by David Sandel | Aug 13, 2015 | Climbing, Thailand, Travel
Disclaimer: Affiliate links ahead. In Part 1 in the series of how I wished I packed for Thailand, I went over choosing the right luggage to carry everything. For this one, I want to go over all the climbing gear you should bring to totally ensure you find a partner....
by David Sandel | Jun 10, 2015 | Climbing
GoPro Mountain Games As you all remember (RIGHT?!?!), I was training extensively for the GoPro Mountain Games Citizen’s Bouldering Competition for the past two weeks. While I did not stick to my proposed training plan (as it was written 2 weeks out), I feel like...
by David Sandel | May 24, 2015 | Climbing, Training
About a month ago, Columbia presented the opportunity to pay for my entry fee into GoPro Vail Mountain Games to compete in the Citizen’s Bouldering Competition. I love competition. Of course I said yes. At that time, my van was still running and the month of...
by David Sandel | May 5, 2015 | Climbing
Classics in Eldorado and a Cruiser Day in Clear Creek Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of climbing two Eldorado classics, Rewritten and The Bastille crack, in one day. And then we did some more pitches on top of that for 15 total. The next day was supposed to be...
by David Sandel | Apr 1, 2015 | Climbing
Let me say this before the internet climbing police come with their torches and pitchforks: This has nothing to do with ignorance of safety. Using Ignorance to Climb Harder I can count three times in my illustrious climbing career where being ignorant of my climb has...
by David Sandel | Feb 11, 2015 | Climbing
It all started at 1:00am on Friday morning under a cloudless sky and a nearly full moon. We were pulling into Indian Creek, and Shay wanted to climb an ultra classic route, Generic Crack, in the moonlight by headlamp. Why should I deny anybody else’s joy and...
