David Allfrey is best known for his unending psych and setting El Cap speed records. However, the 2016 recipient of the Robert Hicks Bates Award for “outstanding accomplishment by a young climber” who has “demonstrated exceptional skill and character in the climbing or mountaineering arts and has outstanding promise for future accomplishment” prefers to be known as a…
Category: Interviews
INTERVIEW: Margo Hayes on Her Semester in France, Three Gold Medals at the World Youth Championships, and Gaining Confidence Through Climbing Outside
Margo Hayes is one of American’s top female climbers both indoors and outside. She has ticked well over a dozen 5.14s, including the first female ascent of Bad Girls Club (5.14d), while consistently taking the podium indoors nationally and internationally, most recently winning three gold medals (lead, bouldering and combined) at the World Youth Championships in China. She’s also…
INTERVIEW: Claire Buhrfeind on Embracing Herself as a Strong Female Climber, Her Transition to College, and Climbing for Team Texas
Claire Buhrfeind began climbing for Team Texas eight years ago and since then has become one of the country’s top female competition climbers, most recently taking silver for her combined lead, bouldering, and speed scores at the IFSC World Championships in Paris, France, last month. This fall, she began her first semester at the University of…
INTERVIEW: Alex Honnold on “Alone on the Wall” and Climbing While on a Book Tour
Alex Honnold released his first book, “Alone on the Wall,” on November 9 and has been traveling the country giving book talks since. Before his first presentation and signing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Alex let me ask him a few questions about his book, climbing while on the tour, and what he defines as “easy climbing.” How did…
Coffee. Tape. Climb. 