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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Big City Mountaineers: Summit for Someone- A FA of Malaysia's Dragon Horns
Recently, San Franciscan, Luis "Lucho" Rivera and North Face athlete Cedar Wright headed to the Dragon Horns on Tioman Island in Malaysia to attempt a first ascent.
The pair are climbing to raise money for Big City Mountaineers, a group that mentors under-resourced urban teens through transformative outdoor experiences to enrich lives, broaden horizons and instill critical life skills.
Lucho was a member of the Urban Pioneer Program in San Francisco, a group much like BCM. The group helped Lucho escape gang life in the Mission and explore the wilderness of Yosemite and the Sierra. "These programs are great because they take inner city kids into the outdoors and teach them valuable life and team building skills," said Lucho. "That's hard to get when you're in a gang or in the hood. These programs teach you how to work together and help one another instead of hurt one another."
Lucho and Cedar have climbed together on a number of occasions, making the first ascent of the Camp 4 Wall, a grade 5 5.12 route up the wall behind Yosemite's Camp 4 campground.
The North Face is also committed to supporting BCM kids and has pledged to match every dollar raised up to $4,000. Mountain Op also promised to donate 25% of their profits to the program.
You can follow their travels on Cedar's blog.
The pair are climbing to raise money for Big City Mountaineers, a group that mentors under-resourced urban teens through transformative outdoor experiences to enrich lives, broaden horizons and instill critical life skills.
Lucho was a member of the Urban Pioneer Program in San Francisco, a group much like BCM. The group helped Lucho escape gang life in the Mission and explore the wilderness of Yosemite and the Sierra. "These programs are great because they take inner city kids into the outdoors and teach them valuable life and team building skills," said Lucho. "That's hard to get when you're in a gang or in the hood. These programs teach you how to work together and help one another instead of hurt one another."
Lucho and Cedar have climbed together on a number of occasions, making the first ascent of the Camp 4 Wall, a grade 5 5.12 route up the wall behind Yosemite's Camp 4 campground.
The North Face is also committed to supporting BCM kids and has pledged to match every dollar raised up to $4,000. Mountain Op also promised to donate 25% of their profits to the program.
You can follow their travels on Cedar's blog.
Labels: Cedar Wright, Lucho Rivera, Urban climbing programs
¶ Saturday, October 22, 2011 0 Comments
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Yosemite in A Day: A Video
While giving a slideshow in Yosemite National Park for the 7th Annual Yosemite Facelift last week, Cedar Wright produced a short film about some classic Yosemite climbers including Touchstone Blogger James Lucas. If you don't know already, James is kind of a big deal. Check out the classic video.
YOSEMITE IN A DAY from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.
Labels: Cedar Wright, Yosemite Facelift
¶ Wednesday, September 29, 2010 0 Comments
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Offwidth Climbing Goes Horrendously Wrong
Offwidth climbing is notoriously difficult. In Squamish, one of the most sought after test-pieces is a route known as Boogie Til You Puke. Jason Kruk, a Canadian local, went after the route after a night of serious partying. His ascent turned into a full-on epic when he got his knee stuck in the crack. Luckily, his friend Cedar Wright was there to help him out until things went even worse for the stuck climber. Check out this hilarious video of the ascent.
Labels: Cedar Wright, Jason Kruk, offwidths
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Game- Clip of Daniel Woods New V16
Daniel Woods, a Colorado boulderer, just completed what may be the hardest boulder problem in the world. after years of work on a small roadside boulder in Boulder Colorado, Woods put the moves together and established The Game, rating the problem V16.
Daniel had this to say, "I called this problem The Game, because for me the climb was a game I had to play, I had to click into game mode, and really train myself for these moves. I had to grow mentally strong and also physically strong to be able to put it together. I call it the game, because I played the game and I ended up winning the game so game over."
Cedar Wright in conjunction with the North Face made a little preview of Daniel climbing the problem.
Daniel had this to say, "I called this problem The Game, because for me the climb was a game I had to play, I had to click into game mode, and really train myself for these moves. I had to grow mentally strong and also physically strong to be able to put it together. I call it the game, because I played the game and I ended up winning the game so game over."
Cedar Wright in conjunction with the North Face made a little preview of Daniel climbing the problem.
The Game, World's Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.
Labels: Cedar Wright, Daniel Woods The Game
¶ Tuesday, February 16, 2010 0 Comments
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
How Ropes Are Made
Cedar Wright, a Boulder based rock climber, recently made this informative video for BlueWater climbing ropes, showing how ropes are made. In lead climbing a dynamic rope is used, a woven piece of thread that has bungee like qualities, which are used to soften a climber's fall.
Check out how they weave and make ropes:
Check out how they weave and make ropes:
BLUEWATER ROPES HQ "How Ropes Are Made" from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.
Labels: Bluewater, Cedar Wright, climbing ropes
¶ Tuesday, January 12, 2010 0 Comments
Monday, December 28, 2009
Micah Dash Memorial Choss Pile
Earlier this year, Micah and Johnny Copp went to China to climb Mount Edgar in the Minya Konka massif. The mountain is a sub-peak of 24,790-foot (7,556 meters) Mount Gongga, the highest mountain in the Sichuan Province in western China. The pair were accompanied by Wade Johnson, who planned on filming the ascent for Sender Films. An avalanche buried the team.
Cedar Wright and Nick Martino recently established a new route in Indian Creek, a favorite haunt of Micah, naming the route after him. Check out the cool video that Cedar made of the difficult sandstone route.
Cedar Wright and Nick Martino recently established a new route in Indian Creek, a favorite haunt of Micah, naming the route after him. Check out the cool video that Cedar made of the difficult sandstone route.
Back to the Roots: M.D.M.C.P. a new 5.13 in Indian Creek from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.
Labels: Cedar Wright, Indian Creek, Micah Dash
¶ Monday, December 28, 2009 0 Comments
