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 [...]
After many years of offering top-notch climbing to members of the Hudson Valley region, the Powerlinez climbing area is, as of now, closed to climbers. This decision has been handed down from the Palisades Interstate Parks Commission following a town meeting held in January. It appears as though the verdict comes as a result of a lack of proper care [...]
Here… The 2012 Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival is coming up soon! Don’t miss out on your chance to partake in some great ice climbing with expert guides from the Northeast. For those of you who have never ventured out on ice, have no fear! Classes range from “Newbie Ice Climbing” with Janet Bergman to “Intro to Ice Climbing: For [...]
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 [...]
Here… It’s just about that time, the long awaited 2012 Smuggs Ice Bash is coming up this weekend! Be sure to make it out to Petra Cliffs, here in Burlington, VT, on Friday for the Ice Bash kickoff party at 6 pm to start off the festivities right. Josh Worley and Matt McCormick have been working hard setting some kickass routes [...]
Last summer, New England natives Mark Richey (president of the AAC from 03-06) and Freddie Wilkinson, along with Steve Swenson (current president of the AAC), embarked on an expedition to the Karakoram region in Eastern India with hopes of making the first ascent of Saser Kangri II (7518 m.); the world’s second highest unclimbed peak. At that same time, Kristin [...]
We’re getting psyched for another epic weekend here in Vermont! Sunrise Adventure Sports, Alpinist, NEice, and yours truly Climberism are sponsoring the 6th annual Smuggs Ice Bash from Friday to Sunday, January 27-29. I was in the Notch a couple weeks ago with -15 degree temperatures, but the ice was mighty fine. Temperatures are looking a bit more friendly for [...]
