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The Climbing Rangers in Sierra Wave: Eastern Sierra News

Did you know that we raised $25,442.48 for the Bishop Climbing Rangers? We sure did! That means you’ll be seeing the climbing rangers around some of your favorite Bishop area climbing zones. Check out the Sierra Wave’s article to get to know this season’s rangers and more specifics about their roles: https://www.sierrawave.net/climbing-rangers-start-patrol-of-buttermilks-tablelands/

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Berkeleyside Features The Oaks Climbing

Leave it to the fine folks at Berkeleyside to have comprehensive coverage about The Oaks Climbing Gym project. We’re always proud to be featured and they are a pleasure to work with. Check out their article below: https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/12/04/touchstone-gets-building-permit-for-the-oaks-climbing-gym-in-berkeley

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Sacramento Pipeworks in Comstock’s Magazine

We’re proud to be able to provide both a workout and community space for everyone! Comstock’s Magazine recently wrote about the popularity of fitness alternatives and highlighted all of the great amenities Sacramento Pipeworks provides. In addition to (of course!) shouting our our climbing walls, they also commented on our numerous studio and fitness options. […]

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“Failure Training” in LA

One of our LA members recently opened up on Lifehacker about a quirk of rock climbing: the necessity of failure for improvement. In her article “How Rock Climbing is Helping Me Get Over My Fear of Failure,” Stephanie Lee outlines how climbing (and falling) at LA Boulders and Cliffs of Id has helped her to remember that […]

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Climbing.com Features Stone Age Climbing Holds

Part of what makes the Touchstone family so unique is that we have our own amazing hold manufacturers, Stone Age Climbing Holds. Stone Age gives us the flexibility to dream up exciting new holds for our walls so that we can always challenge and inspire the climbers who come visit our gyms. A couple weeks ago, Andrea […]

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Outside Online Features Hollywood Boulders

Our newest climbing gym in Hollywood, California is making headlines! We were recently featured in an Outside Online profile of the gym. Here is our favorite excerpt from the article: Hollywood, California, has great hiking, amazing live music, and some of the best dog-friendly restaurants in the country. But, until now, it’s offered exactly zero climbing. That’s […]

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Do Beer and Pizza Mix with Rock Climbing

Ever since we announced our plans to open a brewery next door to Sacramento Pipeworks, our members and guests have just one  question….. ‘WHEN?!’ Recently ABC 10 paid a visit to the gym to discuss our plans. Check out the full story and video here.  Most people go to the gym to work off the pizza […]

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Dogpatch Boulders: A Trippy Athletic Landscape For Urban Climbers

Dogpatch Boulders, our bouldering gym in San Francisco California, recently got a write-up in Hoodline, a neighborhood-based San Francisco publication. Check it out to find out more about our upcoming expansion! …Bouldering is a form of rock climbing in which there are no ropes, and the pitches are significantly smaller, usually topping out at around […]

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Sacramento Pipeworks Featured in Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Pipeworks is the largest indoor climbing gym in Sacramento, and a great place to learn how to rock climb for the first time. If you have never climbed before and you’d like to rope up, we offer an Intro to Climbing Class where you’ll learn how to use the climbing harness and gear, belay […]

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Ninja Warrior Training at Dogpatch Boulders
 
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American Ninja Warrior Training at Dogpatch Boulders

If you’re an American Ninja Warrior fan, Megan Martin, Isaac Caldiero, and Noah Tal Kaufman are becoming household names. These climbers have performed well in the TV show and proven that climbers have the finger strength, balance and body awareness to levitate up the Walking Bar, float along the Tilting Slider, and slam dunk the Warped Wall. Their success has inspired non-climbers to […]

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