We work hard to bring underprivileged groups and individuals to our gyms to introduce the wonderful world of climbing to those who might not have otherwise found it. Erin Johnson, a family therapist at Coyote Coast Youth and Family Therapy Center, brings his young clients to several Touchstone gyms to build trust and connection through climbing. Coyote […]
With the time management struggles of starting college, I found it too difficult to go through with national-level youth and adult competitions. However, I’ve always loved competition and the rigorous training required to push myself to perform the best that I can, which is where the Touchstone Climbing Series comes into play. TCS2016 is a […]
We’ve got this beautiful boulder field that we want to get around. More people will come. Maybe 5, maybe 10…maybe more. As we found out from Ty Tyler’s visit, we can’t build trails on National Forest Service land, but we don’t want future climbers to get lost and have to bushwhack, creating more impact and […]
I wrapped my left thumb and index finger around the razor-sharp, Buttermilk gaston and pulled up onto my right foot. Nope. That’s not the move. With a thud, I’m back on the pad. Cursing, I notice an aching pain in my left index finger. Split…. Badly. My first day in the high desert is off […]
Some of the best parts of these interviews include specific insights and peeks inside someone’s the true personality. Today, when I asked our next Member of the Month for some photos that I could include in the interview, I received this response: ‘I have had some difficulty finding pictures, but am going to send you […]
San Francisco-based Courageous Girls is a nonprofit dedicated to healing and empowering sexually abused girls through physical endurance, trauma healing and mindfulness meditation. On April 1st, Courageous Girls will bring a select group of young women survivors from Nepal and San Francisco on a guided trek to base camp Mount Everest, where they’ll be inspired […]
And you thought your Valentines date was a little prickly? Try cuddling up next to a jumping cholla cactus! Five Touchstone members spent the Day of Love getting cozy with some Sonoran single track at the “24 Hours in Old Pueblo” mountain bike relay race. That’s right – Team Touchstone spent 24 hours on their […]
To Pro·ject a route: \tə prä-ˌjektˈā rau̇t\ verb To try a route over and over and over and over and over and over and over, with the goal of completing the route without falling. See Redpointing. We’ve all projected a route and gone through the emotional ups and downs of failure. In this video, Touchstone athlete Ethan […]
“They were telling us everything they were going to do to Ella. Your whole life is turned upside down. You know, and it’s your kid so it’s not like, ‘Oh she’s lived a good life,’ No it’s like, ‘Oh she needs to have a life.’” – Gene Wade, Ella’s father. Cancer is terrible. There’s something […]
Table Mountain Table Mountain’s walls can be easily spotted from the Highway 49 / Highway 108 junction, and from the roads surrounding New Melones Reservoir in the Central Sierra foothills of Tuolumne County. Because of their obvious position, the cliffs have no doubt sparked an interest in the area’s earliest climbers, and although the walls […]
