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Yosemite Saga: Breaking Dawn Wall…

Can you name all 8 climbers in this image?

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Climbing Community - thestonemind

More than any other group to which I claim membership, climbers are my people. The climbing community is my community.

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The epic final Petzl RocTrip video, filmed inTurkey, is live on YouTube now. Take the plunge: http://youtu.be/sWrNoka8jJw

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12 Tips for Making the Climbing Gym Uncomfortable: http://bit.ly/1IkUcod

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Top 10 Posts of 2014 - thestonemind

Following is a list of the top 10 posts of 2014 (in terms of traffic) on The Stone Mind, in case you missed any of them…

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A fine early winter's day out in the Canyon of Little Cottonwoods, Salt Lake City, UT. Starring Vic, Johnny, Caleb, and J. Photos: J. Roth / thestonemind.com

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Caleb sticks the Pimpin' Jeans dyno. Joe's Valley, Utah.

Sequence: J. Roth / thestonemind.com

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Like the probing face of a star-nosed mole, my fingers rummage the powdery contents of the little cloth bag: magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, “an inorganic salt that is a white solid,” occasionally used as a laxative, it’s a taxidermist’s trick to mix the stuff with hydrogen peroxide when bleaching skulls. I switch hands back and forth into the bag while I consider my course of action. This is the ritual of chalk…

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Just out of reach. 

Photo: J.Roth 

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Mind or Body: What’s Limiting You? - The Stone Mind

“No, I can’t do it!” she said, “I”m coming down.” “C’mon now, just try the move; I’m right here,” I said. We were bouldering in the climbing gym, and my wife Kristin was about eight feet off the ground, hanging from a sizable jug and eyeing down a long move to another jug. To me it …

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Caleb on a classic Little Cottonwood Canyon mantel problem. 

Photo: © J. Roth

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Chasten Falls, a slide scan of a photo I shot in Loveland Colorado in 1997. Film days: don’t miss it, but always loved it.

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Sick shot

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Climbing is a very experiential sport. As much as we all love it, writing and talking about it in ways that aren’t clichéd or pretentious can be very hard, and it seems sometimes that in our campfire conversations, in our climbing blogs, on our Facebook pages, we end up retreading the same ideas...

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Hot #lava flow action in #hawaii (yes, we did poke it with a stick, glad you asked) (at Lava Fields)

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Happy National Donut Day! #donut #donutday #carbsforyourface

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The secret formula to making sick climbing videos REVEALED!!!

(Pro tip: get a slider.)

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The future remains unwritten.

Photo: © J.Roth