We’re happy to welcome Touchstone Athlete and international man of psych Joe Kinder to our instructing team! He will be teaching an Introduction to Redpointing Clinic at Berkeley Ironworks. Are you constantly hanging on your rope, unable to link your favorite route in one go? This is the clinic for you. “Redpointing is the way you gain ground and climbing […]
MetalMark Climbing in Fresno California celebrated their 4 year anniversary on July 28th, and took the opportunity to throw a theme party! The fun started around 4pm, as members and guests started showing up dressed up as heroes, heroines, and everything in between. “Some of our members have been here the since the beginning, and it’s wonderful to see […]
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 home town hero Annie O’Brien. Anne has been a familiar face around Berkeley Ironworks for […]
Diablo Rock Gym will be offering a 1 month progression clinic in July, where participants meet twice a week to improve their climbing, train, and make friends! This clinic is geared towards beginner to intermediate climbers. During the first session, you’ll work with our wonderful instructor Julie to set goals based on YOUR skills and […]
In our last Members of the Month feature, we met Skimra and Alex who found love at Sacramento Pipeworks. This time around, we are lucky enough to showcase the couple that brought them together! While Tracie and Steven did not meet at the gym, they have a positive story of their own to share. Pour […]
Summer time offers longer days and a great opportunity to dig into the adventure of climbing. For those looking for a good adventure in arm chair mountaineering, there are hundreds of options. We narrowed down 10 great choices to add to your summer reading list. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson When Joe Simpson broke his leg falling […]
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 […]
Summer temps can be hard for climbing. The Bay area can be foggy and balmy. Yosemite Valley can hit the upper 90s. The gym tends to be a little too much during the nice summer days. Thankfully, there are other options. One of the best is the bouldering in the Sierra, in Tuolumne. Located at […]
