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Elena Showing Off Her Crack Climbing Skills

When a gym climber plays in the outdoors, they quickly learn there are many more climbing styles to be mastered – such as crack climbing. Elena has discovered this other side of climbing, which was unknown to her, and you can see her big smile while she goes up the wall. I believe she also …

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Sports Utility Vehicles for Active Outdoor Lovers

You are now part of the outdoor revolution of people who are breaking the norm and boredom of staying indoors, and hitting the road in search of new adventures. Small compact economical or fuel efficient electric cars are a thing of the past – because they don’t have enough room to hold all your new …

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Petzl GriGri Plus and Mammut Alpine Smart

We are taking these two puppies out for a spin today, since they are the top belay devices with auto locking features. The GriGri + (Plus) The new GriGri Plus comes with great upgrades, such as; two belay settings for top-rope and lead belaying, anti-panic mode and smoother rope management for both belaying and descending. …

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Women Sport Lead Climbing

It is so cool to see more and more women out on the crags these days enjoying sport lead climbing. There are so many strong women climbers today; Ashima Shiraishi, Sasha Digiulian, Lynn Hill, Daila Ojeda, and Alex Puccio – to name a few. In the past couple of months I have also seen several women climbing groups developing, advertising …

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Father and Son Learning Rock Climbing Skills Outdoors

Parag is an avid outdoor enthusiast. He took his son, Aaditya, for an outdoor rock climbing lesson with Rock Climb Every Day. Through the sport of rock climbing, they had a great bonding experience while learning how to climb rocks outdoors with professional instruction.  Throughout the day and during their first climbing experience, they learned …

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Climbing rope break

People often scare when you pull out a 10.2 rope out of your car, because they heard some “expert” friend speak of them as if they were some sort of evil bulky heavy nightmare. Truth of the matter is, some thinner ropes are constructed in such way that when you look at the technical specifications, they …

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Darius ascending a rope like a pro

Darius ascending a rope at Cyclops rock, one of Joshua Tree’s longest rappels. With little training and lots of determination, he raised up above all challenges of the mind, nature’s gravity, and was rewarded with great sense of accomplishment – a feeling that only those who do not give up, regardless of how difficult something may …

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