Tag: Climbing
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The First Diaries: That Time I Learned to Belay
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Introducing The First Diaries, a weekly column in which one Coloradan documents her misadventures, trials, and triumphs in the outdoors as she tries a new activity or adventure each week. With humor, practical advice, and some…
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[BREAKING] Firefighters working to rescue fallen climber near Garden of the Gods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UPDATE: Patient has been loaded into transport and is headed to area hospital (see tweet with image below). Colorado Springs firefighters were working Wednesday to rescue a climber who fell as far as 60 feet…
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The First Diaries: That Time I Tried Outdoor Rock Climbing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Introducing The First Diaries, a weekly column in which one Coloradan documents her misadventures, trials, and triumphs in the outdoors as she tries a new activity or adventure each week. With humor, practical advice, and some…
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The First Diaries: That Time I Bested an Awesome (ie, Hard) Climbing Route
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Friendship, Climbing with Tommy Caldwell, and Other Important Lessons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Someone once asked me who, of my teachers, has made the biggest impact on my life. He came in the form of a climbing mentor—someone who taught me how to make the impossible possible. Climbing…
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Girls that Shred: Meet Bethany Lebewitz
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 29-year-old Bethany Lebewitz, climbing means so much more than the athletic pursuit. You could watch her scale a million walls and know, so well, the single dimension of Bethany the Climber. What you wouldn’t…
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How to Get Into Sport Climbing in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When you’re climbing, the entire world melts away and the only things that exist are you and the rock. You breathe. You focus. You move and dance in a way that brings rhythm and power…
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Football Field Sized Climbing Gym Coming to Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 2016 was a tough year for Sports Authority, the sports retail giant that gives its name to the famed Mile High Broncos’ football stadium. The retailer declared bankruptcy, closed its Englewood headquarters, let 461 Colorado-based…
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Girls That Shred: Margo Hayes Breaks the Sport Climbing Ceiling
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last weekend in Spain, 19-year-old Boulder native Margo Hayes became the first woman ever to climb a grade of 9a+ or 5.15a. After only seven days projecting the climb, Hayes reached the chains of La…
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Conrad Anker Talks Climbing, Growth, and Community
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OutThere Colorado caught up with climbing legend, Conrad Anker, at the 2017 Ouray Ice Festival. As leader of The North Face climbing team, Anker has inspired a generation of climbers with numerous first ascents in…