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The RV Project
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This is our version of the American Dream. City life just wasn't cutting it for us, so we bought a trailer and are headed across the USA in search of the best climbing spots and the most interesting people this country has to offer.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 208 )
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Renovations
When I was in high school, I got my driver's license in secret. After I passed my driver's test, I went over to my friend Ari's house, where we'd often gather t... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2018 OUTDOORS -
Our Latest Release – Pottery?
If you had shown us this video as we were preparing to go on the road back in 2011, we would be very, very confused. We would have had no reference points for... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
Pissed Off
I’m pissed, y’all. And I’m trying to process it, so bear with me. The plan, in a nutshell, was to drive around like the heroes of Rampage and climb some rocks.... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
The 3rd Annual JVBF, and Why We Are Really Proud Of It
I’ll always remember our first trip to Joe’s Valley. We were young, fit, and couldn’t wait to get our hands on that dyno-happy, skin-friendly, streaked, pockete... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2017 OUTDOORS -
El Cap is Big and Cars Suck
El Capitan is big. I am qualified to say this, as I’ve spent countless hours standing about a half-mile from the base of this greater-than-half-mile tall sheet... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2017 OUTDOORS -
Oh, the Fun You’ll Have
My favorite book is, unquestionably, The Phantom Tollbooth. In it, the Whether Man wisely suggests that Milo "hope for the best, expect the worst, and be... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2017 OUTDOORS -
Yosemite’s Newest Climbing Stewards
Greetings from the village formerly known as Curry in the majestic Yosemite Valley (not to be confused with the Majestic Yosemite Hotel©, which in turn is... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2017 OUTDOORS -
A Jumbo Passion Project
The climber, facing away from the wall, gingerly peers over his toes to watch his sky-blue T-shirt flutter to the ground. He takes a deep breath, then turns in... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2017 OUTDOORS -
The CIA, Affirmative Action, and a #&@% Video Shop
Back in the late 80's and early 90's, there was a video shop in Isla Vista, CA that catered to the students at UC Santa Barbara. It was called @* # Video Shop... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2017 OUTDOORS -
Do We Even Climb, Bro?
I could've sworn this was going to be a climbing blog... Way back when, it was all we wanted to do. Now it feels like, when we write, it's about bullshit,... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2017 OUTDOORS -
A Dispatch From I-15N
It’s spring, but it feels like summer. I’m in the passenger seat, Vikki’s keeping the white lines on either side of us, Salt Lake City is in the distance and... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2017 OUTDOORS -
Thoughts on Last Year’s Women’s Climbing Festival
At the risk of sounding cheesy - I needed the 2016 Women's Fest, and it was there for me. Starting with the first email response from Shelma, I felt welcomed,... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2017 OUTDOORS -
The Proudest Peaks
We just got back from Patagonia, where we spent a week trekking around with my rather badass family. The trip actually centered around my dad's 70th birthday,... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2017 OUTDOORS -
I Don’t Write Enough for Myself And I Bet You Don’t Either
One of the RV Project's favorite people, Flannery Shay-Nemirow, had a blog called Recounted Experience, and she used the following quote from Jean-Paul Sartre a... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2017 OUTDOORS -
Be Careful with Your Bullshit in the New Year
I don't think it's all bad, of course, but I do believe social media companies profit handsomely by exploiting the fallout of humanity's less desirable... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2016 OUTDOORS -
Joe’s Valley Bouldering Festival 2016 Recap
WOW, we got so lucky with weather! Throughout the Fest, I was like a broken record. Memories of last year’s frigid fest were all too vivid. Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 OUTDOORS -
Reel Rock 11 Review, Plus a Conversation with Sender’s Nick Rosen
It’s been a looong time since Top Rope Tough Guys premiered at Reel Rock, back in 2010. A lot of folks said climbing cinema would never get better than that. Read more
Posted on 21 October 2016 OUTDOORS -
Moving to a New Location
W hen it is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind text... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 OUTDOORS -
Our Role In The Market
Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen. Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 OUTDOORS -
Spawning New Ideas
Pityful a rethoric question ran over her cheek, then she continued her way. On her way she met a copy. The copy warned the Little Blind Text, that where it... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 OUTDOORS