So you’ve been climbing for a while… You’re in the gym a couple of times a week. You’ve managed to wrangle a handful of reliable climbing partners. You’ve downsized your shoes, and a photo of you crushing your project has become your profile pic. Everything is going great.. and then suddenly you hit… a plateau. […]
In March, Sacramento Pipeworks worked with the Keaton Raphael Memorial to bring the siblings of cancer patients to the gym to climb. “It is a great organization doing good work, and it was a rewarding day for us to see these kids having fun as a family,” said manager Vaughn Medford. We had a great time hosting […]
Some of the best parts of these interviews include specific insights and peeks inside someone’s the true personality. Today, when I asked our next Member of the Month for some photos that I could include in the interview, I received this response: ‘I have had some difficulty finding pictures, but am going to send you […]
Bove: Here’s what we know: You retired, purchased an olive grove in Esparto, CA, and opened an olive oil company called Moonrise Grove. Wow! What has been the most interesting part of this new chapter in your life? Williams: A hard question to answer since everything about ‘retirement’ has been an interesting adventure. During the […]
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 […]
Office workers by day, gym enthusiasts by night, and ambitious outdoor weekend warriors. Three categories that can easily describe many of us! As we look forward to the weekend, we can also sneak in some of that vertical workout throughout the week. None of these are strange topics for Megan and Keith. They can easily […]
Sometimes, the story that takes a little longer to write is worth far more than it’s weight in gold. Yet, other times, the folks you write about, live a life that is far more valuable! Adding to the newborn Pipeworks community, we welcome Sako. And, as you may or may not know, Mom and Pop […]
The Touchstone Climbing Series is the largest climbing competition in the world! So far this year, the series has visited 8 of our gyms, bringing with it brand new competition routes and boulder problems. “Our TCS events are the perfect excuse for people to check out other Touchstone Climbing Gyms,” said Marketing Director Lauryn […]
The Touchstone Climbing Series brings the party to each and every Touchstone gym, and this month it’s headed to our capital city! Sacramento Pipeworks completed their bouldering expansion earlier this year, and we can’t wait to see the space filled with comp problems! Never been to a TCS competition? Here are some helpful tips to prepare […]
Meandering around the weight room at Pipeworks, you will hear many distinctive conversations. If you listen closely, you may even hear of the modern day search for gold! Literally. Member Conan Ridzik has spent a number of years panning for nuggets of the precious commodity that drove many fortune hunters out to California. “If you […]
