Feelings of Independence
This year on Independence Day, I feel particular gratitude for the strong, complex, and brave women whose journeys, traumas, and resilience have filled me with love and hope. They, as...
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Pride Month 2021: Words from our Co-Founder Elliot Woo
June is my second favorite month of the year; reasons being 1. it's my birth month and 2. it's pride month! You can already imagine lots of celebrations throughout the...
An Off the Couch Audio Book: The Tower
An Off the Couch Audio Book, by Kelly Cordes My brother-in-law handed me a dusty copy of The Tower a few years back, before Kelly and I had ever met, and...
allez: Soramanego
By: Sonja Bjornsen Founder of allez outdoor As we tromped along the ridge overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park, like clockwork the afternoon rain started to fall, slowly at first, and...
allez: Digging Deep on Blue #49– A Day in the Forests of Fontainebleau
By Jane Jackson These days, Jane spends most of her time on the road seeking out ideal climbing conditions and new places. Though climbing is the driving force in her...
allez: The Top 10 Essential Terms Every Climber Should Know
The Top 10 Essential Terms Every Climber Should Know By Matt Samet Author of the Climbing Dictionary Photo Credit: Chris Weidner In climbing, communication is everything. We need to know,...
allez: Five ways to deal with a high-fear climbing day
“Feel the fear, do it anyway.” — Some non-climber, who was wrong We climbers are familiar with “high-gravity days,” when it feels like the earth is exerting extra pull and...
Monday by Mateo: Mr. Midwest
Here, Jane Jackson and Eric Bissell ply their skills on the lower pitches of Mr. Midwest (5.13b; 14 pitches) on El Capitan, Yosemite, a couple weeks after Eric and Cameron...
Monday by Mateo: Rusty Relics
Ever clipped a piece of rusty fixed gear you were sure was older than you—or your parents or your grandparents—and climbed past it with a shudder? Our cliffs are a...
Monday by Mateo: Tramway
The desert around Palm Springs, California does not scream “climbing”—it’s flat, hot, hot, hot, and flat. But hard above town rear the San Jacinto Mountains, an alpine wonderland of pine...
Monday by Mateo: The Needles Fire Lookout
Back in the day when there was a fire lookout in the Needles, high above the Kern River Drainage, California, a kind woman named Margie, who loved climbers, lived and...
Monday By Mateo: Chuck Pratt and Pratt's Crack
Chuck Pratt was the clown prince of Yosemite’s original Camp 4 scene, a climber diminutive instature but prodigious on talent and humor, known for his grace on the rock and...
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