While celebrating our 20th Anniversary this month, we asked people to share their memories from the past two decades of Touchstone Climbing. SuperTopo founder, big wall climber, and Touchstone Climbing investor Chris McNamara shared this story of how he discovered the community 20 years ago. Touchstone Climbing & Fitness is celebrating 20 years – which is […]
The longer days of spring have arrived. The last few storms are rolling through the Valley and El Capitan is coming into prime shape for climbing. Making an ascent of one of the world’s biggest granite monoliths requires a fair bit of motivation. There are two main ways to climb El Capitan: slow and heavy […]
The Valley big wall season is kicking into high gear. The Touchstone Climbing gyms have just received a great new guide to Yosemite.Recently, Erik Sloan and Roger Putnam put together a comprehensive guide to all of the Yosemite big wall routes. The full color book features over 300 routes, which is five times what the […]
