The much anticipated Red River Gorge climbing guidebook app from Wolverine Publishing is now available through the iTunes store. Since I use the cell phone company with the red map, I don’t have an iPhone, but I did find a thorough review over at Mountain Project. Also, Dave Pegg sent me this promo video which shows the features of the app really well. I don’t think this will replace guidebooks, but it’s certainly a glimpse into the future. Very cool.
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
I have the lite version. I think I mentioned this on climbnarc, but I think the app should have a way for people to snap photos and upload them directly to the app.
BJ –
There’s an alternative if you don’t have an iPhone. It also works on the iPod touch.
Adayak –
Good feedback. Allowing users to upload and share photos is something we’ll be looking at for future versions.