As Fall approaches and we start gearing up for bouldering season, we wanted to take one last look back at our Woman Up Climbing Festival to carry its spirit with us into the future. Inspired by Flash Foxy’s Women’s Climbing Festival portraits, our photographer Kendra Wood set out to capture the faces of some of the incredible […]
By Mailee Hung. Header photo by Dean Fleming. Women’s History Month is drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean that the opportunity to embrace and legitimize female contributions to our world ever does. Climbing is special in part because we have so many high profile, badass women pushing grades and the limits of […]
San Francisco-based Courageous Girls is a nonprofit dedicated to healing and empowering sexually abused girls through physical endurance, trauma healing and mindfulness meditation. On April 1st, Courageous Girls will bring a select group of young women survivors from Nepal and San Francisco on a guided trek to base camp Mount Everest, where they’ll be inspired […]
Want to know when you’ve made it? When one of your amazing members is interviewed by Vogue Magazine at the gym. Yeah. No big deal. Check out the article on Pinterest Engineer Tracy Chou, and how she’s breaking barriers in a male dominated industry. Oh – and how ‘solving’ bouldering problems appeals to the engineer’s mind! Published […]
Imagine seeing your fifth-grade teacher inverted inside a horrendous wide crack in Yosemite. What kind of homework would she give you…? Christina Freschl, a 31-year-old Berkeley resident climbed in Yosemite for the first time in 2004. While battling on English Breakfast Crack, a 5.10c at Arch Rock, Freschl became excited and confused by the idea […]
We at Touchstone Climbing want to provide our readership with insightful, relevant writing from our members and the climbing community. We hope that this article inspires thoughtful conversation. Please note that the views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views held by Touchstone Climbing. By Georgie Abel “You’re pretty strong for a girl,” he […]
Recently six Touchstone climbers took a trip to Joe’s Valley, a bouldering mecca located three hours south of Salt Lake City, Utah. The climbed, they camped, they crushed. All normal for a week long trip. But THIS trip was anything but normal.This was a GIRLS TRIP. The Touchstone Blog has been granted viewing rights to […]
