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Friday, 26 February 2010Horse Pens 40 is quickly gaining recognition the world over as having some of the most challenging and unique sloper climbing to be found. It is also one of the premier winter bouldering destinations in North America. Situated on a mountain top in the northeast corner of Alabama, HP40 is a privately owned park and preserve owned by the very climber-friendly Schultz family. They live on the land a nd go out of their way to provide visitors with the ultimate Southern hospitality and bouldering experience. With ample camping, cabin rentals, showers, a camp store, and a restaurant located within about 30 seconds walk of the boulderfield, HP40 might be the most convenient bouldering destination you'll ever visit. It might also be one of the best moderate bouldering areas in the country, with hundreds of high-quality problems for the V5 and under boulderer. It also hosts a couple of competitions each winter which draw climbers from across the country and abroad, including the second leg of the Triple Crown Bouldering Series.
For the first time ever, HP40 now has a complete and accurate guidebook to help climbers interpret this incredible area! Local climber and boulderer Adam Henry, who was amongst the first people to discover HP40 for its bouldering wealth, and who along with many others developed the vast majority of problems in the park, shares his intimate knowledge of the problems, the park, and its history in this comprehensive guidebook. Complete with tons of arial topo maps, color boulder photos, detailed descriptions of every problem and area, and peppered throughout with the pointy southern wit of its author, Horse Pens 40 Bouldering is the must have for longtime locals and first time visitors alike, and easily puts the black and white, hard to interpret pamphlets in their place. The book is also filled with the inspiring color action photography of Jeff Wales, Andrew Kornylak, Dan Lubbers, Stephan Denys, Chris Luker, Dan Brayack, John Barr, Cooper Roberts, Jamie Emerson, and many others.
Horse Pens 40 is not the only bouldering area featured in this guidebook. Also included are the Birmingham local spot Moss Rock Preserve, as well as the bouldering of Palisades Park. Moss Rock Preserve is a small and condensed boulderfield which is never-the-less home to a couple hundred high quality boulder problems. Featuring tall boulders with absolutely bullet hard stone, Moss Rock Preserve is a great resource for Birmingham locals or traveling climbers passing through the area. It is your typical local area full of eliminates and variations, which Adam has gone painstaking lengths to describe. It is also home to myriads of classics of all grades, and plays host to an annual outdoor climbing competition. Palisades Park is a small cliff with boulders littering the hillside below it, located about 20 minutes from HP40 in the northern part of the state. While not a destination area, it offers a nice change in mood and scenery from HP40, and has numerous hard problems and eliminates for the local or visitor to sample.
Click here to view sample pages from the guidebook, click here: www.greenergrasspublishing.com/images/hp-pages.pdf
Book details:
Horse Pens 40 Bouldering
Including the boulderfields of Moss Rock Preserve and Palisades Park
by Adam Henry
ISBN: 978-1-61658-810-6
Price: $24.95
184 Pages, Full Color
Source: www.greenergrasspublishing.com
Tuesday, 23 February 2010The University of Oregon has recently completed a major expansion of its rock climbing wall in the Student Recreation Center. The expansion doubles the amount of climbing space from 2,400 square feet to 5,000 square feet.
Last Friday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m., the grand opening celebration included climbing demonstrations by UO students. The expanded facilities have increased use and intere st by climbers enrolled at UO.
In 2009, there were 220 certified climbers using the rock wall. Use has more than doubled to more than 500 certified climbers in 2010 as a result of the expansion that was completed in January.
The space is used for recreation and classes and programs offering academic credit.
Source: university.kval.com
Monday, 22 February 2010Prepare yourself for an epic day trying to bag as many routes as your body and mind will allow. Food, water, tape, superglue, sunscreen, etc. Once you feel prepared, show up with 1-5 of your favorite climbing partners May 29th 2010 at Hartman Rocks Recreation Area and celebrate rock climbing for the next 24 hours in whatever fashion you see fit. Our 8000+ acres City/Count/BLM managed park offers climbers a variety of traditional, mixed, sport and boulder routes and event participants will be introduced to over 200 routes for their picking. Join us in Gunnison, CO for your 2010 Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30th) and experience the feeling and words of Climbing Magazine Editor Matt Samet, "pitch after pitch, 24 hours, climbing and climbing, that thing we do because its the best thing there is."
