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Building a home climbing wall

Every climber at one point or another decides that they really would like to have their very on wall at their house. Face it, sometimes we just lack the motivation to drive to the gym and shell out money to hang out with a bunch of gym rats. There are many benefits to having your very own bouldering wall at your house. For one you can get a ten minute training session in every day, leading to being mad strong after a few weeks. Two, you can set your very own routes and change them as often as you want and if you have been a route setter at a gym such as I have, you don't have to listen to the newbies complain about how much the route sucks despite the fact that they don't know how to smear and highstep at the same time. And finally three, everyone will think that you are bad-ass, well maybe...

Building a bouldering wall

Building a splitboard

Currently I own a Voile Split Decision 173, and I love the thing. In the deep powder I couldn't ask for a better board. The only problem is that the length of the board does not lend itself well to the inbound terrain at a ski area, when I am accessing the lift serviced backcountry, as well as boarding inbound on the same day. Several years ago, I bought a cheap board at winter sports expo gear swap, and figured this would be the perfect candidate to be cut in half and fastened back together again using the Voile Split Kit.

Learn to build a splitboard

Updated 1-29-07

Sehome Hill Bouldering Guide

Sehome Hill is located just east of Western Washingont University. In this city park there are several areas in which good bouldering exists. Most boulders are between eight and twenty-five feet tall and are composed of sandstone. Sehome Hill is most well known by the Bellingham locals as a place to spend a sunny afternoon trying problems or making up new ones. Sehome Hill has several different areas where there are groups of boulders. Many are well established and have been climbed for years. There are still some places on the hill that contain boulders that have not been cleaned, so new projects are still out there.

There is still work to do before the guide is complete but here is what I have compiled so far. Currently there are photos for most of the upper and lower parts of Sehome Hill. There are several crags that I have not photographed yet, and a few others that I have not had the chance to go out and climb at. As long as the rain stays at a minimum I will be making my best efforts to get out there and get the beta so the guide can be complete this season. As far as using the portion of the guide that I am posting, it is not complete. There are many ratings that are missing from problems, there are no names on most of the routes and I have not completed all the routes described yet, but I think that it is a good start. I definitely want to know what your opinion on the guide is. If you have any recommendations or information on the routes please send me an e-mail. Enjoy!

Sehome Hill Bouldering Guide

The Three Brains

Leavenworth Bouldering 2005

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Video Editing By: Jeff Voigt

Climbers: Luke Burritt, Tyler Miller, and Jeff Voigt

Filmed in Leavenworth Washington Summer 2005

South Early Winter Spire

December 2005

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A winter ascent of the Southwest Couloir on South Early Winter Spire

Climbers: Devin Bishop and Jeff Voigt