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Photo Reflection – Ice Climbing and Ice Farming at the Silos in OKC

February 14, 2021 aaron47 Leave a comment

Photos of ice climbing through the years at the silos in Oklahoma City.

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Posted in: Blog, Climbing, ice climbing, Photo Reflection, Uncategorized Filed under: climb up, ice climbing, ice farming, okc, oklahoma, oklahoma city, Rocktown, silos, summit climbing

Photo Reflection: Climbing in Tuolumne Meadows

January 28, 2021 aaron47 Leave a comment

Flashback to summer of 2010 when Adam was working in Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite and I made the trip out…

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Posted in: Blog, Climbing, Photo Reflection, Photos Filed under: Climbing, granite, matthes crest, sierra, tenaya peak, tuolumne, yosemite
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The Dunce and the Matador

August 12, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Some of my best climbing experiences have been on the limestone walls of El Potrero Chico in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.…

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Posted in: Blog, Climbing, mexico, Routes, unearthed Filed under: Climbing, el potrero chico, first ascent, mexico, trip report
Titanic. We are all in this together.

The Unnormal: Part 4 of x. July.

July 17, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

We are all in this together, but some of us are more in this together than others.

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Posted in: Unnormal Filed under: covid-19, perfect msk, personal responsibility, social responsibility, unnormal, value pluralism, WAAITT

The Unnormal: Part 3 of x. People look better in masks

May 20, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

The longer this pandemic goes on the more companies I see getting into the designer-mask game. There are some really…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Unnormal Filed under: coronavirus, covid-19, masks

The Buildering Files: Historical Climbing Guides to Urban Ascents in Norman, Oklahoma

May 4, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Publishing these guides online for posterity. If you are interested in buildering and buildering guides you will appreciate these. The…

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Posted in: Buildering, Climbing, Uncategorized Filed under: buildering, norman, urban climber, urban climbing

Unearthed: Terry’s garage climbing gym

April 14, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

These days, garage climbing gyms are ubiquitous, if not a bit cliche. Holds on cinderblock walls, sheets of plywood attached…

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Unearthed: Tour De Pump Climbing Competition – 1995 – Paradise Rock Gym, Denver, CO

April 9, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Going through my old 8mm video tapes I located this gem. Another competition video – this one from the 1995…

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Posted in: Climbing, competition, video Filed under: 1995, Climbing, competition, paradise climbing, tour de pump, video

The Unnormal – Part 2 of x. 101 years ago

March 28, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Ongoing dialogue and reflection in the age of covid-19 In thinking about what is happening in our world today it…

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Posted in: Blog, Uncategorized, Unnormal Filed under: 1918 flu, blog, charles luther odom, coronavirus, covid-19, epidemic, unnormal, WWI

Throwback: To outdoor film shows at the silos

March 25, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

The Renegade Picture Show was an idea I started in April of 2007. At the same, there were other guerilla-movie…

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Posted in: Blog, film, renegade picture show, Rocktown, rps, Uncategorized, video Filed under: movies, outdoor film, renegade picture show, shows, silos, throwback

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    • Building a Backyard Boulder
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