On March 23, 2013, The Studio Climbing is hosting a USAC Northern California division Sport Climbing Series comp. This comp provides a great opportunity for young climbers in the South Bay to begin climbing competitions. USA Climbing is the national governing body for competition climbing in the United States and is responsible for sanctioning the […]
Last week, Tom Addison, a long time climber in the Bay and Sacramento climbing community, pulled the red tag off his long time project at Jailhouse Rock in Sonora. Addison bolted the route in the winter of 2002. “Trying to do the moves on it a decade ago, it was pretty clear that it was […]
Last week, on March 3rd, Touchstone owner Mark Melvin and long time Yosemite wall veteran Chris McNamara saw a chance to climb the Nose on El Capitan. With a forecast of 70 degree temps, the pair nabbed a “winter” ascent of one of the largest granite formations in America. Chris wrote about their ascent. I’ll […]
This past weekend, September 23 and 24th, ABS Nationals were held in Colorado Springs. Ethan Pringle, Eric Sanchez and a number of Zero Gravity members headed to one of the biggest bouldering competitions in America. “This was by far the deepest field of amazing climbers at an ABS Open Nationals,” said Zero Gravity coach Scot […]
It’s been said time and time again; Mission Cliffs is one of the best rock climbing gyms in the country. After almost 20 years of setting the standard for indoor climbing gyms, we have once again decided to expand Mission Cliffs. We are going to add 5,000 sq ft of rope climbing terrain to Mission Cliffs, making […]
Need a boost in your climbing? Want to be a little stronger? Great Western Power Company‘s system wall offers the perfect opportunity to train harder with HIT strips. Over a decade ago, climbing training author Eric Horst developed a program to greatly increase grip strength. Hypergravity Isolation Training (HIT) utilizes high-intensity exercise, identical finger holds, […]
I found myself on the car ride back from my post-Thanksgiving Joshua Tree trip with a little bit less skin, a lot less pride, a lot more dirt, and just the right amount of necessary introspection. Let me explain. Climbing has always been a multifaceted sport for me, as I must assume it is for […]
Touchstone Bouldering Competitions are a great chance to get some amazing climbing in. But, they also act as the social event of the season. After TBS 8 hit Berkeley Ironworks and The Studio in San Jose, the fun continued at MetalMark Climbing + Fitness in Fresno. Preparations began on Thursday, two days before the comp. […]
Climbing involves more than just rocks. The areas we climb in are important too. Climbers can make a significant impact to help preserve the areas we climb in. On October 31st, the Bureau of Land Management reported that vandals removed four petroglyphs from a sacred Paiute site in the Tablelands area of Bishop, California. The […]
It’s midnight on the snow covered 395 and your turbo charged climbing partner hits repeat on the Justin Bieber song… again. Bishop, Joshua Tree, Las Vegas, even the local climbing areas like Yosemite, Sonora, and Tahoe reside a few hours from the Bay Area and the Touchstone climbing gyms. The climbing in California requires a […]
