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Two Utah residents explore and explain the finer points of Crack Climbing!
By Tico Allulee
Pain is a great teacher. While learning the subtle art of crack climbing through years of twisting various body parts in various fissures is the venerable and accepted way, many climbers have an issue with showing up at work with the bleeding and scabbed hands and ankles that suggest a rendezvous with Fight Club’s Tyler Durden.
Plan your year of competitive outdoor endurance, starting this weekend.
By Tico Allulee
Marathons, once the benchmark of yuppie fitness, have become passe. Few events rival the sheer boredom of pounding pavement for an entirely arbitrary distance, surrounded by throngs of people in various states of disrepair.
Some are near mythical, but ice-climbing routes do exist in southern Utah.
By Tico Allulee
Ice climbing is a bizarre activity by any account: Strap several long, sharp steel points to various parts of your body and cast off into an ephemeral sea of sculpted shapes, using power and technique to scratch your way up.