Some advice from climbers about
Sex. It’s pretty harmless, but the advice about the harness is much appreciated. Looks like that was actually the syndicated version, read the full nerve version.
March 30, 2007
March 28, 2007
Bouldering at Home
Sorry, I lagged on this post so the original article expired. The book that inspired it is here: Berkeley Rocks, Building With Nature. It features homes in Berkeley where the rocks are a part of the house or nearby landscape. We once looked at an in-law unit in a house that was close to the Castle Rock area. You could see Mortar rock from the kitchen window. The owners thought the climbers were neat. Since the problems were really hard, there weren’t that many people there that often.
Friday Night Lights — The Coach’s Daughter
I’m a big fan of the show and I wish I read this article before I was in central Texas for a week. Instead, I missed out on a few of the stars’ hangouts and a Barack Obama visit. Read the article Austin charms ‘Friday Night Lights’ cast and you’ll find out that the coach’s daughter (Aimee Teegarden) is not only almost as old as the actress’ age, but she also climbs at the Main Event.
March 22, 2007
Potter and Patagonia Split
In more Patagonia news, Dean Potter and his wife Stephanie Davis will not be ambassadors for the company as of May 1st. He received a lot of criticism for climbing Delicate Arch. . It’s a little surprising they didn’t end the relationship any sooner, but maybe the contract wasn’t easily severed. Read more in Climber Potter, Patagonia agree to split the synchilla
March 21, 2007
Yvon Chouinard in Fortune
There’s a great new article in Fortune about Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Worth a read, especially for some of the products they’re creating that have less impact on the environment.
March 18, 2007
Climbing underneath a bridge
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but you must see this set of photos by hrtmnstrfr on flickr.
There’s another photo that shows a train passing by. Not sure where exactly this is though!
March 4, 2007
Dave Chappelle
He stopped by the San Francisco gym Mission Cliffs in February to take the belay safety course with his kids. Pretty cool, you could see world class climbers there, or world class comedians (sometimes).
Check out the picture of him here: http://www.touchstoneclimbing.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
There could have been a lot of climbing in the Presidio in SF
When you read through an old list of proposals for re-use of space in the Presidio in San Francisco, you’ll see there could have been a lot of climbing gyms: http://www.presidio.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1EBB5298-8B47-49C2-BB98-8605AC5C701A/0/summaryofresponses21004.pdf
The 3 largest climbing gyms in the Bay Area all submitted proposals. Dig through the site a bit to see who’s probably going to open the gym there.
