A few years ago I had the pleasure of hanging out with Lynn Hill in Potrero Chico, Mexico. She walked into the communal space at Homero’s campground and immediately came over to our table and introduced herself and her young son Owen. My friend Gri-gri and I were a bit taken aback – the best [...]

  Gravity Climbing Centre, one of Canada’s first indoor climbing gyms, is coiling up the ropes for good in April and unless a new organization can take up the slack, the West Kootenays will lose a major asset that’s carried climbers through the cold, dark winters until the ice . Owners Mirek Hladik and June [...]

Last September, while at the base of Mt. Gimli, I had the disturbing experience of being asked by a gentleman holding a rifle whether I’d mind if he “killed that mountain goat over there.” I had just spent the morning watching this beautiful, graceful animal jump around on the boulders in our campsite and now [...]

This is a letter that was recently sent out by the owners of the Gravity Indoor Climbing Gym in Nelson: “To All Of Our Valued Customers It is with great sadness that we here at Gravity Climbing Centre have to announce the closure of the Climbing Centre. This is very unexpected for us & is [...]

We here at climbing.inthekoots love to hate offwidths. And we’re not the only ones. However, there are a dedicated few who actually enjoy chicken-winging their way up heinous cracks that are larger than the average hand width but two narrow to stuff a body into. Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker are two such individuals. The [...]

Sure. This is just a commercial for Beal’s new Diablo 10.2 rope. And the “hang ten devil” logo is lame. But the falling sequences in this video are definitely worth the watch. And the rope’s characteristics (a smaller diameter rope with the handling and security of a classic one) have already earned it three international [...]

As we head into our final days of the climbing season, there is a nice new addition to the Nelson cragging scene that you should check out. Gotham City has 13 fun and varied routes that boast easy access in a tranquil setting.  The climbing is mainly steep and juggy – very gymnastic with grades [...]

“Tomorrow I Will Be Gone” is Outcrop Films’ début feature-length film. Set in the sandstone paradise of Rocklands, South Africa, the film follows a selection of Britain’s finest boulderers on their trip, grappling with the best the boulders have to offer. No interviews, no nonsense, just climbing. Tomorrow I Will Be Gone from Outcrop Films [...]