Stone Climbing in St Augustine Name: Stone Climbing – Saint Augustine Climbing Company, LLC Website: www.stoneclimbing.com Price: $18/ day pass Owners: Eric Hires and JT (John Thousand) Overall Rank: 5 out of 5 stars from Google Reviews Stone Climbing Gym Overview Stone Climbing Gym is located at 115 Strongway Court, […]
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While climbing at Aiguille and coaching two engaging women climbers, I met an inspirational woman climber. It is not often I will meet an older woman rock climbing. In general, the climbers I meet are in their twenties to maybe forties. I rarely meet a woman over 60 who climbs […]
This is our second trip of Red River Gorge climbing. The common name called by climbers is “The Red”. This time we took advantage of the three-day weekend for Memorial Day. The first trip was on Labor day weekend. We flew and stayed at Linda Largo’s Cabin in a campsite […]
Over a year ago, I injured my fingers in climbing. I don’t remember exactly when I injured it. I just remembered the uncomfortable feeling. It didn’t seem to hurt. However, the right-hand knuckle of my index finger was swollen. Being stubborn and ignoring the different discomforting signs, I kept on […]
I have been climbing for at least eight years and mostly indoor. I have stumbled across a few injuries along the way. I pulled a muscle in my leg by doing a weird move. That injury healed nicely after a few months. I had a tennis elbow injury that lasted […]
This was hands down my best-organized trip ever for rock climbing outdoor adventure. It was compacted into a 3-day weekend. To be honest, it was my very first rock climbing for women ONLY trip ever. My past organized trips had been with mixed companies. This article is about a climbing […]
This is an article of appreciation, relishing the moment of what life has to offer, and accepting the contribution of my loved ones who went the extra mile to show how much they love me. What an amazing weekend learning at Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School. My husband planned […]
Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo, is around the corner. Rock Climbing will make the first debut. The dates are from July 24 to August 9, 2020. Rock climbing will include three disciplines of competitive climbing: bouldering, lead, and speed. For sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, forty (40) spots […]
Earth Treks Golden Review My family and I visited cousins in Arrowhead, Colorado the beginning of January 2020. Our primary focus was skiing in Beaver Creek or Vail. However, rock climbing was always in the back of my brain. We flew into Denver and drove to Arrowhead. On our way […]
Before I visited cousins in Arrowhead, Colorado for the New Year 2020, I didn’t know anything about Eldorado Canyon. When discussing what to do on our last day before we fly out, I heard the words “climbing outdoor.” Those words turned my head quickly to say “What!?!?”. Is that possible […]
On The Rocks Review Name: On The Rocks Climbing Gym Website: www.climbontherocks.com Price: $19/ day pass Owners: The Huffman Family of Amherst Overall Rank: 4.9 out of 5 stars from Google Reviews On The Rocks Climbing Gym Overview On The Rocks Climbing Gym is located at 8701 Leavitt Rd, Elyria, […]
Is rock climbing for women? This was not the first question I asked myself when I started climbing. My first question was am I strong enough? However, both questions are related. I observed males climbed more frequently than females. There were not many women because it required upper body strength […]
There are new sports in town for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In the 2016 decision, Rock climbing was one of the five new events (baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, surfing, & climbing) reported by Climbing.com. It was believed that these events were chosen to attract more interests among young audiences. […]
Rock Climbing Belay Gloves Reviews There are lots of full-finger gloves out there in the market so how do we know which one to choose from? You can buy gloves that are not necessarily made only for rock climbing. For these types of gloves, you will be doing more belaying, […]
Rock Climbing Carabiner Reviews There are so many carabiners out there. It is hard to know what to choose. In this review, I will focus primarily on locking carabiners that you may want to use with your belay device. There are two types of locking carabiners. You have manual locking […]