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  • Charons Gardens Wilderness Area in WMWR Temporarily Closed – Excessive Heat and Dangerous Conditions

    EmergencyClosure_CharonsGardenWA_0711 Due to the extreme heat conditions in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the Refuge has decided to temporarily close the Charons Gardens Wilderness Area until further notice. Recently, there has been a number of heat-related incidents due to hikers and other day users that have resulted in Refuge personnel having to perform rescues. Rescues…

  • Adidas Rock Stars Event at Area 47

    Adidas is jumping feet first into the bouldering competition world with the Adidas Rock Stars event at Area 47 in Austria. This event drew my attention for several reasons – first because it looks like it will be a high profile event with some serious climbing talent. Adidas is sponsoring it which means some good…

  • Climbing closer to being in Olympics

    It was recently announced that climbing made the short list of 8 sports to be included in the 2020 Olympic games. You can read more about it here. This is the closest that climbing has ever been to becoming an Olympic sport. Given the number of recent World Cup competitions in the USA it’s no…

  • Gym Projects

    I’ve been working for the past few weeks on a few projects at the gym (http://rocktowngym.com), and while this update might be better suited for the Rocktown blog, this is more about the personal work experienced, so it’s being posted here. The initial project began months ago. The plan was to design a climb from…

  • 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:

  • Today I officially started a new film/video project

    It’s not official unless I posted it somewhere, right? So if I post it here then it means I have started it and therefore must continue it. That’s just the way it goes. So what is the project? Over the course of the next few months I will be interviewing Oklahoma climbers about their experiences…

  • 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:

  • Ice Climb Takes Shape at Rocktown

    http://www.newsok.com/article/3532180 http://www.newsok.com/article/3532180 Check out the article they did on myself and Rocktown Climbing Gym – it’s about the ice climb we’ve created on the front of the building the past couple of years. The ice should be good for at least one more day so there will be people there banging it up. We have…