The Granite Gripper climbing competition at Enchanted Rock

The Granite Gripper climbing competition at Enchanted Rock

The nut blew and it was like watching something in slow motion as the climber came to stop next to me and then slid down the 5.3 Smorgasborg route to my left. The belay anchor came tight against my harness, a factor 2 fall and we weren’t even multipitch climbing. Well...
The Many Styles of Camping

The Many Styles of Camping

  There are many ways to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. From adventure explorers to the weekend casual walk around the blockers, it seems if you want to get out, you can find something you enjoy. The same is true for camping. Whether you want to get out...
Five Tips for Getting Into Climbing

Five Tips for Getting Into Climbing

“I want to learn how to climb!” “That’s so great that you climb, I wish I could too.” “I want to come climbing with you sometime.” All of these are things I’ve heard when talking about climbing. Climbing is picking up popularity these days. More and more people are...
For the Love of Endurance

For the Love of Endurance

If you’ve recently been in the need of some inspiration, I highly recommend watching Semi-Rad creator, Brendan Leonard’s, most recent film “How to Run 100 Miles”. I especially recommend watching the last few minutes, maybe a couple of times. I don’t want to give...
A Weekend at Continental Ranch

A Weekend at Continental Ranch

The email read “High clearance vehicles only”. That was the first indication of what was to be a good weekend. It is almost always a guarantee that if not all cars can get to a spot, then it is probably worth the drive. And that is exactly what happened as we pulled...