Tag: climbing
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Have fun, make friends, climb better: Meet the Boomers, CityROCK’s senior climbers
It’s Thursday morning at CityRock. Heart’s “Barracuda” echoes throughout the climbing gym, queued alongside other hits from the 1960s and ‘70s. Climbers quickly ascend the towering walls, with belay partners keeping a close watch. While their hair may have some grays, their strength and speed are vibrant. Meet the Boomers. Coached by Arlo Niederer, 69,…
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Meet the Boomers, CityROCK’s senior climbers
The Boomers is a group for climbers over 50 at CityRock, led by 69-year-old Arlo Niederer. The group, made up primarily of retirees, meets weekly to “have fun, make friends, and climb better,” creating a supportive community that emphasizes both the social and physical benefits of climbing.
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Stewart Green, climbing pioneer and prolific Colorado Springs writer, dies at 71
Of all the beautiful places he visited around the world, one of Stewart Green’s favorite places was the porch of his Colorado Springs home. He called it his “outdoor office.” A prolific author, photographer, rock climber and historian of his native city and of the sport he pioneered, Green would sit there at the porch…
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Outside Festival 2024 preview of Denver event at Civic Center Park
The first-ever Outside Festival takes place in Denver June 1-2, 2024 and is an event that celebrates everything outdoors, featuring music, films, speakers and gear
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LIFE | For the love of climbing
Rare brain disease meant a much different climb for these twin sisters in Colorado Springs. (Video by Katie Klann and Skyler Ballard)
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Man-made Colorado ice wall fills climbing venue shortage
PARK COUNTY • “Whooaa,” Jim Barry remarks, as one of his Boy Scouts slips nearly 50 feet up a frozen waterfall. The teenager is secured, harnessed. The fellow Scout belaying digs his feet into the ground and quickly stops the fall. “Good catch!” Barry shouts, adding to the applause here about 100 miles from the…
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LIFE | Ice Climbing at Camp Alexander
A man-made ice climbing venue is open for guided sessions, thanks to a long-term partnership between the Boy Scouts and Colorado Springs-based Front Range Climbing Co. (Video by Katie Klann)
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LIFE | Climbing CityROCK’s MoonBoard
CityROCK, an indoor climbing gym in downtown Colorado Springs, is home to an interactive climbing wall known as a MoonBoard. This 12 foot high wall angled at 40 degrees connects to an app with thousands of routes set by climbers across the world. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO | Kid Climber
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Sam Baker, 6, climbed Lost Arrow Spire, 2,700 feet above the valley floor in Yosemite Park last month with his father, Joe Baker. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO | Climbing Colorado
Jimmie Dunn, a rock climbing legend who got his start in Colorado Springs, has become known by some as one of the Pikes Peak region’s most important living pioneers of the sport. He’s often best remembered for his landmark mission in 1972, when he became the first to scale a new route solo on El…