Montana Adventurer

MILL VALLEY, CA, June 17, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — SuperTopo.com, one of the most popular climbing web sites in the world, revealed today the results of the SuperTopo 2010 Editors Choice Awards for Rock Climbing Belay Device category, listing this year s best climbing belay devices and best value for climbing belay [...]

Here’s a great link to a video of some new boulder routes being put up by friends Levi Parchen and Dean Towarnicki.
http://climbidaho.com/?p=1190

If It Was My Home – Visualizing the BP Oil Spill.

Knocked one off the bucket list on Sunday.
I’ve rock-climbed on and off over 25 years, and I’ve taken part in what may have been first ascents on some traditional routes.
Trad routes are those where you place your own protective gear, which a second climber removes as she follows you up.
I say “may have been” because [...]

Two Climbers Needed (Soon!) for Italian Climbers’ Meet
Climbing in Valle Orco. Image courtesy of www.tradclimbing.it

The AAC can nominate two US climbers to take part in the First International “Trad” Climbing Meeting, organized by the Club Alpino Accademico Italiano (CAAI, a national section of Club Alpino Italiano). The deadline is June [...]

Here’s a cool, upcoming event:
Spend a night under the stars: The Great American Backyard Campout June 26th, 2010
Trade your website for a campsite and your screen time for green time!  Join the National Wildlife Federation and Missoula Children and Nature for a family campout at Travelers’ Rest State Park in Lolo on [...]