tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21571020275106296822011-11-06T01:51:34.512-07:00Elaina Arenz-Smith, owner of New River Mountain Guides shares her world of climbing experience, beta and travels.New River Mountain Guideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00417069017991901073noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157102027510629682.post-45447028175612224112011-09-08T11:48:00.000-07:002011-09-08T11:48:51.203-07:00

Check out this article in the USA Today on Rock Climbing in New River, West VirginiaNew River Mountain Guides gets a great plug! Holla!

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SIMPLE MECHANICS - WHY TRICAMS STILL RULE The following article was shared from CAMP's website, the manufacturer of the Tricam. The article offers great insight on why and how it works, how to correctly place a Tricam, how to remove one, and other tips for using them. You'll find here at the New, that the pink and red Tricams are awesome in the horizontal cracks you'll encounter on facey-trad

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"The trebuchet went down yesterday and I can hardly believe it. It is unbelievable to me that a world-class route in a world famous area just 10 minutes from the road can still be up for grabs. Thank you Red River Gorge! The trebuchet is without a doubt one of the best 5.14- routes in the country.  The climbing on this route is simply unbelievable. It really is perfect in every way. The

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The following is a first person account from Lillian Chao-Quinlan, one of our participants in our Warrior's Way Trad Camp held last weekend.  This 3-day workshop is a crash course on how to put the rad in trad. We teach gear placement, jamming, planning for the trad lead and give you lots of opportunities to test your gear placements by taking whippers on them. It's the only way to know for sure

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One click a day donates $1 to one of several Climbing Summer Camp Programs for disadvantaged kids. Do it now to support a great cause. Mountain Hardwear: Mountain Hardwear Gives Back Posted using ShareThis

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After our STERLING ROPE tour we beelined it to North Conway.  My cold was quickly killing my energy level and I could feel myself slipping into my own personal hell, complete with a faucet for a nose, Guiness world record continuous sneezing and a pounding headache to top it all off. I was ready to party... We went straight to IME to touch base with our friends Stephen Meinhold, Freddie

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There I was minding my own business climbing in the desert oasis of Joshua Tree last month when I get an email from my friend Jon Fowler. Fowler was looking for an ice climbing partner in February and thought it would also be a good opportunity to research logistics on running guided ice climbing trips there next winter.  Last thing on my mind at the time was freezing my ass off in New England,

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(Top) Saddle Rocks at J-Tree, home to many slabby test-pieces like Walk on the Wild Side 5.7+  I lived by those words for most of my climbing career until I decided I needed to quit being a wussy-girl and get over my visions of becoming a human cheese grater. What better place than on the face climbs of Joshua Tree? I spent a couple weeks out there last month and I learned that when it comes

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Fresh off the heals of my Moab trip the opportunity came up to bust it out to Red Rocks with my friend Kimberly for a week. Kim was driving west to wrap up some loose ends in Portland before moving back to WV, so I went along for the ride to help with the driving in exchange for some "mock guiding" to pad my guiding resume in preparation for my next AMGA Rock Instructor Exam. Although fairly new

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Nov 6, 2009 Just got back from Moab, Utah where the AMGA just held their Annual Meeting. It was cool to be surrounded by so many bad-a guides from all over the country and to meet the people that keep the AMGA running.My main mission was to take the Single Pitch Instructor Provider training course, which I completed so now I am in the provider training pool for the SPI courses. That means I can

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I've officially entered the blog-o-sphere after a gentle prodding from those who care. (Thanks buddy...I think). So here I plan to spew to the world the goings on at New River Mountain Guides (henceforth NRMG). Stay tuned for all kinds of goodies about what's going on here at the New River Gorge, travel updates and other bits of wisdom I see fit to throw your way. Can't wait? Check out my

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