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Trip Report

Journey to the Center of the Earth: Big Wall First Ascent

I tiptoe away from the anchor, onto a slab, toward a blank corner and the steepest bit of rock we had yet encountered. I urge

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April 19, 2020 15 Comments
Trip Report

Big Wall Solo, South Face of Washington Column (V, 5.8, C1)

I arrived in Yosemite in October 2018 with one thing on my mind; soloing a big wall. In fact, this monkey had been on my

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January 31, 2019 2 Comments
Trip Report

How NOT to Climb the Casual Route, Longs Peak (800ft, IV, 5.10a)

The Casual Route on the Diamond of Longs Peak is anything but. It’s the easiest route on the face but even with perfect conditions you’ll still hike

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September 10, 2018 4 Comments
Tech Talk

The Best Climbing Anchor | A Look at Anchor Research

**Parts of this post are missing/non-functional due to my stupidity, sorry!** This led me to think; why don’t I find the smartest, most experienced climber

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July 23, 2018 No Comments
Gear Review

Belay Gloves: Rack ’em or Sack ’em?

Belay gloves protect your hands from fast moving ropes, hot belay devices, aluminum oxide flakes, dirt, cactus spines, and spiky bushwhacks that can all take

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March 20, 2018 No Comments
Rock Climbing

VIDEO: Climbing at Looking Glass Rock, North Carolina

In mid-November, on my first real climbing stop of my road trip I spent a week at Looking Glass Rock in North Carolina with a

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January 8, 2018 No Comments
Banter

Should We Grade Our Partners?

You’re in a parking lot waiting to meet up with a new partner who you found online. You’re ready for the day of climbing and

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December 15, 2017 1 Comment
Rock Climbing

10 Tips for Beginning Hangboarders

These tips are for people who are new to hangboarding, NOT new to climbing. If you’re new to climbing you are better off using your

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April 7, 2017 2 Comments
Banter

Authentic Distressed Climber Jacket – $650

I’ve had amazing adventures in this jacket so you don’t have to! Thousands of dollars and multiple years have been invested in climbing with this

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March 25, 2017 No Comments
Trip Report

Trip Report: Alpamayo (19,511ft), Cordillera Blanca, Peru

[This trip took place in July, 2015. This post took me a really long time to write, I hope it entertains. Sorry its sooo long]

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January 19, 2016 2 Comments
Banter

Post Expedition Gluttony

When we venture outside our comfort zones; whether into the wilderness, to a foreign country, or onto a stage we gain a lot of appreciation

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August 2, 2015 5 Comments
Banter

Cool Story Bro… but you effed up.

Humans tell stories. We always have and we always will. While the content of these oral traditions has shifted; from water turned to wine to

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July 11, 2015 No Comments
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This weekends courses! One spot left for trad, two This weekends courses! One spot left for trad, two for multi. Come get learnt with VP!! 🧠 
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⚠️⚠️⚠️Attention climbers...⚠️⚠️⚠️

Stop clipping the dumb loop of the Nalgene water bottles without some type of reinforcement.

Love Erik and the VP team...
80ft up, doubling up the little guys, slottin' & s 80ft up, doubling up the little guys, slottin' & slammin'. Placing bomber gear and having fun! Recent trad mentorship day with @eileentt 💪
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Check out our upcoming Trad Clinics and more! Link in bio.
📅 Intro to Trad June 21 @ Lover's Leap (one spot left!)
📅 Intro to Multipitch June 22 @ To Emeralds (2 spots)
📅 Trad | Beyond the Basics June 28 @ Donner Summit
⚖️ As always classes are capped at 4 participants 🤯 for awesome value and personal attention!!!
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Much love from the VP Fam! 💙
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Rope management on hanging belays🧗‍♂️🧗 Rope management on hanging belays🧗‍♂️🧗‍♂️

✅️Coil big loops to small loops on your attachment to the anchor if swinging leads or small to big loops if you're block leading.

⚠️If you're ever not sure that the rope will feed well while belaying, you can always take the time to re flake and coil the rope to ensure a smooth belay.
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How do we manage rope effectively on multi pitch s How do we manage rope effectively on multi pitch stances?🤨🧐🤔

If there's a ledge, is it big enough to stack the rope? How should we manage that and what are the pros and cons?🔎

➡️Personally, I'm always looking to stack on a ledge because it's super fast and usually pays out really well, especially when swinging leads. The obvious con is real-estate being taken up that we could use for our personal comfort.

I think the general consensus is, stack it if you can, but be prepared for when you don't have enough big enough ledge go coil it over your attachment to the anchor.
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Crack climbing clinic this Sunday! Come jam some Crack climbing clinic this Sunday!

Come jam some cracks with us!
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Anchor Building Techniques Part 2! This is what y Anchor Building Techniques Part 2!

This is what you all came for! 

To learn how to break all of the rules of anchor building! Building anchors is always seen as a rigid process.. but we can have creativity while creating and building anchors.

Here's some takeaways from this little tech tip video.

🔗metal on metal is okay in an anchoring configuration. We can enchain cams and carabiners to each other while anchor building. Just don't clip a quixkdraw to a racking carabiner on a cam and lead over it.

♻️ we can connect two pieces together to create one leg of an anchor with two pieces. This allows us to use shorter material because you're only equalizing between two points even though there's still 3 pieces in the system.
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⚡️⚡️FREE TRAD CLIMBING BASICS WEBINAR! ⚡ ⚡️⚡️FREE TRAD CLIMBING BASICS WEBINAR! ⚡️⚡️

⏰️ 7:00PM June 5th 🗓

📍Link in bio!!🔗
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Another amazing day of guiding at Lovers Leap! Th Another amazing day of guiding at Lovers Leap!

This is taken from pitch 1 of Psychedelic Tree 🌳 🍄👽🌈⚡️

Come climb badass routes with us this season!

We'll be adding some amazing trips to the calendar including High Sierra alpine climbing! 🏕⛰️🏞
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Another awesome Intro to Sport clinic we hosted la Another awesome Intro to Sport clinic we hosted last weekend. Climbing season is here — get out of the gym and learn how to sport climb outdoors at our next Intro To Sport clinic!

What you’ll learn: 
✅Risk management in an outdoor setting 
✅Lead climbing
✅Lead belaying
✅How to build top rope and sport anchors
✅How to clean anchors 
✅Crush some outdoor climbing!

Next Course: 📍The Emeralds | 🗓️ June 14th 
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We have a sweet course coming up at Lover's Leap J We have a sweet course coming up at Lover's Leap June 7th!

Learn how to move faster on multis with a course that's not just about how to top belay and build a 3 piece anchor.

This course is designed for folks who have been multi pitch climbing but want to increase their speeds and efficiency to be able to climb longer routes in shorter time. 

Many time our time on route boils down to being methodical and calculated with transitions, rope management and fluidity with the systems.

Come learn how to move quick on route with us!
Stay secure while anchor building! It's quite eas Stay secure while anchor building!

It's quite easy to get distracted from the risk of being on lead while hunting for your anchor points during the trad anchor building process. 

Here's a nice little tip to hopefully help folks improve their security while building anchors!
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