The concept of an auto belay system has never done much to excite me, and after reading this article, you can rest assured that I’ll be climbing with a partner for the foreseeable future.
In 2005, Michael Livingston, fell from a climbing wall when an auto belay device failed to catch him.  The fall resulted in [...]

Climb With the Crimps has reached the terrible twos (months).   The most notable symptom is a complete failure to post anything in a timely manner.  Hopefully this phase will pass (possibly with this ungodly heat) but its always so hard to tell if its just a slow spot, or the beginning of the end.
However, If [...]

A recent study published by Researchers at Nationwide Childrens Hospital showed a 63% increase in climbing related injuries between 1990 and 2007.  The study provided insight into what demographics were most likely to suffer injuries (20-39 age group accounted for 56% of recorded injuries, 72% male) while also identifying the most common area of injury [...]

 
I don’t know how I missed this back in April, but apparently the guys at Sender Films are taking their very excellent film First Ascent and turning it into a series on the National Geographic Channel. There haven’t been any solid dates announced for the show’s premier, and, strangely, it looks like the show will be [...]