This week the Boys and Girls Club of the Diablo Valley visited Diablo Rock Gym in Concord as a part of their weekly summer camp. The club is dedicated to ‘engaging children and their communities in productive and responsible interactions. This translates into improved school attendance, improved grades, and the desire to pursue a post-secondary education.’ […]
Team Touchstone, our competitive youth climbing team, is made up of a veritable cornucopia of crushers of all ages. Meet the kids who are representing us at competitions around the country – nah – world! This week we sat down with veteran comp climber Hannah Donnelly. Name: Hannah Donnelly Age: 18 Years climbing: 8 Years […]
The 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series is almost half way through – which means it’s rope finale time! Our members and guests have climbed at MetalMark Climbing in Fresno, Diablo Rock Gym in Concord, The Studio Climbing in San Jose and Great Western Power Co in Oakland. On Saturday, June 27th, competitors will come together to […]
What’s Going On This Weekend? This Saturday, June 27th will be the fifth and final competition in the 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series for Roped Climbing. Nearly 1000 individual climbers turned up for the four competitions that took place earlier this year at Touchstone gyms in Fresno, Concord, San Jose, and Oakland. On Saturday, the competition […]
While many gym climbers prefer to keep their climbing inside, inevitably some will feel the call of the wild and want to take their crushing into the great outdoors. We feel a responsibility to educate and mentor our members and guests who decide to climb on real rock. When climbing outside, paying attention to access issues and […]
What do water polo, swing dancing and climbing all have in common? Joey Frantz, a Diablo Rock gym member, has done them all! Guest blogger Diane Payes sat down with Joey to find out more. Water polo, swing dancing AND climbing?! What came first?! My fascination with movement began when I was still a small kid. […]
Last year, the San Francisco Parks and Recreation department closed the Glen Canyon Park and at Beaver Street Wall to climbers, siting recent vandalism. It’s always especially painful as climbers when we see an outdoor crag we love disrespected and closed. Touchstone Climbing acted fast, collecting postcards from our members to then send to the city to show […]
We’re not your average gym – so we don’t have you average tour video. LA Boulders opened its doors in 2014, and since then it’s grown to be so much more than just Southern California’s largest indoor bouldering gym. Check out this hilarious video to get the tour of the climbing, yoga, fitness and more […]
Great Western Power Company is no stranger to Bake Sales. The Teen Team has put on hugely successful bake sales in the past, raising money to help the team buy t-shirts and sweatshirts. But this time around, the team has decided to raise money for a different cause. This year all Bake Sale proceeds will […]
The Cliffs of Id, Southern California’s newest climbing gym, is set to open in late 2015. But the climbing community isn’t wasting any time! We’re hosting a 2nd Open House on Monday, June 8th from 6pm-9pm to answer questions, give curious climbers a tour of the completed bouldering area, hand out shwag and more! Because suuuuure, you know the […]
