The weekend’s carnage is slowly getting cleaned up after a packed house during the Will Gadd slide show and drytooling comp during the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest, Daniel Woods and Francesca Metcalf win the Dark Horse Bouldering Series Comp and Andy Lewis, aka Sketchy Andy, made a slacklining appearance during the Super Bowl halftime show! Mr. D. Woods showing off his [...]
There is an obvious difference between the U.S.A. and the rest of the world when it comes to competitive climbing. North American may harbor some of the strongest and most media spotlighted climbers in the world, but when it comes to competitive climbing, it seriously lacks momentum. Compared to the rest of the world, it doesn’t really seem like we [...]
There are not too many people that I can think of with as much dedication — some might even call it an addiction — as Josh Hurst and climbing partner Ryan Brooks. Over a five day period the duo spent 50+ hours on the road dedicated in order to climb the first ascent of Road Warrior, a four pitch M8/NEI [...]
First off, we want to congratulate Jake List and Andrea Charest for killing it by taking first place in the 2nd Annual Smugglers Notch Drytooling Competition. We also want to give a big shout out to Petra Cliffs and Bert Severin, with Sunrise Adventure Sports, for putting a ton of hard work into staging such an awesome event. Thanks to the [...]
It comes as no surprise that Nathan Kutcher is back at it in Southern Ontario. Not long after his victory at the Ouray Ice Festival, Kutcher headed to Diamond Lake in Ontario with his sights set on the long standing right leaning crack system that finishes on the large dagger at the top. The impressive 35m (115 ft.) of overhanging runout rock [...]
The Southern Ontario Superstar, Nathan Kutcher, came out of nowhere when he won the 2012 Ouray Ice Festival in Colorado last weekend. When he got the invitation to compete, he started a rigorous training regimen at his home gym (it looks like it could be bigger than the bouldering cave at my local gym) and built, what he is calling, the “death board“ (see [...]
This no-intro-needed-video stars Andrew Tower and kicks things off with “I don’t know, I have the strength but it is all coming down to a mental block right now” and continues to spiral from there. I too often find myself making excuses or making absurd remarks to my climbing partners. As climbers, I think we all fall victim to the same occasional ridiculousness. While I [...]
There is something about global warming that makes me feel guilty enjoying 50 degree temperatures in January. While most of us take advantage of such prime conditions, in the back of our minds, we are all thinking the same thing… Anyway, global warming or not, it didn’t stop Chris Bridge from plugging and playing on this 5.11 on Whitestone Cliff in Connecticut. “I worked [...]
As ice climbing competition go, the Ouray competition in Colorado is likely the biggest in the country. The likes of the best climbers in the nation and even the world travel to the small mountain village. This year, we’re paying close attention to a few climbers competing in the Ouray Ice Climbing Competition: Nathan Kutcher (Ontario), Josh Worley (Vermont), Will Mayo [...]
The Ice Climbing Issue, it is finally here! Features: Erik Eisele’s “The Lake” Roger Fage talks about Nova Scotia ice climbing Winter Jackets reviewed and so much more! Cover Photo by: Ryan Brooks Climberism Magazine is now available in PDF for your iPad, iPhone, and iPod/iTouch. If you didn’t receive a copy of Climberism Magazine, you may not have subscribed [...]
