Beal Athlete - Alan Rousseau

Alan Rousseau has signed on as a Beal sponsored athlete. 

For The Love Of Climbing - Anne Struble

Beal athlete, Anne Struble shares her list of her favorite climbing related tools that allow her to climb with comfort and convenience.

I’ve read many climbing blogs over the years but never written one. The ability of some climbers to continually create new and interesting content is impressive. It seems that pictures and controversial topics go a long way.

Exposed: Kyle Dempster

You’ve heard of his amazing ascents in Pakistan, China, Alaska, Baffin Island, and even Utah. You’ve seen the videos, headlines, and photos. But do you really know the person behind the name? 

We’ve asked Edelweiss athlete, Kyle Dempster to step off the rock and expose who he really is, what makes him tick, and to share some personal things about himself.

Edelweiss Athlete: Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett joins the Edelweiss USA Team.

Despite being born and raised in the flatlands of Michigan, and first getting a taste of rock climbing while at school in Ohio, Scott Bennett has always been drawn to the mountains. Family road trips to Devil's Tower, the Grand Tetons, and Yosemite left him with no doubt that, as soon as he had the chance, he'd be moving west.

Edelweiss Athlete: Joe Mills

Joe Mills joins the Edelweiss USA Team.

Joe Mills grew up in Dallas, Texas when rock climbing wasn’t even a part of his vocabulary. However, after moving to Colorado during his last year in high school he received an offer from a friend to learn the ropes of climbing. He took to it quickly with a new psych that made him excel quickly. Now Joe is flying up some of the hardest trad routes in Colorado and Utah.

Video: Joe Mills in The Black Canyon

Edelweiss athlete, Joe Mills has been getting after it in the Black Canyon. In this video, Joe shares his successes and trials on a 30-year old aid route he's working to free.

Beal Athlete - Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas has signed on as a Beal sponsored athlete. His obsession for vertical adventures makes him a great fit for the team.

Edelweiss Athlete - Hayden Kennedy

Hayden Kennedy has done it all. From boulders, to bolts, to gear he likes it all. In fact, Kennedy spent his childhood exploring the mountain-west. As a young lad he found a nice balance between climbing, hiking, skiing, and kayaking. It wasn’t until he was 13 when his preference for outdoor sports got very lopsided...meaning that it went super-heavy on the climbing side.

Edelweiss Athlete - Kyle Dempster

Kyle Dempster is a rough and tough lad that was raised in Salt Lake City, UT. He comes from a family of outdoor and physically minded parents and siblings. Dempster started climbing rocks when he was 12 years old, after his cousin recruited him as his belay-slave at Pete’s Rock in the Wasatch Range.

Edelweiss Athlete - Cheyne Lempe

Cheyne Lempe is one of those hybrid climber-videographer fellows. Most of the time he has a harness on his waist and a camera in his pack to go climb the world. Other times he’s uploading a fresh new video to Vimeo while concocting a new climbing adventure in his head.

Edelweiss Athlete - Scott Adamson

Scott Adamson hails from Provo, UT where he keeps himself busy establishing high-end mixed-ice climbs in Provo Canyon, as well as delicately sewing up the cracks in the deserts of Southern Utah.

Beal Athlete - Justin Wood

Justin Wood has recently signed on as a Beal sponsored athlete. Be it with a crash pad or a rope, he's hitting the rock hard and making things happen.

Beal Athlete - Aaron Mulkey

Aaron Mulkey has signed on as a Beal sponsored athlete. His crazy addiction for adventure and first ascents allows him to keep things fresh and sketchy.

Grivel Athlete - Scott Adamson

Scott Adamson hails from Provo, UT where he keeps himself busy establishing high-end mixed-ice climbs in Provo Canyon, as well as delicately sewing up the cracks in the deserts of Southern Utah.

Scott is mostly known around the nation and world for his epic attempts on the east face of Alaska’s Mooses Tooth and the southeast face of Kyzyl Asker in Kyrgyzstan. Obviously his real passion is on alpine and ice ascents, although he is still very keen on trad climbing and loves to dip into sport climbing and bouldering every once and a while.

Accomplishments:
• Made the first ascent of Levitation and Hail Marys, V WI6 M7 on the south face of the Mooses Tooth in Alaska.
• Developed and made the first ascent of Donkey Punch, M9+ in Provo Canyon, UT.
• Free-solo ascent of Bird Brain Blvd, 7-pitch WI5 M5 in 1 hr 16 mins, near Ouray, CO.
• Redpointed Brother From Another Planet, 5.12+ OW in Indian Creek, UT.
• Redpointed Trench Warfare, 5.12+ OW in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT.
• Onsighted all of the crux pitches on Moonlights Buttress 5.12d in Zion National Park, UT.

Watch Scott in action:
Plan B Video
Mixed Contusion FA Video

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Plugging Pieces on Black Bean

One year ago a video was posted on the internet of Arnaud Petit, a sponsored Beal athlete, climbing France's notorious Black Bean (5.13d) route on the Biographie Wall. The coolest thing about this video is the fact that he was so bored and inspired by this route that he decided to try something new and climb it while placing his own gear. Some call it "green pointing" and some call it crazy. We think it's pretty slick. See for yourself.




So instead of clipping into all the pre-placed bolts on his way up, he ran it out to the very few spots where we was able to place cams and nuts. You'll notice too that he opted for the Beal Joker 9.1 rope to be his lifeline on this super-stellar feat.

The Beal Joker 9.1 conforms to all three dynamic rope standards, e.g., single rope, twin rope, and half rope. With this versatility, the Joker is definitely the rope that extreme climbers love. But that's not all. At the start of 2013, Liberty Mountain will be distributing and selling the NEW Beal Joker 9.1 UNICORE.

Just like the Diablo, the Joker will now have Beal's phenomenal UNICORE to prevent sheath bunching and slipping, making the rope safer and more reliable in abrasive and wet conditions. This is a game changer. Learn more about UNICORE here.

Edelweiss Athlete: Pamela Shanti Pack

Pamela Shanti Pack isn’t just a climber; she is an offwidth junkie. It didn’t take her long, after developing compartment syndrome, to switch gears from crimping on edges and pockets to stacking her hands and feet in some of the most awkward offwidth cracks known to man.