on up to the roadheads; in wet weather these may be impassable, even to 4WD vehicles. National Park fees are payable in Kenya
n Shillings at [...]
French Canadians Climb Direttissima on Poincenot 2008-02-13 21:38:59 by. Frederic Maltais
The idea of opening a new route up the center of Poincenot’s (3002m) north face was envisioned by my partner, Sacha Friedlin, who studied Patagonian reports in the American Alpine Journal during long, boring nights working on James Bay, in the North of Quebec, Canada. This magnificent face in Argentinean Patagonia–as far as [...] Read more:French
, Canadians
, Climb
#1 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:05:09 Steve Su enjoying the Eigernordwand’s 10 sole minutes of direct sunshine as he traverses just below the Waterfall pitch, 4,000 feet up the wall.
Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
A trip up the Eigernordwand, 69 years after the first ascent
“Youth didn’t bother its head about the sharp tongues of the wordy warfare that flared up after [...] Read more:Check
#2 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:02:38 Steve Su clawing ad stemming up the Brittle Crack (M-who-knows), access to the Traverse of the Gods. A few old pins smashed deep into the fissure protect the pitch.
Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
We came here because we had to. Circumstance brought us close — Steve was in Spain, and I had been commissioned to [...] Read more:Check
#3 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:00:18 Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
“Absolutely not,” he says in a wonderfully wobbling Swiss-German accent. “The fresh snow from the storm three days ago will be a problem to find gear in the rock and for wet slides. I think better maybe to climb some smaller rocks in the sun?”
A day later we’re on the [...] Read more:Check
#4 Blank Check 2008-02-06 04:43:16 Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
We simul-climb through the White Spider, the infamous, branched ice feature visible from dozens of miles away, and stem into more rock towers. It’s getting cold. Just when we wonder if we are lost, two lights ignite on a sloping ledge a few hundred feet above. Humans. Unless they are [...] Read more:Check
#5 Blank Check : 13 Steps to the Summit 2008-02-06 04:28:38 CLICK HERE TO VIEW A 1500 PIXEL VERSION OF THIS IMAGE
Photos by Robert Bösch
A Mad Dash up the Legendary Swiss Nordwand
First Pillar: A 500-foot crumbling tower used as the first major landmark while approaching the face. It’s dark, and we don’t know where the hell we are.
Difficult Crack: A 150-foot, steep, flaring crack. I’m trying [...] Read more:Check
, Summit
Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device 2008-02-05 03:51:24 Introducing Kindle™
Buy This…!
Three years ago, we set out to design and build an entirely new class of device—a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. The result is Amazon
Kindle.
We designed Kindle to provide an exceptional reading experience. Thanks to electronic paper, a revolutionary new display technology, [...] Read more:Wireless
, Reading
, Device
, New Wireless
Climbing in Dalmatia 2008-03-11 10:24:21 It was first week of December when I found out from the hospital manager, where I work immediately after the New Year’s day I should go to a business/additional schooling trip to Croatia - Split. Bwah, I hoped the vacation around the New Year, but what can I do now. But not an every “must-to” [...]
Climbing Ecuador’s Volcanoes 2008-03-11 09:58:26 A successful first big-mountain expedition generally requires three things: good weather, easy access, and reliable beta. Ecuador
doles up the first two requirements in spades. And now, with this article, you have the third. What follows is a detailed account of how to plan your mountaineering visit to Ecuador, complete with the latest route descriptions [...]
Climbing Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) 2008-03-11 09:17:28 First a few words about the mountain and related vocabulary. Mount Fuji is called “Fujiyama” or more frequently “Fujisan” in Japanese. As with many words in Japanese, we see here both a native Japanese descriptor for mountain (”yama”) and a descriptor (”san”) derived from a Chinese kanji character. Although the descriptor “san” for mountain differs [...]
Climbing in Dalmatia 2008-03-11 10:24:21 It was first week of December when I found out from the hospital manager, where I work immediately after the New Year’s day I should go to a business/additional schooling trip to Croatia - Split. Bwah, I hoped the vacation around the New Year, but what can I do now. But not an every “must-to” [...]
Climbing Ecuador’s Volcanoes 2008-03-11 09:58:26 A successful first big-mountain expedition generally requires three things: good weather, easy access, and reliable beta. Ecuador
doles up the first two requirements in spades. And now, with this article, you have the third. What follows is a detailed account of how to plan your mountaineering visit to Ecuador, complete with the latest route descriptions [...]
Climbing Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) 2008-03-11 09:17:28 First a few words about the mountain and related vocabulary. Mount Fuji is called “Fujiyama” or more frequently “Fujisan” in Japanese. As with many words in Japanese, we see here both a native Japanese descriptor for mountain (”yama”) and a descriptor (”san”) derived from a Chinese kanji character. Although the descriptor “san” for mountain differs [...]
Popular Rock Climbing in New Mexico 2008-02-14 00:11:29 For the visiting climber New Mexico
offers some of the most diverse and adventurous rock climbing in North America. Far from the limelight of places like Yosemite, Boulder and other “meccas” of climbing, the mountains and crags of New Mexico
are unrivaled in terms of quality climbs, solitude, adventure, beauty, and variety of rock and [...]
