I follow Renan Ozturk on Instagram (@renan_ozturk), and today he posted the following photo:
This was his caption:
When @conradclimber found out I was headed to Everest, he prescribed his favorite training program. Post-hole running through deep snow, even when you are next to a groomed trail.
That sounds brutal but also completely logical…
Here are the 8 best rock climbing videos that were uploaded to Vimeo and YouTube in the last week.
One of the reasons I don’t have a climbing gym membership (other than the fact that it’s expensive and that I don’t love climbing in the gym) is that I travel a lot. I’d be able to use the gym when I’m home, but that doesn’t do me any good when I’m on the road….
Here are the 10 best climbing videos that were uploaded to Vimeo and YouTube in the last week. Will Gadd Is One of the World’s Best Ice Climbers…Guess How Old He Is | Sub-Zero, Ep. 4 [3:36] – Will Gadd has been at the forefront of ice climbing for three decades. In this video, he…
Check out this great article at Outside about the routesetters behind big climbing comps and events. Some parts are dumbed down a bit for non-climbers, but it’s still a good read.
Climbing legend Lynn Hill talks about climbing goals in this 2007 article on the Patagonia website (emphasis is mine): “When it comes to planning my training objectives, I try to be realistic in choosing goals that are attainable. It’s much better to feel many small successes after having achieved modest goals rather than feel frustrated…
In a macabre sort of way, climbing falls are fun to watch, as long as no one gets hurt. In the moment, falls can be terrifying, and that is made abundantly clean by this point of view GoPro video of a biiiiig fall in Colorado’s Garden of the Gods.
