Since the weather’s getting better around here, these articles give you a range of places to go.
They didn’t like Dean Potter’s ascent of Delicate Arch either. Read about it here: Access Fund Rips Potter’s Climb.
A couple of stories came in about Dean Potter’s climb of Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. It wasn’t specifically banned by the National Park service, but most climbers understood that climbing wasn’t allowed. To clear up any ambiguity, the NPS issued a closure statement. Delicate Arch climb has park chief red in the face spells out pretty well the concerns of the National Park service and the unwritten rule that climbing it was verboten, while Park Service Rushes To Ban Climbing Of Arches makes Potter’s attempt seem a bit less off-limits. While it doesn’t seem like there was any damage to the rock, I don’t know how you can risk damaging such a landmark rock by actually getting on it.
The Boston Globe has a great piece about Project Bandaloop, the dance troupe where the dancers hang from ropes, in “Soaring high above the earth, Bandaloop knows the ropes.” As you probably could guess, their first performance was in a climbing gym, and they’ve performed at the Space Needle and Yosemite.
I haven’t spent much time at SummitPost, but this great photo of The Priest Tower makes you want to spend a lot of time at the site.
Rock climber does light ‘housework’ shows what a transplanted rock climber/city work does when he gets bored in North Dakota. He climbed a concrete lattice (it looks short in the photo) and freed 20 years worth of weeds from it. Since people weren’t used to climbing in North Dakota, they called into the police to see what’s up.
Don’t forget to check out the huckleberry ice cream @ Juniper Junction. They also sell climbing gear — read more.
