Blogdescalada.com publish in his website http://blogdescalada.com/designer-realiza-projeto-de-bota-de-escalada-em-gelo-para-a-under-armor/ the design from Cory Czarnik of this futuristic dry tooling shoe:
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Franz Nicolini, not only the 82 4000m of the Alps in 60 days
When in june Ueli Steck start his project 82 Summits I saw a video in the Facebook of a friend, it was some images of him and another friend doing many summits, in fact all the 4000m summits in the Alps, linking all them by cycling or running, and they did in only 60 days.…
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The Difficult Act Of Look Around
I’m sweating, and sweat falling itches my eyes. I can only see my hands pushing my legs, and when I raise a little the view I see the ass of Rickey, a bit higher I can see the rocky slope we are power hiking and far the summit. But the hard breath made me look down…
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Mountains and friends
by Joe Grant A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jed Brown messaged me to see if I was available to celebrate his birthday by having a barbecue on the summit of the Maiden. The Maiden is a formation in the Boulder flatirons, an arresting slither of rock located on the southern side of the…
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Alpinrunning in Chamonix Valley
Chamonix is one of the places for outdoor sports. Mostly well know for Alpinism, has been developed during the last decade for other sports as trail running, paragliding, mountain bike, slakline, BASE and wing suit jumping… With easy access from airport and routes this valley has been from longtime a temporal living place for many…
Read Moreabseiling technique on sugar snow
Some times when we are on mountains we have not the possibility to find a good place for a sure abseiling anchorage. When we have not rocks to place a belay or we have not many equipment we can recourse to other techniques for abseiling or roping down a mate. When is compact snow we can use a…
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the most important word of “freeclimbing” is free
“Free climbing is a specific rock climbing term that was created in contrast with aid climbing. It refers to climbs in which climbing protection such as ropes, tri-cams, nuts, and other aid-climbing equipment, may be used to protect against injury during falls, but cannot be used in ascending the climb. The term free climbing originally meant “free from aid”. The White House post…
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Making An Insulated Running Shoe
By Joe Grant. In the trail running off-season this winter, I’ve been riding my fat-bike a lot on dirt and snow. One of the challenges I’ve found with winter riding is keep my feet warm. Compared to running, my feet get very little stimulation on the bike so it’s hard to generate much heat to…
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what means light on mountaineering?
Mountaineering has always been a harsh world, traditionalist and of surnames, where the word “change” has been taboo and “ethics” a god that no one had a clear image. A world of strong egos where secrecy was as strong as the fellowship of the “roped party”. It was a world where the projects were going…
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The anonymus idols #2
A friday evening the headlights of a van light up the routes of the mediterranean coast to the east. Some hours before the eyes of a fireman and a policeman shine when they see the a sunny weather forecast on the Alps, some hours after, the backpack is always ready, they start driving from the Catalan…
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