Today we’re hopping in the car and heading north for the 2009 Summer Outdoor Retailer trade show to check out the latest and greatest in the climbing world. Besides wandering around the show and checking out anything shiny that catches our eye, we’ve got appointments with Trango, Petzl, Cloudveil, Sterling, Black Diamond, La Sportiva, Big Agnes, Bluewater, Metolius, Osprey, Rab and more. We’re also psyched to hit up the bouldering comp on the roof top of the Shilo Inn parking garage, I always feel just a little bad for the pro athletes that have to climb in the full Salt Lake heat, but then I remember they are pro athletes, and I don’t feel bad anymore. So anyway, stay tuned and we’ll see what there is to see!
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 […]
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