Safety Third Lessons learned from a spring solo on the North Fork John Day River Anyone who boats knows: However full the river is, it contains at least as many lessons. Amongst a deluge of teachings, a core reminder rises above all others: safety third. Equal parts jest and cautionary tale, safety third appeals to […]
Bouldering
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USA Climbing Raps into Central Oregon
Bouldering National Championships on tap at the Expo Center
Competitors will literally be climbing the walls as the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center hosts the USA Climbing Bouldering National Championship during the first two weekends in February. The event will feature many elite climbing athletes competing for spots on the U.S. National Team and U.S. Youth National Team in the discipline of bouldering. […]
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BEA’s Kids on the Wall
Three compete at nationals
Youth rock climbers from Bend Endurance Academy (BEA) took their skills to the national level this past weekend, participating in the USA Climbing Youth Bouldering National Championships held in Madison, Wis. Leah Pfeiffer, 14, Brady Pfeiffer, 12, and Mira Capicchioni, 10, all representing the Bend Endurance Academy Climbing Team, competed in the three-day bouldering event […]
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Climbing to a Better You
People need to climb mountains. Seriously. It’s some sort of primal human urge to want to get to the very top of something, no matter how high up it is. Real mountains, though, are best left to professionals, those individuals with ridiculously huge forearms who always seem to kick ass on that Ninja Warrior show. […]
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Rock Prodigy
Cameron Thomson braces for round two of the Boulder Bash
Cameron Thomson doesn’t have a letterman’s jacket, although she’s one of the most accomplished athletes at North Medford High School. What symbols Thomson does have to show for her athleticism, however, are some of the strongest, most callous-covered fingers of any 15-year-old in Southern Oregon. Thomson is one of the country’s best rising stars in […]