NEW REVIEWWhat the BLEEP, mother BLEEP BLEEP! DRCC & the Bleepin Pinches... reviewed: HereNEW STUFFElement have released their new HOTM and DRCC are in with the Runts: hereNEW MEDIATry Harder trailer, a smattering of Black Diamond athletes and some home videos: Here$200 V1.1We made some boo boo's with our math, but we've fixed it now!!We're super stoked on the information that's thereThere isn't read full post

Here's the new stuff for August... all images will be click for larger!!-------------------------------The Rumps shaped by Allison are the Center Holds from the DRCC------------------------------- read full post

Day 1 - Hobbit Book “We’re at about 3,093 meters,” Jeremy said. The numbers didn’t really register, we were on top of Mariuolumne Dome having just finished the multipitch climb, Hobbit Book (5.7R). Jeremy added, “that’s over 10,000 feet, the highest I’ve ever done actual rockclimbing”. This was coming from a guy who was not a [...] read full post

Now it's no secret that we think the DRCC has some of the best dual texture holds on the market; none what-so-ever... and when we heard that they had a new set of the month (for August) called the "Bleepin' Pinches" we just had to get a setNow the DRCC runs a pretty good hold of the month club, there are lots of different levels and the holds that we've been posting month to month in the read full post

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has released provisional dates for next years Bouldering World Cup. 14/17 April Milan, Italy 7/8 May Log-Dragomer, Slovenia 14/15 May Wien, Austria 27/28 May Canmore, Canada 2/4 June Vail, USA 17/18 June Eindhoven, Holland 25/26 June Barcelona, Spain 2/3 July Sheffield, UK 6/7 August Munich, Germany The highlights of this year's last round in Munich are shown below. read full post

Its been a while since we've spoken of World Cup...no I'm not anticipating the 2011 World Cup Climbing season but of the World Cup dual tex Diablo climbing holds:)World Cup Climbing Holds is a relatively new player in the hold game. Jeff is the owner of World Cup and he's been operating his company out of Columbus Ohio for a couple of years now he sent us the Diablos when they were fresh read full post

A big thanks to everyone who made it down to the BBQ and competition. Despite the good old British summer throwing a bit of rain into the pot, everyone had a great time and the BBQ's stayed nice and dry under their Gazebos. The comp ran very smoothly and we all think it was the best yet in terms of atmosphere and the general fun had by all 160 competitors. There were some top performances and a very tight timescale for getting everything done, time management playing a big role in tactics. Becky Allen, lik read full post

Or at least the climbing part of it is for me.Today was my last day in the forest till September. I'm leaving for Hawaii on Wednesday morning and tomorrow I'm going to spend the day completing the finishing touches on my to-do-list.Well this years summer wasn't exactly as productive as last years. Sure I sent a few things. But I never really pounded off something awesome. My big three projects are still that. My big three. But Sendtember is just around the corner and hey who knows maybe I won't pack on 20 read full post

FUD. Feminine Urinary Director. Lovely sounding isn’t it? Squeamish guys and any male relative of mine, you can stop reading now. So what does it do? Well it’s a way girls can stand up to pee. Writing your name in snow? Inconclusive. Before my Indian Creek / Desert Climbing Road trip I decided to try out the [...] read full post

Just a quick post to give a shout out to some friends of mine who summited or are very close to summiting a mountain peak. First off Jeremy, who I’ve known because of Twitter and because of two Climbing Tweetups (JTreeTweetup and Red Rocks Tweetup), he just summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and is now preparing for [...] read full post

Today I sent a project.Hurray for me and all that jazz!It was something just about everyone finds easy and I struggled on for over four days. I did all the moves on the first day. And just couldn't put it together.Then today while no one was around I went up and sent it first try.It got me wondering if I climb better alone or if I can't handle the pressure of having large groups watch me climb.I've been in the middle of a climb only to be shouted off a problem by unruly crowd.In their defense I believe the read full post

Here it is, my first product available via my OpenSky partnered shop, and it’s my tried and true water filter, the Katadyn Hiker Pro. I first encountered this wonder when my then boyfriend (now husband) brought it backpacking on a trip we were taking in Yosemite. It was so much faster and smoother to operate than [...] read full post

Thursday August 19th sees the return of our summer BBQ. There will be a very friendly competition and if you've never competed before, it's a great way to see what it's all about. There will be a boot demo from Boreal, an onsite shop from Ellis Brigham, DMM's legendary krab breaker (bring your old krabs along for destruction testing), and of course a couple massive BBQs for cooking to your hearts content. The TCA therapists will be on hand to answer any injury or well-being related questions and we've lots read full post

Many people like the idea of syncing our events calendar to their Google calendar or their i-phone but are unsure exactly how to go about it. We have written a little how-to guide that should make this a little easier to understand. You can read it via the Events Page or by clicking here. read full post

Here's a photo I took off the top of the Black Dyke. I'm pretty happy with it. It's five images stitched together. It's my first attempts at photo shop. I actually had to build a weird mount for my tripod to accomplish this shot. Wrapping my head around the concept of nodal point took some figuring out.Anyways I'm heading up again tomorrow to Squamish. So say hi if you see me! read full post