http://climbing.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-15T13:40:26Z Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/20/tim-remicks-denali-climber-portraits.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/i/F/-/-/Denali_Tim-Remick_12_1.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p>How do you feel after climbing <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/thesevensummits/a/Denali-Highest-Mountain-In-North-America.htm">Denali</a>, the highest mountain in North America? Tired, hungry, stressed out, sunburnt, wind-chapped, smelly, dirty, and sore. Climbing a big mountain takes it's toll on you. Alaskan photographer and climber <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.timremickphotography.com/">Tim Remick</a> currently has an exhibition of photographs of Denali climbers entitled <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/galleries/GalleryViewer2.aspx?incGal=0&#038;cID=112&#038;LayoutID=1">"After: Portraits from Denali"</a> on display until April 15 at the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/galleries/GalleryViewer2.aspx?incGal=0&#038;cID=112&#038;LayoutID=1">Anchorage Museum</a> in Alaska.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/20/tim-remicks-denali-climber-portraits.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/20/tim-remicks-denali-climber-portraits.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:08:21 +0000 2012-02-20T14:08:21Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/15/climbing-faq-am-i-too-old-to-go-climbing.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/h/F/-/-/Garden-of-the-Gods-008_2.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/Climbing_FAQs/a/Am-I-Too-Old-To-Start-Rock-Climbing.htm">How old is too old to start climbing?</a> The short answer is:&#160; "You're never too old." Well, that's a stretch but if you're a reasonably fit senior citizen and don't have any glaring health problems then you can certainly go rock climbing well into your 70s.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/15/climbing-faq-am-i-too-old-to-go-climbing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/15/climbing-faq-am-i-too-old-to-go-climbing.htm Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:40:26 +0000 2012-02-15T13:40:26Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/11/the-worlds-first-alpinist-petrarch-climbs-mont-ventoux-in-1336.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/G/e/F/-/-/Petrarch_2.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="left" /></p> <p>In late April of 1336, the Italian humanist and poet <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/historyofclimbing/a/Francesco-Petrarch-And-The-Ascent-Of-Mont-Ventoux.htm">Francesco Petrarch</a> trekked to the windswept rocky summit of 6,263-foot Mont Ventoux in the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goeurope.about.com/cs/provence/l/bl_provence_map.htm">Provence region</a> of southern France. Petrarch, admiring the view from the top, read passages from the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/staugustinetexts/a/AugustineConfessionsContents.htm">Confessions of Saint Augustine</a> and ruminated on his experience of climbing the mountain.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/11/the-worlds-first-alpinist-petrarch-climbs-mont-ventoux-in-1336.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/11/the-worlds-first-alpinist-petrarch-climbs-mont-ventoux-in-1336.htm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:07:36 +0000 2012-02-11T13:07:36Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/09/first-ascent-of-a-proud-desert-tower.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/c/F/-/-/TowerOfKor_AZ_086_3.jpg" alt="hspace=" align="center" /></p> <p>Even in this modern age, when it seems that everywhere has been explored and mapped and almost every worthwhile rock face has been climbed, there are still lots of vertical places that have never been climbed.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/09/first-ascent-of-a-proud-desert-tower.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/09/first-ascent-of-a-proud-desert-tower.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:17:04 +0000 2012-02-09T13:17:04Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/07/6-tips-for-better-climbing-footwork.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/A/0/-/-/EHorstDiamondLife13a_BubbaCityWV2.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p>Climbing efficiently and gracefully is all about having good footwork. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/RockClimbingTechnique/a/6-Tips-For-Better-Climbing-Footwork.htm">Use your feet</a> well by placing them softly and quietly on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/dictionaryofclimbing/a/FootholdDef.htm">footholds</a>, making small steps rather than giant high steps, and using your legs to push rather than your arms to pull and you're going to get up a lot of hard routes.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/07/6-tips-for-better-climbing-footwork.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/07/6-tips-for-better-climbing-footwork.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:38:33 +0000 2012-02-07T00:38:33Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/03/risky-behavior-mother-takes-toddler-climbing-in-a-pack.