Santa Barbara bouldering poster boy, and fellow Owl Tor aficionado, Brian Spiering peeped these photos of our area’s iconic bouldering locale, West Camino Cielo, up in flames last night. At about 6:00 yesterday evening things got bright up in the hills behind our domiciles, prompting Brian’s and my neighborhood to be on alert for evacuation.… Continue reading it’s getting hot in hurr
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If you want to make an omelette you have to break a few eggs.
I don’t know which is worse
I will never try to put up a Yosemite speed record. That’s right, everyone out there who was nervous can relax. But that’s not to say such feats aren’t rad. Being a friend of mine, I can attest that Hans Florine is in fact rad. So I was psyched to hear he and Yuji had… Continue reading I don’t know which is worse
U.S. Olympic track and field trials start today
ESPN has highlighted some American dudes to watch for: men to watch at U.S. Olympic track and field trials espn.com Olympic coverage – June 27, 2008 crankenstein.com
rad climbing video
Sonnie Trotter sending Cobra Crackhttp://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4412627116373823923&hl=en&fs=true crankenstein.com
Steve McClure cranks Rhapsody
McClure bags Third Ascent of Rhapsody (E11 7a)climbing.com – June 20, 2008“McClure tied in to lead for the third time on the afternoon of his fourth day on the route. “I thought I could detect a degree of nervousness about his climbing … this seemed to pass once he was properly committed on the runout,… Continue reading Steve McClure cranks Rhapsody
crankin’ scary style
Sonnie Trotter Repeats Rhapsodyclimbing.com – June 10, 2008“Writing on his blog on June 6, he said, “Rhapsody may be an eliminate, but…there is a tremendous amount of logic behind what Dave did, and that deserves a pile of respect, I think…. The only rule is don’t bail left to the arete (a cop-out), stay on… Continue reading crankin’ scary style
nothing to do with anything
… but rad none the less.http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=515642196227308929&hl=en crankenstein.com
opinion on Pistorius
‘Blade Runner’ ruling subverts nature of sport msnbc.com – May 22, 2008 “What if further study does show that Pistorius can run faster because his artificial Cheetah blades work better than legs? Should he or others be kept out of competitions involving able-bodied persons?” crankenstein.com
…and in other paralympic news
Amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius allowed to compete in Beijing Times Online – May 16, 2008 “Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter known as the fastest man on no legs, will be allowed to compete at the Beijing Olympics after a ban on his prosthetic limbs was overturned today.” crankenstein.com