And of course to put it more simply, challenge yourself to come climb in an amazing atmosphere for 24 hours and see how long you last!!!
GG2010 Rules: www.gunnisonglory.com/GGrules2010.pdf
Schedule of Events
May 28th 2010
1. Friday Day Entertainment/Early Bird Check-in IOOF Park/Virginia St., Downtown Gunnisonbegins 4pm goes til 9pm. Music in the Park: TBA
2. Friday Night Presentations
May 29th 2010
1. Base Area: 7am-12pm MeetNGreet, Shuttle Service and directing up the hill
2. Buddha's Area: 9:30-10am Official Check-In, Q&A, Rules, and Official Start10am
3. Climbing Begins 10am Saturday May 29th and ends and ends 10am Sunday May 30th. Enjoy the Heat!!!
4. Entertainment will be sporadic and random, but will be playing as much as possible (Spoken Word, Djembe Drumming, Live Aucostic Music)
5. Dinner is served at 8pm, what will it be?
6. Climber Check-In #1 8pm to 12pm
7. Youth Climbing Ends 10pm
8. Night Patrol Begins at 11pm-5pm
May 30th 2010
1. Slacklining Expedition and Fun 8am til whenever
2. Climber Check-In #2 5-10am
3. Endurance Climbing Fest Ends 10am Sunday
4. Post Fest Activities Begin 10am-12pm (Yoga, Acroyoga, more to come!!!)
5. Awards Ceremony 12pm-1pm
The Cause:
Any and all proceeds from the 24 hours of Gunnison Glory 2010 will be invested into the creation and security of the Gunnison Valley Climbers Coalition, to help secure the future of climbing in Gunnison County. On top of working for the Gunnison County this Coalition will offer Gunnison County Climbers a voice among other Climbers Coalitions and organizations throughout the great state of Colorado and beyond our borders.
For more details on this event, please visit www.gunnisonglory.com.
Sunday, 21 February 2010Leave No Trace Awareness Workshop for Rock-Climbing aims to promote and inspire responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. This event will be held on Feb 22nd, 2010, 6:30pm - 10:00pm, at Tennessee Bouldering Authority, TBA Climbing Gym, 3804 Saint Elmo Ave., Ste. 102 Chattanooga, TN 37409.
As Justin Roth stated in the article The Gym Effect of this mon th's issue of Climbing Magazine, "This, no matter which side you're on, spells more climbers at the crags. And more climbers usually means an increase in access concerns like trash, environmental impact, and accidents." TBA is attempting to minimize those issues.
TBA will host a Leave No Trace Awareness Workshop for Rock-Climbers that will be conducted by the Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers. Participants receive introductory training in the skills and ethics of Leave No Trace. Workshop topics include the underlying ethics and seven principles of Leave No Trace:
Plan Ahead and Prepare
Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Dispose of Waste Properly
Leave What You Find
Minimize Campfire Impacts
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors
The workshop will begin at 6:30pm but the team will stick around afterwards to answer questions.
Website: www.lnt.org
Phone: 423-822-6800
Email: tbagym@tbagym.com
For more details on this event, please visit tbagym.com.
Friday, 19 February 2010Huge savings on tons of quality rock climbing equipment. If you are searching for a deal on new or used climbing gear, then please read all the way through to view information on where you can locate some pretty amazing deals on both new and used rock climbing equipment for sale.
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There is a great website that gathers tons of deals from across the internet on both new and used rock climbing gear. You will be able to compare all different kinds of climbing gear, brands, and price ranges. So if you are truly serious about finding a quality deal on some great climbing gear then please click on the following link to view details on all available rock climbing equipment for sale at www.usedrockclimbing.com.
Source: www.prlog.org
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