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Is Used Gear Worth The Buy?

Miles Whiting · Mar 29th 2026

Is Used Gear Worth The Buy?

Does your attic or Garage Have Used Gear That You Don’t need? As winter comes to an end, spring cleaning looms over us all. The daunting task of selling the old camping and adventure gear can s
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Climbing Trip in Portugal

Wade Pfeifer · Jan 31st 2026

Climbing Trip in Portugal

Portugal Trip: Myself my wife and two friends spent a week sport climbing in Portugal. Most of our time was spent south of Lisbon near a beach town called Sesimbra. We climbed at 6 different Crags, o
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Crag review- El Rito NM

Miles · Jun 13th 2025

Crag review- El Rito NM

Crag review- El Rito NM overview  El Rito is a small crag located just outside of El Rito, NM. Being a few hours outside of Taos, NM, this crag sees light to moderate traffic. When the Gearonimo
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What I Bring Sport Climbing

Miles · Jun 11th 2025

What I Bring Sport Climbing

I remember just starting climbing and wondering, “What should I bring with me when I go climbing?” So here is what I bring whenever I'm just sport cragging. Shelf Road is our local crag, a
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Fixing Gear

Miles · May 30th 2025

Fixing Gear

Fixing Gear Do you have a piece of used gear that is broken or just doesn't work quite right? Many people tend to throw things like this away or just stop using them. While getting rid of gear like t
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How Its Made Part 2

Miles · May 17th 2025

How Its Made Part 2

Finishing the wall!! Because Pure Boulding Gym closed the whole downstairs, they took advantage of this opportunity and did some maintenance on the walls that were already up. This maintenance was ma
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When should I retire my climbing rope

Miles · Apr 26th 2025

When should I retire my climbing rope

When should I retire my climbing rope You might have found yourself asking when should I retire my climbing rope. Oftentimes, whenever the question is asked is when you should retire it? We'll go ove
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