OpenBeta Forums

Your browser does not seem to support JavaScript. As a result, your viewing experience will be diminished, and you have been placed in read-only mode.

Please download a browser that supports JavaScript, or enable it if it's disabled (i.e. NoScript).

Scotch On The Rocks by Greg Petliski

General News

1 Posts 1 Posters 53 Views

C Offline
C Offline
ClimbingZine

wrote on last edited by

#1

Words are from the traditional song “Wild Mountain Thyme.” The basis of this trip was simple: climb rocks and drink scotch. The weather, being highly Scottish, even in the so-called drier month of May, lent itself more to the latter than the former. But hey, we still managed nine days of climbing out of twenty;…

Scotch On The Rocks by Greg Petliski

Words are from the traditional song “Wild Mountain Thyme.” The basis of this trip was simple: climb rocks and drink scotch. The weather, being highly Scottish…

The Climbing Zine (climbingzine.com)
1 Reply Last reply

0

Suggested topics

G

South Face of Canada’s Mount Robson is Skied for First Time
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News climbing
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

10 Views

G

Two of the world's best backcountry skiers have opened a new line on one of North America's most famous mountains The post South Face of Canada’s Mount Robson is Skied for First Time appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/south-face-of-canadas-mount-robson-is-skied-for-first-time/
E

Subiendo a la cima del Posets (3369 m) por la cresta oeste tras rapelar la brecha Carrivé.
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Pics and trips pirineo escalada climbing benasque paisaje
1

1

0 Votes

1 Posts

15 Views

E

Subiendo a la cima del Posets (3369 m) por la cresta oeste tras rapelar la brecha Carrivé. En el PN Posets Maladeta (HUESCA). Ruta larga y poco frecuentada de gran belleza. #pirineo #escalada #climbing #benasque #paisaje #landscape #posetsmaladeta #posets
D

Does gate direction matter on a hanger? (more practice board faffery)
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Climbing climbing
1

4

0 Votes

1 Posts

33 Views

D

Today I was supposed to host an informal skills clinic with a climber new to the outdoors, and teach them the basics of anchor cleaning. They ended up rescheduling, so I had some time to waste. We're usually taught to clip draws with the gate facing away from the direction of the next bolt/pro, but if you're clipping a hanger (as opposed to a glue-in), could the biner rotate, and have the gate opened by the bolt itself? I tried with an extendable draw I had, and it took some doing, but it was definitely possible. Rope movement can make a draw do funny things, and extendable draws in particular love to flip orientation. Lots of seemingly impossible things have happened to unattended protection! This doesn't really apply to local crags here since bolts here are glue-ins, with exception of the anchor, but food for thought. All the same it seems the advice to clip with the gate facing away from direction of travel still seems to supercede this niche edge case. [image: 1726449887485-pxl_20240916_011132217-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449891860-pxl_20240916_011143499-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449898882-pxl_20240916_011243263.mp-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449903000-pxl_20240916_011433464_exported_1433.jpg]
G

James Pearson Climbs Bold Trad Echo Wall
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News climbing
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

18 Views

G

He is the first to repeat the spicy gear climb since the first ascent by Dave MacLeod The post James Pearson Climbs Bold Trad Echo Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/james-pearson-climbs-bold-trad-echo-wall/
U

Sir Chris Bonington turns 90 with vow to fulfil a promise for a friend
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News climbing
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

59 Views

U

Sir Chris Bonington, Britain's most famous mountaineer, is marking his 90th birthday by vowing to fulfil a promise for a friend. Now unable to climb in the great ranges of the world, he will instead support a project that is aiming to preserve ... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773554
C

Reviewed: Will the New Petzl Neox Replace the Beloved GriGri?
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News climbing
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

20 Views

C

Petzl's new Neox is a sleek assisted-braking belay device. How does it stack up to the Grigri? We put it to the test. https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-petzl-neox-belay-device/
C

Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News climbing climbingzine
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

28 Views

C

The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark, mysterious walls of the Black Canyon. As I study the image, I quickly realize that she is witnessing a time period in 1961 when there is not a single documented rock climb of any significance… https://climbingzine.com/reflections-in-the-black-by-vic-zeilman/
A

2023 Climbing Advocacy Report
Watching Ignoring Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General News accessfund climbing
1

0 Votes

1 Posts

31 Views

A

https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/2023-climbing-advocacy-report