Let me apologize up front. We've been running this blog for half a decade now, reviewing our 200+ film collection, sometimes more frequently than others. In all that time, we've…
"Bouldering is instant suffering" - Yvon ChounairdSo reads the opening card of 2000's West Coast Pimp. It was shot and edited by Tim Steele and Steve Montesanto who kindly uploaded it…
I wish I didn't have to write this article, genuinely.I have had a drafted article about "Spray" sitting on this blog, for years. I've never posted it because everytime I…
What is "Western" with respect to the United States? The mid-west is kinda the middle of the country. When east coast climbers talk about going west to climb, they mostly…
You know what Unstucks My Nuts? Hangboard TrainingPreviously, in PART ONE, we took a quick look at the 40 (!) year history of hangboard and finger board training; how it…
There are a lot of films and features out there that focus on women in climbing, almost too many to list. At some point, however, I will do the due…
If you have been to the climbing gym more than a couple of times, you are likely familiar with the idea of hangboard (or finger board) training. While the debate…
If The Real Thing is the iconic UK bouldering film for Fontainbleau, Stone Love is its Swiss cousin. This wasn't a film on my radar initially, until a V-VeryStrong climber…
thrutch (v.) To climb desperately, with a pit-bull reliance on brawn over technique. The Climbing Dictionary - Matt SametThrutch is a rarely seen flick by relative unknown JBone Productions. Fair warning -…
The Crag Car. You know you're getting committed to a hobby when it influences major decisions like what car you're driving - I'd do a follow up article on where…