<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Climbing in the Kootenays</title> <atom:link href="http://climbing.inthekoots.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com</link> <description>Bouldering, Rock Climbing and Mountaineering in the Kootenays</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:42:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>The Perfect Kootenay Crag Warm-up</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-perfect-kootenay-crag-warm-up/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-perfect-kootenay-crag-warm-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 06:39:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bouldering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kootenay Crag]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nelson Crags]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5.10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5.11]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bouldering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dave lussier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[v4]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1585</guid> <description><![CDATA[We all know Kootenay Crag is burly. The climbing area is located very close to Nelson (a 10-minute bike ride along the old rail bed just east of the city towards Troupe Beach) but doesn&#8217;t see a lot of traffic because the easiest climb (worth doing) is a 5.10c. That&#8217;s one heck of a warm [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-perfect-kootenay-crag-warm-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>West Kootenay Rock Guide 2012 Updates</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/west-kootenay-rock-guide-2012-updates/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/west-kootenay-rock-guide-2012-updates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:04:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Access]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arrow Lakes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Castlegar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cat Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grohman Narrows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hall Siding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kootenay Crag]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nelson Crags]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Route]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pub Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sport Climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Squatters Bluffs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Valhallas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trad Climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wapiti Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waterfall Walls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waterline Walls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5.10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5.11]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5.9]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aaron Kristiansen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alpine Climbs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cracks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crimpy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hamish Mutch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JT Croston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lionshead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rik Logtenberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sonja Podstawskyj]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Valhallas]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1558</guid> <description><![CDATA[The updates for the West Kootenay Rock Guide are now available on-line. The free PDF download includes over 160 routes which have been put up in the West Kootenay region of south-central British Columbia in the past two years. The updates also include corrections to information that appeared in the West Kootenay Rock Guide and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/west-kootenay-rock-guide-2012-updates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yoga For Climbers</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/yoga-for-climbers/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/yoga-for-climbers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[excercise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pre-season]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stretching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Trish Wilson from yoga.inthekoots joins forces with Vince Hempsall from climbing.inthekoots for this instructional video on how to warm up and get your stretch on for this year&#8217;s rock climbing season. &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/yoga-for-climbers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ice Climbers Scale NFLD Iceberg</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/ice-climbers-scale-nfld-iceberg/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/ice-climbers-scale-nfld-iceberg/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:34:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ice Climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trip reports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deep water soloing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ice climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iceberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[newfoundland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[water]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1528</guid> <description><![CDATA[I lived in St. John&#8217;s, Newfoundland, for about five years and, in my opinion, it&#8217;s one of the best-kept secrets in Canada. Very few people travel to the country&#8217;s eastern-most province, let alone live there; and when they do, many just complain about the weather. (Check out Alex Honnold&#8217;s whinge-fest about their climbing trip to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/ice-climbers-scale-nfld-iceberg/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fill out the New Climbing Association&#8217;s Survey</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/fill-out-the-new-climbing-associations-survey/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/fill-out-the-new-climbing-associations-survey/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:25:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bouldering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climbing gym]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[survey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1507</guid> <description><![CDATA[With the news that the Gravity Climbing Centre in Nelson will have to close on Feb. 25, 2012, a core group of local rock climbers have banded together and formed the Kootenay Climbing Association, a non-profit organization with the mandate of opening and operating a climbing gym in the West Kootenays. The Association is running [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/fill-out-the-new-climbing-associations-survey/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shit Climbers Say</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/shit-climbers-say/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/shit-climbers-say/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:55:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bouldering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1498</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was bound to happen eventually. The &#8220;Shit (insert group of people here) Say&#8221; craze has sucked in our beloved past-time. Andrew Tower, the editor in chief of Urban Climber magazine, has put together this little ditty of, well, shit we all say at the crag and in the gym. I&#8217;d like to see someone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/shit-climbers-say/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Fastest Climbers in the World</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-fastest-climbers-in-the-world/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-fastest-climbers-in-the-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:40:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International]]></category> <category><![CDATA[competition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dyno]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speed climbing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1486</guid> <description><![CDATA[Speed climbing is stupid. It takes everything that is great about rock climbing (the graceful movements combined with strength, endurance and the occasional burst of power) and turns it into a drag race. That said, damn do these guys climb fast! &#160; &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2012/the-fastest-climbers-in-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>People are awesome</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/people-are-awesome/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/people-are-awesome/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:58:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alpine Climbs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chris Sharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dean Potter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dyno]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extreme]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1471</guid> <description><![CDATA[Climbers are awesome! But so are regular people. Check out the video below to get your holiday stoke on: &#160; &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/people-are-awesome/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An Ode to the Female Climber</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/an-ode-to-the-female-climber/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/an-ode-to-the-female-climber/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:19:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>vince</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lynn hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock climbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[women]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1313</guid> <description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/an-ode-to-the-female-climber/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gravity closing its doors this spring</title><link>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/gravity-closing-its-doors-this-spring/</link> <comments>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/gravity-closing-its-doors-this-spring/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:57:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Shepherd</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bummer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[closing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gravity Climbing Centre]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://climbing.inthekoots.com/?p=1448</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Gravity Climbing Centre, one of Canada&#8217;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&#8217;s carried climbers through the cold, dark winters until the ice . Owners Mirek Hladik and June [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://climbing.inthekoots.com/2011/gravity-closing-its-doors-this-spring/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Minified using apc
Page Caching using apc
Object Caching 0/0 objects using apc

Served from: climbing.inthekoots.com @ 2012-05-19 18:57:56 -->
