“Talk to me when you get below 1:10,” Jonathan “JT” Thesenga told me at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, a few weeks ago. A SLC local climber, JT often mentioned his sub-hour time from the car to the summit of Mount Superior. Many area climbers use the ridge as an afternoon fitness […]
It’s Tuesday, which means if you look hard enough… Friday is almost in sight! But how will you make the most of your precious weekend? How will you really TGIF this F? May we introduce to you, the Touchstone Climbing Series. Know simply at #TCS2015 to it’s friends, the Touchstone Climbing Series is the largest indoor […]
“Cobble, cobble, cobble,” Alex Honnold said. I wondered when Alex had turned into a Utah turkey. His hands pantomimed the moves on a route in the Pipedream cave. He wasn’t a bird, he was just grabbing the cobbles and playing out the beta. Maple Canyon, located in central Utah, features some of the best summer […]
The Touchstone Climbing Series is a 10 month comp series that tours each of our locations across California. This month we’re gearing up for the second month of our bouldering series, which brings the competition series back to Fresno. On Friday, August 21st, from 5pm-10pm we’re kicking off the part of the month at MetalMark Climbing! […]
By Jason Bove By now, if you haven’t found that there is more than one sentimental bone in our bodies… Meet Daph and Josh! A feeling of joy overcomes me, as the words of this interview flow through the internets. Two dynamic people…with two distinct stories, have become one tremendous couple that YOU, the […]
By Maxine Speier I rolled into Carbondale, tired and sore, late on a Sunday night in mid-July. I had spent the weekend in Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado’s limestone sport-climbing Mecca, a 45- minute drive from Carbondale. I had been climbing with friends from Boulder, and they had taken full advantage of the late summer light, tying in and […]
We’re happy to announce that after years of pondering, preparation and planning, we’re ready to go tapeless at Great Western Power Company in Oakland. Why are we going tapeless? Here are the three biggies: Going tapeless saves time. Our talented full time routesetting team spends about 1/3 of their time dealing with tape. They take tape […]
For the past month, I trained heavily in the gym. I bouldered one day and went to yoga the next. My time in the gym was limited. At the end of my three week stint in the Bay Area, I went to thirteen yoga classes, bouldered fourteen days and ran nearly seventy miles. Over the […]
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 – nay – world! This week we sat down with climber and videographer Matt Grossman. Matt, who is currently climbing in Ceuse, France while […]
Looking to improve your concentration, reduce stress and live a healthy lifestyle? Studies have found that mediation has a direct correlation between engaging in the activity and the mentioned benefits. The Studio will be offering an Osho meditation Clinic with Dustin Brooks in August. Dustin Brooks recently returned from a 15-month journey to India, Nepal, […]
