Living the Dream with Camp4Collective

Came across this sweet little video in the sidebar of Steep & Cheap one day. Points for it being a video about climbing of course, but the style of editing really appealed to my video editing and film studies side. Kudos to The North Face for this one.

Fighting Fear: Overcoming The Little Voice In Your Head That Says "No"

I made my first climbing trip to the New River Gorge in October of 2009, and it was a great trip. I had been lead climbing in the gym for about 5 months prior, and this was my first opportunity to do … continue reading

Moving into the 5.12 realm

Just a quick update, as I'm really tired after tonight's session. I had decided in advance that tonight I was going to push myself pretty hard. I would warm up on a 5.9, and then climb nothing less … continue reading

Practice Makes Perfect

I hadn't been to Sportrock since my FF1 class last Wednesday (*tisk tisk*, I know). I had planned to go on Friday, but hadn't taken into account my 6:00 PM call time in McLean for my MSVA performance … continue reading

Climbing Carnage

Let's start a new category here, one that every climber can empathize with: Climbing Carnage! Let's face it - scrapes, scratches, flappers, sprains, breaks (God forbid) and all sorts of other bodily … continue reading