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I have scanned my copy of Southern Exposure: A Climber’s Guide to Oklahoma and added it to the website for download. You can find it under the new Guides page. This is the first guide to Oklahoma climbing and still a valuable resource. Though it doesn’t say in the guide itself, I believe it was…

Recently returned from San Diego where we got to climb at several areas: Valley of the Moon, Santee, and La Jolla Cove. Valley of the Moon required an hour-and-a-half drive east of San Diego into the heart of the desert. We then turned south on a gnarly 4×4 road over a rocky pass and drove…

Rock climbing and bouldering are rooted in the idea of exploration, discovery, and adventure but there are plenty of times when you want to spend less time roaming the countryside looking for something to climb and more time climbing. Hence, the guidebook. Climbing guidebooks have evolved quite a bit over the years. What was once…

I can’t let the holiday season pass without mentioning a couple of CD must-haves. These are not for everyone – only those who like rocking. The first one is The Darkness’s new album One Way Ticket to Hell. As good, if not better than their debut album Permission to Land. The second album is from…

I’ve had a few requests for the guide from the 2005 Oklahoma Boulderfest, which includes an overview of the main upper area of Chandler Park. Obviously, not all the problems are listed in this guide so you’ll have to make due with what’s here or fill in the blanks as you see fit. Feel free…

I’m watching the news this morning before heading off to work and they’re talking about the top-10 holiday (dare I say, Christmas?) movies of the season. Of course there was A Miracle on 34th Street , Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol (strangely enough someone made the mistake of writing…

First of all, the Gallery page has been updated. Finally got some pictures up! Sean introduced me to a cool area over the holiday break – The Farm in Bartlesville, OK. There were some great problems that I would really like to revisit. In particular was this awesome arete that was about 14 feet tall.…

Everyone knows that the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year. So I try to avoid it. But if I had to go shopping (instead of climbing) I would listen to Parry’s CD – For Those About To Shop, We Salute You to get me in the mood. 51 shopping jingles…

The IT guys are at it again. Talking. What do they think – people can’t hear one row of cubicles over? They must think these things are sound proof. Cubicles give some people a false sense of security – they can’t see me, so they won’t be able to hear me. Bullshit. You can hear…

This is an easy day to celebrate. If it’s good enough for Mother Teresa, The Dalai Lama, and Stevie Wonder I’ll buy it. So, to all of you in the world, “Hello.” Now what? World Hello Day Related Images: