I awoke on Saturday morning at a friend’s house after sleeping for about ten hours straight. Despite the long night’s sleep I still felt exhausted- the previous night’s lack of sleep had finally caught up with me. I didn’t...

After a month climbing at Ceuse, my legs needed a break from the hike- Party in Vienna! And I guess there was the World Cup as well. I figured since I was going to be in Europe for three...

The rain finally stopped after 4 days straight and we took advantage of the warm and dry conditions and got after it at White Mountain. On Thursday I managed the FA of the Dumpling project! Dubbed ‘The Dumpling of...

Keller and I both have projects that we're psyched on, but it's pouring rain outside. I’m sitting in bed right now, even though it’s past noon. It’s been pouring rain outside since we woke up. I just ate a...

Update #2 from Ethan on our trip to Yangshuo, China. Hello fivetenies! Today marks the two-week countdown to the end of our trip to Yangshuo, China. The trip so far has had some ups...

It’s 8:15 AM here in Yangshuo, but I’ve been up for hours. I woke at around 3, tossed and turned for an hour or two, then resigned to the jetlag. Today will be my first climbing day of the...

Ethan Pringle, The Wheel of Life, and why grades can(‘t) be ignored "When I was 11 or 12 years old, I cared a lot more about grades than I do now. I was more (outwardly) competitive, especially...

So, I’ve been back for over two… er, no sorry, three weeks now. What the heck have I been doing all this time except updating my blog and tweeting and facebooking and emailing!?! Well, I actually have been doing...

Ethan Pringle completes the 3rd ascent of Wheel Of Life, Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians, Australia. "Given V16 after the FA, Pringle registered it as a 5.14d route climb which makes sense since the problem is...

Too-many-shoes-in-the-duffle-bag... Easy to lose! Ya know when you're packing for an extended trip and you have a handful of shoes that you want to bring, but bringing more than three shoes makes you feel like a total...