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The Outdoors Show 2010 - 26-28 March

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Mountainfilm Photo Contest Continues, More Gear Up For Grabs!

The Mountainfilm Festival is one of the premiere events in the adventure film community. Held in Telluride, Colorado, the festival has grown into an annual event that combines art and a passion for outdoor adventure, while focusing on pressing social and environmental concerns as well. This year's festival is set to run from May 28th through the 31st, and in the weeks leading up to the event, the organizers have been running an online photo contest on the festival's blog, The Conversation . In the second


Footsteps in Lochnagar

Lochnagar in all it's snowy glory There's snow down at Allt na Guibhsaich too Footprints have compressed the snow and made it denser. Subsequently the surrounding snow has melted, sublimated (actually the most likely) or blown away, leaving the once indented footprints standing proud.


Cedar Wright’s Take on Climbing in Arkansas

Image from Google A couple of days ago, we posted Cedar Wrights video of his quick trip to the crags in Arkansas. Heres the story to go with it a story of great climbing and great community among the members of the Heartland section of the AAC. Enjoy, and thank you, Cedar. I had the great pleasure last [...]


Iditarod 2010: Familiar Names At The Top of the Leaderboard

The 2010 Iditarod has been officially underway since last Saturday, when the ceremonial start took place in Anchorage. On Sunday, the mushers and their teams moved over to Willow, where the real race began. Now, five days into this year's race, the top of the leaderboard is crowded with familiar names, any of whom could potentially be the first to cross the finish line in Nome. It has been tough going so far for most of the field, as deep snow has made for slow progress until the mushers cleared the Alaska


Shelf Road Gets First 5.13+

Colorado’s Shelf Road , a network of vertical limestone cliffs near Cañon City best known for sunny moderates, has a new 5.13d pitch and may soon get its first 5.14. On Sunday, March 7, Mark Anderson redpointed a striking, super-technical arête at Cactus Cliff that was bolted in the early 1990s but apparently never free-climbed. [...]


Himalaya 2010 climbing season: Tibet Closed as Spring Season Begins!

Image from Google Author : Kraig Becker. Ive been mentioning it for weeks, and now it is upon us. The 2010 Himalaya season has begun, with the first teams already arriving in Kathmandu and setting out for the various peaks that they will challenge this spring. Meanwhile, as has become all to common in recent years, [...]


New Indoor Climbing Short Coming From Big Up Productions

Matador Sports goes behind the scenes of Big Up Productions' new indoor climbing short New Indoor Climbing Short Coming From Big Up Productions from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts: Review: Big Up Productions Progression DVD Update on Sharmas Project Interview With Josh Lowell About Progression, Big Up Productions Latest Release Reel Rock Film Tour Coming To An Area Near You Video Of Beth Tommy Caldwell Climbing In The Grand Canyon New Bouldering Gym Coming To Denver Climbing TV Show Coming To National ...


4th Annual Beulah Rock-Festivus

The Beulah Rock Festivus is on again in 2010 from April 2nd to 5th. Developed in order to bring climbers together to search out new boulder problems and climbs, the festivus is touted as four days of first ascents. Going by the motto " Search, Scrub, Send " the Beulah Rock-Festivus is held at Beulah Station, which is located in Northern NSW (83km west of Armidale) and reportedly has a heap of unclimbed granite boulders and larger domes up to 60m tall. In order to entice people along, the organisers have


Going Places.

Image from Google It's been a strange winter, but I'm starting to come out from my hibernation. Only it hasn't been hibernation... it's been a strange experience in constant motion for the last few months... very little rest, a very lot of movement, and very little of any of it within as much of my own direction or control as I've become accustomed to. The short version might be, "Shit happens." So, whatever I'd call it, here I am. I'm holed up for a couple of days in soft-water Spokane Valley, WA, in a kinda ok hotel. Work