Rock and Ice - December 2016

*Eye of the Needles. Pictorial by acclaimed photographer Bernd Zeugsetter shows the Needles of California, home to America's greatest concentration of spectacular classics 5.9 to 5.13.
*Unsung. Marcus Garcia is the rare, off-the-radar climber who earns respect wherever he goes. This core climber is a guide, gym owner, coach, mixed/ice competitor, dad and a sender of big things.
*Gravity. In the 1970's, John Long was on El Cap and witnessed a climber falling from the last pitch of The Nose all the way to the groun. Forty four years later, he still feels the pull of that tragic event.
*Eat right, climb harder. How to fuel up for climbing better and healthier. Includes food, drink and supplement recommendations for improving power, endurance, power/endurance and a diet for maintaining through decades of climbing. By climbing nutritionist Glen Burrows.