The River Gorge Guild
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Easy vegan cooking: The Great Outdoors Sauté
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Jam Jar 2: Late October Playlist
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Are LaSportiva’s vegan climbing shoes worth the hype?
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Jam Jar 1: Early October Playlist
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How to accomplish your very first pull-up
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Ten excellent songwriters to stoke your yearning
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Sun Chasing for Sport Climbers
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Finding your friends: who should I climb with?
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Rallying the Bros: trip planning for rock climbers
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We’re all aware that vegan cooking gets a bad rap. It’s famously called bougie and expensive, difficult to cook, and deficient in protein and iron. It doesn’t have to be this way, though–even (perhaps especially) in the outdoors. Ever since my first climbing trip, I’ve been camp cooking for huge groups of people and making…
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In this playlist, we explore a less folky sound than the last Jam Jar, embrace nostalgia, and get comfortable with comfort. Some of us are counting our quickdraws, some of us are reflecting, and many of us are buckling down for the colder months. Check out these songs for a soundtrack: * = kinda new,…
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The short answer: yes. But let’s start from the beginning. **Cover photo credit to my best friend Bailey White. This was taken in Red Rock Canyon The Skwama is a high-performance La Sportiva climbing shoe that was released around 2015. Since then, the Skwama has been holding its own both inside the gym and out…
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We climbers often see early fall as a harbinger of change and beckoner of new beginnings. October’s first Jam Jar playlist features a delicious blend of these complex feelings. We have: * = kinda new; ! = kinda niche Welcome this season with open arms, making the most of all that encounters you
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One of the biggest myths I’ve encountered in the climbing world is thus: that only someone very special can do a pull-up. You have to be an athlete, you have to be born a certain gender, you have to have a certain strength-to-weight ratio—I’ve heard it all. None of it is true. Sure, there are…
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If you need a soundtrack for your melancholic wanderlust, you’ve come to the right place. As a child of the suburbs with a heart that belongs in the mountains, I’ve spent a lot of my life yearning out that open window and seeking out art that matches. Here, I’ve compiled for you some of the…
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Sport climbing is famous for being a shoulder season activity, often demanding temperate conditions and controlled humidity. Nobody wants to be trying hard on sweaty, slippery rock or clipping draws with numb fingers. Making the most of these shoulder seasons, though, can be tricky if you have limited time off or live far away from…
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If you’re here, you know already that climbing is more than just climbing. It’s a social sport, and our experiences in the climbing world are often driven and shaped by our human connections. This sport combines many of the most poignant social aspects of others: the counter-culture grit of skate circles, the trust and group…
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Rallying the Bros: trip planning for rock climbers Soon, the weather will be changing, and that swift breeze will dance across our cheeks, bearing tidings of sport climbing season. Many of us don’t live next door to famous crags, so it won’t be long before whispers of flights and long road trips begin fluttering through…