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Community Outreach at The Studio Climbing

As The Studio Climbing expands its outreach to San Jose State University students and San Jose City residents with student rate nights and discounted memberships, its relationship with inner-city organizations is also developing as it donate services to schools, women’s shelters and at-risk children programs. EMQ Families First is its latest big fan of top-rope […]

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New Cliffs of Id Logo

Exciting news out of Culver City today! The Cliffs of Id, our 25,000 sq ft gym, has a logo of it’s very own! We’re thrilled to have worked with our friends Mark Fox and Angie Wang of Design is Play to create the perfect identity for the new gym. When we sat down to design the […]

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Six Ways to Get Active in San Francisco

Published in where Magazine. Written by Rachel Ward. If you’re ready to start the New Year off right, San Francisco is a good place to be. The city is paradise for those seeking an active lifestyle. We have mild weather year-round for outdoor pursuits and a glorious natural backdrop to inspire us. Here you can hike […]

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Touchstone Climbing Raises $8000 for the Access Fund

Access Fund is dedicated to keeping access to our favorite rocks and climbing areas available to us. In 2013 alone the Access Fund preserved access in 126 climbing areas and propelled a new program called Educate for Access that is dedicated to informing climbers how to minimize their impact. The Access Fund’s work in the […]

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LA Boulders in the Arts District

LA Boulders has been the catalyst for growth in the up and coming Arts District of Los Angeles since their opening in early 2013. Cool Hunting, a LA based lifestyle blog covered the neighborhood, included the gym in their ‘Best Of’ article.  LA Boulders houses the largest indoor bouldering gym in Southern California with a climbing terrain of […]

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Fitness routine: Pushing Past Obstacles and Climbing

Originally Published in the San Jose Mercury News. We’re so glad that The Studio climbing gym in downtown San Jose has become a place where everyone can come learn to climb. If you’d like to find out more about our outreach and community projects, follow us on facebook and Instagram.  My favorite workout: At age […]

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Date Night: The Studio Climbing

Published in the San Jose Mercury News The vibe: Admit it, rock climbing is hot. The teamwork. The tension. The sweat. If you’ve never done it, why not take a class with your main squeeze? Flex your muscles and learn how to support one another with a drop-in class at the trendy San Jose location […]

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Cliff Hangar – The best bouldering this side of Joshua Tree

Published by Inside Hook. Rock climbing is like Tetris. You pivot, you scramble, you probe for a way through – and then that one weird shape appears and game over, man. Bringing that contortional delight to LA: LA Boulders, featuring Cali’s largest and highest bouldering wall and the best climbing terrain this side of Joshua Tree, […]

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Mustard Seed at Sacramento Pipeworks

On Mondays, a group of children from three to fifteen years old head to Sacramento Pipeworks for the afternoon. Mustard Seed, a free, private school, provides a safe nurturing and structured environment for children who do not attend school because of their homelessness state. The climbing gym provides a great venue for the kids. “The […]

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Liberty Cap Gets Second FFA of the Year: Scarface (5.12)

We’re proud to be a climbing company made up of…climbers! Ben Steel, a coach and desk staffer at Berkeley Ironworks, recently made headlines with his climbing partner Luke Stefurak in Yosemite. By Andrew Hewitt. Originally published in Rock and Ice. Tick off another 2013 FFA on one of Yosemite’s last free-climbed faces: Liberty Cap. Last […]

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