We all know January well…It kicks off with an apple dropping from the sky in Times Square, the start of the winter doldrums; the first month of the year (in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars); one of seven months with 31 days; and in the Northern Hemisphere, the coldest month of the year. [...]

Time and time again the same excuse gets tossed my direction, “if you guys would just stay local then I’d make it out climbing more.” The real problem with this excuse is the disparate definitions of “local.” To some this means staying in the state of Pennsylvania, others cap it at a 3 hour drive, [...]