Crank Media Review: Return to Balance

"I'm up here with my little rope, and I see a spider up here with his little rope. And I think I'm all tough until this lizard cruises by, does…

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Crank Media Review: Rewind

When you make as many films as Brian Solano did, you got a lot of footage.  Some gets used, much does not.  Rather that hide the B-roll away, why not…

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JMC: Pants

"You know what Jams My Cams? Pants.  Hear me out.  Pants are the most underappreciated and under-served climbing clothing." I wrote that line more than a few years ago in…

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Crank Book Review: Hangdog Days

Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change and the Race for 5.14I had just started getting into climbing right after 5.15 was realized in 2001, pardon the pun, with Chris Sharma’s ascent of Biographie.  It…

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….Would Send As Sweet

We're talking offensive route names, again. If you haven't see it yet, take a look at the article prior to this, where we meticulously broke down the results of a…

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A Route, By Any Other Name….

Recently, there has been a surge of articles asserting the necessity of changing offensive route/boulder names.  Going back a year, Gripped had an excellent article on a mountain named Squaw's…

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Crank Media Review: The Australia Project

Another Brian Solano film?  Yes indeed, bonus, this one is available for free! Let's head to the land down under.... where women glow and men plunder?The Australia Project opens strong…

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JMC: Quality Control

You know what Jams My Cams?  Poor Quality. Quality matters. Where I work, our priorities are, in order: employee safety, part quality, and delivery schedule.  When I climb those priorities…

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Crank Media Review: The Life

Dedicating yourself 100% to a cause.  Dropping your responsibilities and just doing what it takes to climb.  Living The Life."Live that life, because you only have one life to live"The…

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