The Mountains of Asia and the Pacific 2008-02-13 23:17:33 A Thematic Overview by Dr. Harka Gurung
The mountains of Asia
are spread over a vast area. Scientific enquiry into such a vast area has to reconcile the hierarchy of scale. In the context of Asian mountains, individual ranges can be taken as micro-components, their groupings as meso-regions, and the continent itself as a macro-realm. The [...] Read more:Pacific
Mount Kenya 2008-02-13 22:15:56 Access to the mountain
Tarmac roads lead to towns at the starts of the three principal routes up the mountain; see road map. Dirt roads lead to the park gates and on up to the roadheads; in wet weather these may be impassable, even to 4WD vehicles. National Park fees are payable in Kenya
n Shillings at [...]
French Canadians Climb Direttissima on Poincenot 2008-02-13 21:38:59 by. Frederic Maltais
The idea of opening a new route up the center of Poincenot’s (3002m) north face was envisioned by my partner, Sacha Friedlin, who studied Patagonian reports in the American Alpine Journal during long, boring nights working on James Bay, in the North of Quebec, Canada. This magnificent face in Argentinean Patagonia–as far as [...] Read more:French
, Canadians
, Climb
#1 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:05:09 Steve Su enjoying the Eigernordwand’s 10 sole minutes of direct sunshine as he traverses just below the Waterfall pitch, 4,000 feet up the wall.
Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
A trip up the Eigernordwand, 69 years after the first ascent
“Youth didn’t bother its head about the sharp tongues of the wordy warfare that flared up after [...] Read more:Check
#2 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:02:38 Steve Su clawing ad stemming up the Brittle Crack (M-who-knows), access to the Traverse of the Gods. A few old pins smashed deep into the fissure protect the pitch.
Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
We came here because we had to. Circumstance brought us close — Steve was in Spain, and I had been commissioned to [...] Read more:Check
#3 Blank Check 2008-02-06 05:00:18 Photos by Jonny Copp - CoppWorks.com
“Absolutely not,” he says in a wonderfully wobbling Swiss-German accent. “The fresh snow from the storm three days ago will be a problem to find gear in the rock and for wet slides. I think better maybe to climb some smaller rocks in the sun?”
A day later we’re on the [...] Read more:Check
Beautiful New Route on Patagonian Spire 2008-03-30 11:18:04 By Dougald MacDonald
Jesse Huey leads the splitter 5.10 cracks at the start of Last Gringo Standing. The ominous black dike is above. Photo by Toby Grohne.
Americans Toby Grohne and Jesse Huey established a striking new route on Agjua St. Exupery, a satellite peak south of Fitz Roy in Patagonia. The two climbed Last Gringos Standing [...] Read more:Beautiful
Mount Baker and Bolton Valley: skiing for pleasure 2008-03-29 12:46:34 If you are one of those who simply can’t stay in one place, the one not capable of leading a tranquil life, ski resorts are just for you. In summer you may go in for surfing, coarse fishing, scuba-diving or some other extremes. But what to do in winter? Of course, your can proceed with [...] Read more:Baker
, Bolton
, Valley
2008 Mountain States Cup opens in Fruita, CO - Adventure Racing Review 2008-04-06 08:20:49 2008 MountainStates
Cup opens in Fruita, CO - AdventureRacing
Review
Rabbit Valley, Fruita, CO - The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally.
The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross country race. [...]
Rock Climbing Technique, Performance and Climbing Tips 2008-04-19 05:55:34 Rock Climbing Technique, Performance
and Climbing Tips
13 valuable rock climbing tips for developing technique and improving climbing performance. The following tips are seen as the most essential techniques with biggest payoff in rock climbing performance:
Performance Climbing Tip #1 Warm Up and Stretch. Stretching improves circulation and flexibility which translates to improved climbing technique. Prior to [...] Read more:Rock Climbing
Adventure Racing - Wakeboard Champion, Shaun Faccio, joins sister Gina on Billabong team 2008-04-19 05:19:05
Billabong South Africa welcomes Shaun
Faccio, the reigning SA Wakeboard Tour Pro Men’s champion, to the best team of board riders in Africa.
Shaun, 21, from Bedfordview in Gauteng finished fifth in the Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) championships at Emerald Casino in February. A 12 year veteran of the wakeboarding scene, he runs the [...] Read more:Adventure
, Racing
, sister
Adventure Racing, Mountain Biking and Trail Runners Events Calender on June 08 2008-04-23 07:00:28 June 1, 2008:: 31th Annual Uphill FootRace (Whiteface Mountain
)
Where:: Start line at junction of Routes 86 and 431 in Wilmington
Distance:: 8 miles up the scenic Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway, with an average 8% grade. New York’s Adirondack Park. Climb 3,500 feet up scenic Whiteface Mountain Veteran’s Memorial Highway to the top of New York’s [...] Read more:Adventure
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, Biking
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, Runners
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