If you follow our Instagram account, you might have noticed a hashtag I've been using lately: #webuildhumanbeings. Hashtags in social media can be pretty tongue-in-cheek, so I'd like to explain why this one is so important to what alpha climbing is trying to accomplish with the work we do.
Read MoreDuring our 2.5 week stay in Richea, Greece, we were befriended by a 69 year-old farmer, story teller, and cook. Spending mornings with Gus was one of the highlights of the trip.
Read MoreHow to make a make a packable and travel-ready “stick clip” out of an avalanche probe and a Superclip or Trango Squid attachment. Save your ankles and tailbone!
Read MoreBy alpha climber Quinn Harper. I sat with legs wrapped around a tufa half way up the route, choking on smoke, trying to harness the power to make a few more moves, but I tossed and lowered off into the jungle below. I walked out smelling like smoke, frustrated, and humbled. I repeated in my head a new phrase I had been given: “If it doesn’t go to the tick list, at least it will go to the forearms.”
Read MoreDuring the springtime transition from the gym to the crag, it's imperative to review safe habits, inspect gear, and check in with our awareness of risk.
Read MoreBy alpha climber and Bozeman High School (Bozeman, MT) senior Cole Janssen. This piece was originally published in Cole's school paper, Hawk Talk in February, 2018. Cole joined Alpha on our summer 2017 bouldering trip to Rocklands, South Africa. “It’s a false and harmful message that keeps these folks in a state of fear and self loathing that is often inescapable: it’s the message that the way we live is wrong.”
Read MoreMy decision to join 1% for the Planet as a business member, and what Earth Day means to me.
Read MoreAbbey Rhoderick shares her amazing experience climbing at The Fins in SE Idaho in August, 2017.
Read MoreBy Robyn Ragins, fall 2017 Gap Semester athlete. “The morning light here is an airy kind of bright. It covers the sky and shines all around while not really shining anywhere at once. There is no direct beam of sun to divert your eyes from but instead a glow all around.”
Read MoreAs rational, yet egocentric living beings, fear helps maintain the preservation and progression of our species. But as performance-driven athletes, it threatens to stand in the way of achievement.
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