Tag: Speed Climbing

What is Aerobic Alpinism? Eric Carter Explains

| | Athletes

Story by Eric Carter: Ultimate Direction Ambassador, Ski Mountaineer, Alpinist and Mountain Runner I’ll never be a cutting edge climber or alpinist. I just don’t climb that hard. I’ll also never be a world class pure endurance athlete. All that leaves…

Story by Eric Carter: Ultimate Direction Ambassador, Ski Mountaineer, Alpinist and Mountain Runner…

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Hold the Chicken & Beware of Bears!

Peter Bakwin | | Trip Reports

Summer 2014 Mountain Madness Summer has wound down, and it was a hot one for FKT action in the mountains. Some people REALLY like climbing mountains ... LOTS of mountains! Let’s take a look ... [caption id="attachment_1721" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Andrew Hamilton on Capital Peak - photo Stefan Griebel[/caption] COLORADO 14ers Depending how you count, there are between 53 and 58 peaks in Colorado over 14,000…

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Flatiron Double Quinfecta

Anton Krupicka | | Trip Reports

The other day I was thinking about what it is that compels me to maintain Boulder, CO as my home base (i.e., my winter crash pad and touchstone of all things urban and civilized in the summer season). Aside from the fact that I have friends here and I enjoy the compact layout of the city, more and more my motivation has become the city's…

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