// SETTER LETTER: A Farewell To Grades (For Now)
If you’ve been bouldering at EVO Lou over the last few weeks, you might’ve noticed something a little…different. The mystery of the missing grade placards, which we’re here to explain: Grades [...]
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In Climbing, Tips and Training Posted // TAKEDA’S TAKE: So You Want to Climb the Diamond
It’s hard to find a climber who isn’t intrigued by the Diamond. It’s a Front Range landmark and a race with time and weather. It’s dangerous, difficult, high altitude and imposing. In [...]
// Gear Review: Scarpa Women’s VS vs. the VSR vs. the Instinct VS
Disclaimer: We’ve all read those glowing, glossy magazine reviews that insist that some pair of shoes is the greatest thing since the last pair of shoes some company mailed the reviewers for [...]
// Takeda’s Take: Thigh-Mastering Offwidths
A few years back, I anxiously pondered a bucket list of things undone. One standout was a mega offwidth crack near Colorado City first shown to me by a local named Steve Biggs. Formed by the [...]
// Takeda’s Take: Inside an Alpine Expedition
Over the years I’ve accumulated numerous Himalayan, Andean and Alaskan trips. One such expedition unfolded something like this: DAY ONE: It’s that moment of truth. You walk into base camp, [...]
