Robert Behrens

"Bad dad trady oh!"

So now you've bought some shoes from Luc, climbed all of Pizano's routes at the Gym, gotten some instruction with the prompting of Dishy, you've wired most of routes at Castle Rock read more

"Bouldering: A Castle Rock Primer"

Whether you are a long-time or neophyte climber, you'll find bouldering is free climbing distilled down to its purest form read more

 

Bruce Morris

"Sandstone Renaissance"

Castle Rock Bouldering
Twenty years ago no one would have thought of Castle Rock State Park as a world-class bouldering area. Sure, it was a good place for San Francisco Bay Area Climbers to practice on weekends read more

"Nache und Nebel (‘Night and Fog'):"

Climbing Restrictions at Castle Rock State Park, California. The Rock Climber's Guide to Skyline Boulevard (MorComm Press: January 2000) has been criticized for promoting "trouble for climbers" in the "future" by including "routes in climbing areas which are restricted, on private property read more

 

Chris Mc Namara

"Maintaining the Big Stones"

You've spent months getting psyched and set for a classic grade sixer. You've gotten all the beta, heard all the stories and gotten up the nerve to go for it. Halfway up, on the crux lead, you discover something that wasn't mentioned in the heroic first ascent account: read more

 

Jonathan Pizano

"Route Setting"

Route setting is an art. It requires lots of time and dedication. Creating boulder problems to improve on physical or technical aspects of climbing can be also be a great mental excerise!  The challenge is to come up with a sequence of moves that go beyond on my own abilities and expand on that read more

The Gear Guy

"If The Shoe Fits…Buy It!"

Climbing has gone main stream. No longer just a death defying ritual practiced by a small group of extremists with huevos grandes. Seventy percent of the shoes we sell are to first time buyers. This article is geared towards them. . . read more