Category: Climbing
Photo Reflection: Bugaboos Approach
I’m going back through my archives of photos to do some individual photo postings along with a short (or maybe in some cases long) blurb about the picture; who, what, where, when, etc. So we’ll kick it off with this one from 1997 (I think) from a month long climbing trip to Alberta and British Columbia.…
Wichita Mountains Climbing Area Guides
Seems a theme on here lately has been putting a bunch of older stuff back online. I have so much material from previous versions of this site that it’s high time that it go back online. As I continue to rediscover that old material it will find a place on here. Some of the guides need…
New Gym – Climb UP in Norman!
On December 6, 2014 we opened Climb UP a climbing, bouldering, yoga and fitness gym in Norman, OK. It’s been a long time in the making but we finally – through years of effort and determination – were able to make it happen! It wasn’t without a lot of road-bumps and of course it’s a…
Oklahoma Ice Climbing (really?)
For those of you that have followed this site or one of the other iterations of this site (going back to the late 90s), you might recall some stories (dare I say legends) about ice climbing in Oklahoma. Stories about ice climbing in the Wichita Mountains, Avery Drive, even Turner Falls. Those stories are true,…
New page added – The Quarry
There’s a lot of stored material on my hard drives, in my photo albums (I’m talking about actual photo albums, not the online version), and on little 8mm video tapes that documents a history of Oklahoma climbing. I’m in the process of getting some of that good stuff either online for the first time or,…
Production Announcement – Request for Information and Contacts
PRODUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT F47 Productions, LLC announces the production of a feature length documentary motion picture about climbers and the history of climbing in Oklahoma. Research and principle photography for the documentary has begun and will take place over the course of 2012. I am currently seeking information about historical milestones in Oklahoma climbing, central figures…
Rocktown Photo Contest
Rocktown is holding a photo contest…check it out…. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/notes/rocktown-climbing-gym/one-free-month-of-climbing-enter-the-rocktown-photo-contest-see-details/10150173712294248 Related Images:
Counterfeit Petzl Products – Warning
Petzl recently released a warning bulletin about counterfeit products being manufactured in China. These products look like Petzl products in every possible way but they do not meet the same safety UIAA and CE safety certifications. They have been demonstrated to break at much lower loads and are therefore unsafe. Click here to view the…
Tread Lightly to Protect Access – Access Fund
Some climbers miss the point. Even some friends of mine make some poor decisions when it comes to “treading lightly” and respecting the privilege that rock climbing on public and private lands is. I like this drawing on the Access Fund’s website that depicts many of the poor decisions that we, as climbers, can make.…
Ice Climbing Ouray
Just returned from an awesome ice climbing trip in Ouray. Pictures coming soon… Related Images: