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Movement, aesthetics, and life beyond climbing with professional photographer Anthony Lapomardo
You’ve seen his work in the Yosemite guidebook, magazines, and other climbing media across the world, but likely never met seen him person - this is an interview with Anthony Lapomardo . Anthony actually reached out to me via Instagram, commenting on one of posts from Columbia College in Sonora. He DMed me, encouraging me to try an Columbia obscurity. Just through that interaction, I could see his contagious passion for climbing and ocean of experience with some of the best climbers in the world. After poring through his beautiful work on Instagram, I ran into an article about him and was shoc
Jan 27, 2022
20 Years of Routesetting with Jonathan "Jonno" Wright
We love climbing. We say we would do it 24 hours 7 days a week if we could. But do we really mean that? Ask your local routesetter how they feel about it. Routesetting is a physically hard, taxing job that a lot of us glorify - “Oh, I’d get to climb so much! I’d get so strong and good!” I’ve interacted with many setters in the past who’ve had mixed feelings and this interview aims at delving deeper into the life of a routesetter. Jonno is a foreman at Touchstone and has been in the industry for over 20 years. He’s always stood out to me as one of the most amicable and humble setters I’ve met a
Jan 18, 2022
Keeping things in perspective with Mike Donovan
This is an interview with my climbing buddy and dear friend, Mike Donavan aka the legendary “Mike D”. Mike on the mega-highball “Drawing of the Three” (V11) in Donner Summit I first met Mike early in my outdoor climbing career bouldering at Mortar Rock in Berkeley. As always, Mike was a prominent presence at the crag with his contagious psych and constant griping about the miserable quality of the rock. I remember him distinctly lurping on the crux throw of Impossible Wall , not coming very close to latching it, but always coming down eyes glowing with excitement - “I think I got it!” This qua
Dec 28, 2021