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Learning to climb at the Garden of the Gods
I learned to climb on the soft sandstone at the Garden of the Gods, a city park on the west side of Colorado Springs. The first route I ever
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Teeing up the Devil's Golfball
Another great day out in the sandstone canyon country surrounding Moab, Utah. Sometimes it feels like the center of the universe, the red ce
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Dateline 1997: Climbing on Pikes Peak with Earl Wiggins
After I posted a photo on Facebook of Earl Wiggins at the Garden of the Gods the other day I got to thinking about a route we climbed on Pik
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Replacing Climbing Anchors at Garden of the Gods: KOAA-TV News Story
Matt Pritchard, one of the sports anchors on KOAA-TV, went out to the Garden of the Gods the other day with Brian Shelton, Patrick Betts, Wi
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Climbing Chouca: Classic Hard French Route at Buoux
Tucked into a hidden valley in Provence in southern France is Buoux, a long wall of perfect pocketed stone with over 500 sport routes. Back
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What Do You Tell Tourists at the Garden of the Gods About Climbing?
One of the chapters in a book of climbing stories I've been working on is called "Fear of Heights." It's about tourists an