A friend introduced us to a local gym, and we instantly fell in love with climbing, quickly becoming members and going as often as we could. Climbing showed us a way to connect our minds and bodies in a way we hadn’t before—expressing ourselves physically while challenging our minds—poe...
Climbing gyms are responsible for much of climbing’s trajectory into the mainstream. Some outdoor climbers look down on the gym as an asylum for city folk, but that’s a pretty unfair perspective. Gyms have their own distinct advantages, especially for the budding climber. Here are some adva...
Highlights: Getting on the wall at Crux Climbing gym, hikes and trail runs at McKinney Falls, the dog-friendly Uncle Billy’s Brewhouse & Smokehouse that had vegetarian options and a live band, pretty much everything being dog-friendly in Austin, seeing a live improv comedy show (it was j...