Prenatal yoga is a supportive way to practice yoga postures (asana) as well as breath work (pranayama) and relaxation safely while pregnant. This yoga is done at a slower pace to ensure safety and stability of your body and to build strength, all while creating more space for your baby to grow and preparing you […]
The Touchstone setting crew rallied down to Fresno this week to reset the entire gym. A group of 8 setters descended on MetalMark to establish some amazing new problems and routes. “We put up about 35 boulder problems yesterday ranging from V0-V7. They all turned out really good, I think we all get psyched to set […]
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Greg Stock is the first-ever Park Geologist at Yosemite National Park. He has B.S. and Ph.D. (U.C. Santa Cruz) degrees in geology and earth science, and was a researcher at the University of Michigan prior to accepting the job at Yosemite in 2006. Stock has a number of interesting articles about Yosemite rock fall and the park’s geology.
On Wednesday night, October 10th at 7 p.m., alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk will be presenting the saga of their ascent of India’s Mount Meru, an ice- coated granite fang in the Himalayas.In 2008, the team of three suffered a devastating defeat a mere few hundred feet from the summit. Three years […]
Barraza made the first ascent of the Bridalveil boulder problem in May 2009. Barraza talked about the problem on BetaBase, “This is a problem in Bridalveil facing the Meat & Potatoes wall. Not many holds, but just enough to get you by. (You can say that about many Yosemite boulder problems, though) It all boils down to a dyno to a decent edge, but you have to grab the hold just right, hence the name: Goldilocks.”
Get ready for some amazing bouldering this fall!
A few nights every week at Berkeley Ironworks, a young girl in zebra striped pants crushes the lead cave and in the Wave boulder at the Touchstone gym. “Zebra Girl”, Touchstone desk staff’s nickname for Kat Gentry, made a big impact recently when she won the Touchstone Rope Series comp. Gentry, a 16 year old […]
Imagine competing with the best climbers on a world class climbing wall. The Touchstone rope series comps, which are in their sixth year, are a demonstration of what climbing could be like in the upcoming Olympics. The comps are also an important part in climbing’s move towards global recognition. In September 2013, the International Olympic […]
The Touchstone gyms have a lot of pysched members, climbers who climb non-stop. Christina Freschl, a 29 year old Berkeley resident, climbs non-stop. Freschl teaches at Hillcrest, an Oakland public school. “This year I have 21 3rd graders who are excited to read stories and learn about thousands of places.” Between her work weeks and after classes […]
The California Bay Area has an immense amount of amazing climbing. Finding all of it can prove difficult as the climbing, though great, is fairly spread out. Thankfully there’s a new guide to help with that. Local climber, photographer, and guidebook author Jim Thornburg just released the 7th edition of Bay Area Rock. The 328 […]
