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The North Face Speaker Series with Conrad Anker

by TonyDasilva on October 8, 2012


Wednesday October 17, 2012 7PM
Tickets and Pricing
*7 PM*	VIP Seating and Reception	$20.00
	Post Private Reception: Meet Conrad Anker at Trailblazer New Haven after the presentation.Beer, wine & food provided. Reserved center seating in first 10 rows. $20 Gift Card to Trailblazer.
*7 PM*	Preferred Seating	$8.00
	Access to preferred reserved seating.
*7 PM*	Pre Reserved Open Seating	Free
	First come, first serve seating based upon availability.

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Interview with Alex Honnold and Pete Mortimer from the REEL ROCK Film Tour

by TonyDasilva September 24, 2012 Climb

Outside Magazine just posted a pretty casual interview with both Alex Honnold and Pete Mortimer from the REEL ROCK Film Tour. Also, don’t forget, we’re hosting the latest Radical Reels right here in New Haven, CT, September 19!. Grab your tickets now! Check out the banter below and stay tuned for our own interview with Alex later [...]

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Gunks: Shawangunk Conglomerate is a Rare Beauty

by Trailblazer May 30, 2012 Climb

The rock is a quartz conglomerate comprised of pebbles deposited by rivers along the edge of an ancient inland sea. As this layer was buried it was compressed and bound together with silica. This gives the Gunks its “pebbly” texture and infamous reputation for “fiddly” gear placements. The strata of the Shawangunk Conglomerate is layered [...]

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The North Face Speaker Series Featuring Rock Climber Mark Synnott 4/26

by TonyDasilva April 26, 2012 Camp

Trailblazer hosts an evening with The North Face athlete, rock climber Mark Synnott at Prime Climb, in Wallingford, CT, on April, 26. The North Face Never Stop Exploring Speaker Series – Mark Synnott presents Life on the Vertical Mark Synnott has a mission: seek out and climb the world’s most remote cliffs. For Mark, the [...]

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Interview: Meet Alpine Climber and The North Face Athlete Mark Synnott

by Laura April 20, 2012 Climb

To go somewhere no one has been before is a guaranteed adventure because not knowing what’s in store, the outcome is completely uncertain, and that mystery is what Mark Synnott thrives on. That and climbing. “When you are climbing you are up there and you are existing in the moment, you are really focused in [...]

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Chad’s Ennedi Dessert: A Google Earth Adventure

by TonyDasilva April 11, 2012 Camp

Check out our amazing presentation this month as we host an evening with The North Face athlete, rock climber Mark Synnott at Prime Climb, in Wallingford, CT, on April, 26. - Tony Renan Ozturk (Mountainfilm 2009, Samsara, which won the Charlie Fowler Award) now heads to the remote and sun-flattened landscape of the Ennedi Desert in northeastern Chad. Towers of the Ennedi [...]

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Connecting to Climb Through a Motivated Group

by TonyDasilva February 16, 2012 Climb

Alpine Mentors is fostering a new generation of climbers, stewards, and citizens. You know the old proverb: Give someone a mountain and they’ll have a mountain. Teach someone to mountain and they’ll…live forever! That’s how it goes, right? Steve House’s Alpine Mentors program is the more eloquent and inspiring version of that idea: Connect experienced [...]

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Slacklining at Moab: Awesome or Crazy?

by TonyDasilva April 26, 2011 Climb

Pilgrimages to the desert are a spring tradition for mountain dwellers. Peter Hudnut and friends Jeremy Shive and Josh Simpfenderfer went to Moab last month in search of dry earth and made the above video from their adventures. Slacklining is the pastime in which climbers practice walking on a rope or webbing slung between two trees. The logical progression is [...]

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Yale Climbing Team Starts the Year With a New Team

by Trailblazer February 8, 2011 Climb

After a few weeks of hectic training, team bonding, belay lessons, and snowy walks to the gym, this semester’s Yale Climbing Team is finally starting to tap into its potential. After a little bit of attrition near the top of the semester, we’ve settled on an official roster for the 2011 spring semester at 27 [...]

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Getting Started in Rock Climbing

by TonyDasilva October 4, 2010 Climb

You’ve seen the pictures, heard the stories, watched the tantalizing footage in a movie or TV show. But then you look around and nobody seems to know any climbers, and you haven’t a clue about where to begin. Years ago, rock climbers started out as hikers and mountain climbers. Technical rock climbing was a natural [...]

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Yale Climbing Team Is In Full Swing

by Trailblazer September 28, 2010 Trailblazer Athletes

The Have’ is a pretty magical place right now. Not only is the truck selling cupcakes on Broadway, but the pumpkin spice latte is back at Starbucks, and the average Yalie running the streets is excited about the weekend. Plus, the Yale Climbing Team’s fall schedule is in full swing! At our first meeting, the [...]

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Chris Sharma: Climbing and Yoga are Both About Finding Your Balance

by Trailblazer September 24, 2010 Climb

Thanks to prAna Living for this great video, taken at the recent Wanderlust Festival in California, focusing on Chris Sharma who shows us how climbing and Yoga are both about finding your balance… Chris Sharma Does Wanderlust from Prana Living on Vimeo. What happens when one of the worlds greatest climbers dives head first into [...]

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Little Known Facts About Devils Tower

by Trailblazer September 2, 2010 Climb

To Native Americans it is called Mato Tipila, meaning the Bear Lodge. To modern day tourist is is called Devils Tower. To climbers is is known for its remarkable lines. Weather it is the classic Durrance Route or the notable El Matador stem climbers flock to Wyoming every year to face the epics found on [...]