I still remember the dull thunk of my body hitting the ground.
Category: Miscellaneous
Climbing Classes Coming Soon to a Gym Near You
Climbing gyms have exploded across the country, as have their class offerings. Enjoy these brand new classes, coming soon to a gym near you: How to not look like a gumby 101: Avoid looking like a clueless new climber with helpful climbing gym etiquette tips such as when to wear your climbing shoes (when actively climbing)…
Box Life FAQs
So you live in a box?? Yup! I live in a “tiny home” on wheels that I bought on Craigslist and built out in a week and a half before moving in. My friends and I fondly call it “The Box,” since it really is a sad looking homemade white box from the outside. How long have…
New Content Now Published on Wednesdays
I’m experimenting with posting new content on Wednesdays instead of Mondays, so this week’s post will be up Wednesday morning (mountain daylight time). Let me know if you like or dislike the change. Other comments and suggestions are always welcome too!
Dirtbag Fun Facts: Numbers and Tips from My Experiment with the “Dirtbag Dream”
For the past two months, my boyfriend, Tommy, and I have been “living the truck-life dirtbag dream”–well trying to at least. In that time we drove from New Hampshire to California and back, sleeping in the back of Tommy’s 2009 Toyota Tacoma, plugging gear, clipping bolts, bouldering and scenic-overlook-bagging. Here are some trip stats and a few…
A Glossary of Top Rope Terms for “TR” Lovers and Haters Alike
Whether you’re a top rope (TR) champion or wouldn’t dare to be seen anywhere other than on the sharp end, we all know that toproping isn’t “real” climbing in the sense that you can’t really “send” a route on TR…right? Not to say that TRing isn’t “real” climbing in that one still scales rocks while doing it,…
Your First (or Next) Climbing Tattoo
We are a tattooed generation, and there are many reasons why we decide to get our designs: Some have meaning, some look cool, some were on sale, and some just seemed like the thing to do at the time. So why not get a tattoo that tells others something about your favorite sport? You’ll show other climbers…
Celebrating 100 Coffee Tape Climb Posts
Well, here it is folks: Post number 100. To celebrate nearly two years of writing and doodling about various aspects of climbing, I’ve put together some Coffee Tape Climb crowd and personal favorites. Enjoy! Most Popular Posts: Gear Review: The Butora Acro Tie Back Those Flowing Locks (Also known as: How to Avoid Ripping Your Hair…
The Art of Donning One’s Crash Pad
The Ground-Up Method: The Friend Method: The Tree–as–Friend Method: Or just pick it up off the ground…
Monday Psych
Unless you’re living the dirtbag dream or happen to work a job where you have Mondays and Tuesdays off, Monday probably isn’t your favorite day of the week. Whether you’ve just spent a three-day weekend camped out under your project, took a few “active rest days” to hit the slopes during the off season, or got…
Post Dawn Wall Predictions
Because you haven’t heard enough about the Dawn Wall in the past three weeks…Here are some of my post Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson free-climb FA predictions: Adam Ondra will book a flight to California ASAP to try to onsight the Dawn Wall. Kevin Jorgeson will incorporate skin strengthening exercises into training for subsequent projects….
Coffee. Tape. Climb. 