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A year or so ago I read an interesting book by Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers . Gladwell looks at why some people on the edges of human potentia...

Learning to do handstand pushups in my backyard... This was taken months ago, Kim did 30 of 'em (in sets, but still 30!) last week for a...

My own training is in a state of flux; I haven't set new concrete new physical goals for the rest of the year, but I need to maintain so...

A few of the comments and emails I received on the last nutrition rant made me realize that I wasn't as clear as I could be about what ...

For those of you who don't know, Adam Ondra is among the very best sport climbers in the world. In terms of climbing the biggest collect...

First off, I really like this piece of writing by Stephen Koch . It rings true and clear for not only climbing but many things in life. Step...

Holy writing, I've spent too much time thinking about this stuff but I'm a climbing nerd... First off, if you're following this ...

The post on anchors prompted a lot of comments (should be right below this one). Right-click (or control click for the Apple cultists) on th...

Warning: Serious climbing geekery ahead. Short version: use bomber pieces in yer anchors... I was out climbing on the weekend (rock, not ice...

Somebody else has likely pointed this out already on the web somewhere, but a modern Crossfit "Box" looks a lot more like a gym fr...

It took two months longer than I thought it would, but I'm finally done with the course syllabus for "Mountain Movement." The ...

I just returned from a really interesting weekend: A Crossfit Level One Cert. Just to be clear, I paid for the certification out of my own p...

NOTE: The following rests on the foundation of moving in control. "Control" means securely, with solid belays, and with an attenti...

There's been a bunch of discussion over on rockclimbing.com about the last speed post, thought I'd post a few things that answered ...

After a week with my friend Andreas Spak in Norway I've got some things to say about speed on big routes. Andreas climbs faster than mos...

Norway 2010 is wrapping up. It's been a great trip--as always, Andreas Spak and I found insane ice, climbed it, and are destroyed. Chris...

Norway! I love climbing in the land of big new routes with my friend Andreas Spak. Yeah! I've done more ice climbing this season than I ...

Here's a little video sports action of the Endless Ascent effort, shot by my friend Scott Milton. Memories, memories! Nice work Scott an...

I just spent two days at the Redstone Winterfest, in Redstone, Colorado. Redstone is a small town on the western side of the Colorado Rockie...

I'm just back home after climbing the coolest ice I've ever seen or climbed, anywhere in the world. Tim Emmett and I had a great tr...