Bouldering in Sacramento
 
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Pipeworks Bouldering Making Headlines

Sacramento Pipeworks has undergone some exciting changes in the last year, and it’s got everyone talking! Recently the Sacramento Bee featured the gym in an article about the gym’s growth. via The Sacramento Bee A North Sacramento company has more of its customers climbing the walls. And that’s a good thing. Sacramento Pipeworks, a rock-climbing center that opened […]

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Ethan Pringle, Jumbo Love, Clark Mountain, 5.15b
 
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Pringle on Jumbo Love

May 17th, 2015- Ethan Pringle flew ninety feet past North America’s hardest route Jumbo Love (5.15b). After completing the second ascent of the Chris Sharma test piece, Pringle took an enormous victory jump at the Third Tier at Clark Mountain, California.  The nearly 29 year old Pringle began working the route in 2007 with Chris […]

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Dogpatch Boulders Neighborhood
 
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Dogpatch Boulders Featured in Neighborhood Project

When someone walks into Dogpatch Boulders for the first time, sometimes it’s hard for the front desk to get their attention. “People’s attention is immediately drawn to the towering bouldering walls just over the shoulder of the front desk staff,” said Dogpatch Boulders manager Justin Alarcon. “When we first opened, one journalist referred to our […]

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Youth Climbing Team Touchstone
 
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Next Stop for Team Touchstone: Divisional Championships!

By now, you’ve surely seen the members of California’s newest competitive youth climbing team doing their thing at our various gyms. If you’ve stopped to ask “Who are these kids?” or “How are they running laps on my project?”, ponder no longer. The young climbers you see tearing up the walls in our gyms are members […]

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Access Fund Clean Up
 
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Matt Ulery Wins Access Fund Sharp End Award

Each year the Access Fund recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that go above and beyond to volunteer their time and efforts to protecting America’s climbing. These recipients stand out in their commitment to the American climbing community. We’re honored that one of our own made the list! Matt Ulery who works behind the desk at Berkeley Ironworks […]

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JJSE rock climbing at Dogpatch Boulders
 
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Dogpatch Boulders Welcomes the June Jordan School for Equity

Dogpatch Boulders is a haven for boulderers of every variety; gym rats, causal climbers, the new, the old, and the in between. But it is also a fantastic place for kids and young adults to move, climb, and challenge themselves. Since a pillar of Touchstone Climbing’s identity is active involvement in community outreach, the gym frequently invites local […]

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Norway, Ballsack Festival, Joey Kinder
 
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Joey Kinder in Norway and the Ballenstein Festivallen

Recently, Touchstone athlete Joey Kinder headed to Norway for a three week trip. This is his second time to the country. He traveled there last year to climb at the notoriously difficult Flatanger Cave. He spoke a bit with the Touchstone blog about his trip. Why did you want to go there? My buddy Henning […]

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Climbing Competition at GWPC in Oakland
 
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TCS2015 at Great Western Power Co

Last Friday the 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series at Great Western Power Company brought over 375 climbers and spectators to the gym, making it the largest turn out for a competition in Oakland to date! “Another year another record!” said GWPC manager Jeremy Yee. “We had a terrific turn out, and even though it as an […]

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Austin Siadak, freerider in a day, free climbing el capitan
 
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A Free El Capitan in A Day with James Lucas

Touchstone employee James Lucas recently free climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan in a day. The Touchstone Blog reports on his ascent. At 6:10pm on May 6, James Lucas dry-heaved into some bushes on the top of El Capitan. He had just finished climbing his first route on the iconic monolith, and he had done it in […]

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Climbing in Bishop California
 
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Members of the Month: Skimra and Alex

As everybody knows, there is a variety of ways to meet new people. In environments as socially diverse as Sacramento Pipeworks, many intriguing individuals surround us daily. Conversations start and new friends are made, but sometimes, you may even meet the person of your dreams…when you least expect it. In writing these featured monthly member […]

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