disjoint thoughts

best place to buy cheap climbing shoes

Climbing shoes are expensive! I never thought I would ever spend so much on a PAIR OF SHOES. To make it worse, they wear out [...]
cheap personal anchors

There are plenty of pre-made personal anchors out there that you can buy. But why spend the extra money when you can make your own [...]
climb for a cause

From events Tonight, from 7-10 a group of ASU Interior Design student will be holding an event to raise money for victims of domestic violence. [...]

opteka professional wrist grip strap review

I bought this strap to use with my 40D. I was shooting a lot of bouldering competitions and was playing with holding a remote flash [...]
a climber in need

Marty Karabin is a local climbing legend and a really nice guy to boot. He’s put up hundreds of routes and published lots of guidebooks [...]
blackrapid r-strap model differences

I just purchased a BlackRapid R-Strap for my 40D (review will be forthcoming). When searching for a place to purchase the R-Strap, I found that [...]

favorite photos: flash fun

Flashes can be so much fun! Especially when you get them off the camera and get the lighting on your subject from a different angle [...]
one year of openrain

A couple of months ago, I hit my one year anniversary of working at OpenRain. Actually it kind of went past unnoticed by me, but [...]
i must be doing something right

The infamous Misty Murphy posted a picture of a cafepress climbing shirt I designed. I’m honored Hey Misty, you might like this shirt too: Check [...]

the summer life of a teacher

This picture of my awesome girlfriend Erin, pretty much sums up the summer life of a teacher… The full story however doesn’t end there…. Kiddy [...]