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Climbing impact goes beyond the wall

Climbing impact goes beyond the wall

MSU’s North Dome Fitness Center comes alive at 5 p.m. The clank of dumbbells and the squeak of basketball shoes echo off the tall ceiling as students shuttle through the revolving door into the university’s temporary gym. As rap music blares from a speaker and students chatter

Eliminating that climbing shoe stench

Eliminating that climbing shoe stench

Every climber knows the shame of hiding their mangled and musty climbing shoes. No corner of any closet, car or dorm is ever deep enough to stop the rankness from filling the air. Every climber knows the embarrassment of carpoolers crawling in, only to get scent-slapped by the world’

Patrick Callis — professor by day, climbing legend by night

To most students on campus, Patrik Callis is just another professor, but in the local climbing community he’s an looming figure. Callis began teaching chemistry at MSU in 1968. He moved to Bozeman shortly after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and quickly made his mark

Gallatin Canyon climbing classics

Gallatin Canyon climbing classics

The sun is setting in the valley, and a cool breeze is wafting off the river. Any south-facing walls are lit up with sparkling greys and black, fiery rusts and iridescent whites. The hay fields shine a golden blond, contrasting with the stark green of the pines. The only

Defying Gravity

“Don’t suck,” said MSU sophomore Neil Johnson, only semi-sarcastically, at Spire’s Full Gravity Day. On Nov. 9, Spire Climbing Center put on their annual bouldering competition. An estimated 185 climbers participated, making it the largest bouldering competition in the Northern Rockies. Competitors from Montana, Utah and Idaho