The Radness of Inconvenience

by Jonathan Baldassare / September 20, 2023 It seems that every few years the climbing community, here in the northeast, is faced with an all too familiar conflict involving the installment of bolted belay/rappel anchors on established routes.  These routes historically never used bolts as a method for climbers to anchor themselves on top of[…]

The Obscurist

By Jonathan Baldassare / September 15th, 2023 Do you ever just want to be left alone?  To have your climbing experience to be had by just you and your partner?  To get to a crag and not be greeted with any number of Patagonia clad gumbies with their pre-tied quads, belay glasses, and the ol’[…]