Don’t take out that sunscreen and those light sweatshirts just yet. As I’m writing this, I have a tab open to the weather. Anticipated this weekend is 2-4 inches of snow. FINALLY. I dislike cold weather just as much as the next person but this is ridiculous. The plus side? Ice climbing is back in session. Adventure Inspired posted a video [...]
The use of foul language, trying real hard and faces like this can be expected in the latest update from Bass for Your Face. But for real folks, don’t take it too seriously because it doesn’t usually happen like this…
Hugh Herr’s life is one that could only happen in the Northeast. Born in Pennsylvania, he took to climbing at an early age, ascending Alberta’s Mount Temple (11,600 ft) at age eight. In 1982 when Herr was seventeen, he and partner Jeff Batzer were ice climbing in Huntington Ravine when a brutal blizzard with 100+ mph winds and wind chills [...]
Recently, Outdoor Research produced a series of videos, The Classics, documenting some of North America’s most iconic outdoor activities. The series features some really epic excursions, including climbing at Red Rocks in Nevada and alpine climbing at the Bugaboos, in British Columbia. However, we’re most psyched to see the Northeast being represented with a segment devoted to ice climbing in [...]
Ice climbing in the Northeast progressed slowly through most of the twentieth century–vertical ice was a thing of dreams, unattainable with the current gear and outside the realm of even the strongest and bravest climbers. In 1969, that all changed. Yvon Chouinard and Jim McCarthy held a clinic that year at Chapel Pond in the Adirondacks. There, they introduced rigid [...]
Around this time last year, we caught up with Phillip Schaal for an interview. Later that same year, Schaal reported that he had made an impressive send of Midnight Express, a V14 in Boulder Canyon Colorado. Five Ten caught up with Schaal to follow his ascents of Midnight Express (V14), Trainspotting (V12), Echale (V14) and talk training, climbing and his future as a [...]
We will. Thanks in part to this ridiculous video from Louder Than 11. On February 4, MetroRock (Everett, MA) will be hosting the Dark Horse Bouldering Series grand finale. Things will kick off with a citizen’s comp before the best boulderers in the region take over and pull plastic like it’s 1999. Can’t wait to see all you crazy cats [...]
Maine native Dave Graham has been sending ridiculous problems for quite some time now, so it comes as no surprise that a new video is out showing him sending Memory is a Parallax (V14) out near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Infamous for its absolutely brutal crimps, the problem has sent many climbers walking away nursing their fingers. Not [...]
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 [...]
New Hampshire’s own Joe Kinder has been spreading his psych from coast to coast. He spends a lot of time in southern Utah, and in 2009 put up the first ascent of Re-Up (5.14d). We interviewed Joe last year and he told us that he really enjoys putting all his focus into one project at a time: “Having all my [...]