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/a/F/-/-/MennaPritchardClimbing22.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p>A few days ago 26-year-old Menna Pritchard, the single mother of Ffion, a 2-year-old toddler, posted a photograph of herself and the child <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/topropeclimbing/a/TopRoping1.htm">top-roping</a> a climbing route in Wales. The child sits in a baby carrier on Menna's back as she climbs. She wears a helmet to protect her head while the child does not.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/03/risky-behavior-mother-takes-toddler-climbing-in-a-pack.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/02/03/risky-behavior-mother-takes-toddler-climbing-in-a-pack.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:11:35 +0000 2012-02-03T00:11:35Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/28/how-to-climb-your-first-big-wall.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/_/F/-/-/Escalante-Canyon-El-Padre-049_4.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p>Do you want to climb your first <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/dictionaryofclimbing/a/BigWallDef.htm">big wall</a> this year? If you do, time is wasting. You need to start training now if you want to have great <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/AidClimbing/a/All-About-Aid-Climbing.htm">aid climbing skills</a>, know how to use <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/climbingequipmentwords/a/AscendersDef.htm">ascenders</a> and haul, and be in great physical shape so you can get up your wall project. If you spend three or four days climbing a big wall like El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, you'll find that it is simply the hardest physical activity you've ever done.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/28/how-to-climb-your-first-big-wall.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/28/how-to-climb-your-first-big-wall.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:39:52 +0000 2012-01-28T15:39:52Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/27/meeting-reinhold-messner-in-salt-lake-city.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/Z/F/-/-/Messner_1-12_0888_3.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p> <p>Last Saturday on day three at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, a large trade show for the outdoor industry, alpinist and climber <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/climbingbooksandquotes/a/MessnerQuote.htm">Reinhold Messner</a> stopped by the FalconGuides booth to peruse the books. Those of us there, including editor John Burbidge, Dennis Jump, and myself, introduced ourselves to the great climber with a mixture of reverence and awe. Reinhold Messner is, after all, a living legend. After a half hour, Reinhold left with a couple books in hand to read on his flight back to Italy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/27/meeting-reinhold-messner-in-salt-lake-city.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/27/meeting-reinhold-messner-in-salt-lake-city.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:08:15 +0000 2012-01-27T12:08:15Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/21/or-show-day-2-two-new-bouldering-books.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/T/F/-/-/Sherman_0739_2.jpg" alt="hspace=" align="center" /></p> <p>Yesterday was "bouldering day" at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show in Salt Lake City with book signings by two authors of their new <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/cliimbingtechniques/a/AboutBouldering.htm">bouldering</a> books--John Sherman with the new second edition of his <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3Dbetter%2Bbouldering%2Bjohn%2Bsherman&#038;mode=about_climbing">Better Bouldering</a> book and Peter Beal with his new book <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch_getprod.php%2Fisbn%3D9781594855009%2Fsearch%3Dbouldering+peter+beal&#038;mode=about_climbing">Bouldering: Movement, Tactics, and Problem Solving</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/21/or-show-day-2-two-new-bouldering-books.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/21/or-show-day-2-two-new-bouldering-books.htm Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:33:01 +0000 2012-01-21T11:33:01Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/20/the-outdoor-retailer-winter-market-day-1-update.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/Q/F/-/-/Falcon_0568_2.jpg" alt="hspace=" align="center" /></p> <p>The Outdoor Retailer Winter Show in Salt Lake City, running from today, January 19, through Sunday, January 22, at the Salt Palace looks to be the biggest winter show ever with more vendors and exhibitors and more people--over 21,000--attending than any previous winter market and infusing over $20 million in Salt Lake's economy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/20/the-outdoor-retailer-winter-market-day-1-update.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/01/20/the-outdoor-retailer-winter-market-day-1-update.htm Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:35:16 +0000 2012-01-20T00:35:16Z