Blogs worth Reading

Let's face it, MP forums don't always have the best content for keeping oneself occupied, with the occasional trolls and flame wars, especially when the weather is bad and people are getting testy.

What are your favorite climbing blogs to read? Informative or just plain entertaining?

Here's some that I've ran across worth reading, please add to the list, I'm sure there's plenty more out there I haven't run across yet, or have forgotten to add.

Dane Burns - Winter related - ice climbing/skiing, plenty of gear discussion.
coldthistle.blogspot.com/

Will Gadd - ice/mixed climbing, paragliding, mountain sports
willgadd.com/?cat=1

Colin Haley - Alpine climbing
colinhaley.blogspot.com/

Kelly Cordes - Alpine climbing, etc
kellycordes.wordpress.com/

Mark Anderson - MP's own - climbing, training. New blog, I find Mark's writing is usually quite informative and fun to read (route descriptions, training etc) and looking forward for more.
lazyhclimbingclub.wordpress…

Jonathan Siegrist - sport climbing adventures
jstarinorbit.com/

Ryan Palo - The Paleo diet - sport climbing
ryanpalo.blogspot.com/

Joe Kinder - sport climbing
joekindkid.com/

Dave MacLeod - climbing badassness across the pond
davemacleod.blogspot.com/

Good post. We just started this blog, and hope to make it an interesting one: climbingzine.com/blog/

cheers,
Luke

Dave McLeod also has a separate training oriented blog:
onlineclimbingcoach.blogspo…

And there's a training blog by Dan Hague and Douglas Hunter:
selfcoachedclimber.com/

Just wanted to add that Dane Burns' Coldthistle is fantastic.

rockclimbing.com. No trolling or shit talking on there, none at all.

Nate! Great list. I like all of these...

Don't forget Sonnie Trotter's site...

sonnietrotter.com/

I find Sonnie to be always positive and always intersting.

Ya, great list!

In addition to a few up there, I read thefitnessnerd.blogspot.com/ pretty frequently for nutrition advice.

I read semi-rad.com for fun writing and adventures a little closer to my level than a pro. I can realate to almost every post in someway and still find it gets me motivated for more.

Some of the blogs I follow:

+1 for The Enormocast

I enjoy Steph Davis' blog: highinfatuation.com/blog/

and Andrew Bisharat's blog: eveningsends.com/

as well as Emily Harrington's blog: emilyaharrington.wordpress.…

Then there's Tommy Caldwell's: tommyandbecca.blogspot.com/

What makes these (and some others) interesting for me is that they aren't exclusively about climbing- it's there, but there's usually other stuff that's worth reading as well.

I'm a big fan of...

www.climbinglife.com
www.cruxn.com
www.splitterchoss.com
www.b3bouldering.com
jonglassberg.lt11.com

And my humble site, below.

bv
www.whiteknuckled.com

Here's a great post on the nature of many of the most popular climbing blogs out there: mountainsandwater.com/2012/…
I tend to agree with a lot of what Beal says and, for the most part, find the pro's blogs throughly lacking in any sort of insight at all.

Three of my favorites are:

joekindkid.com/

zenetopiaclimbing.blogspot.…

lazyhclimbingclub.wordpress…

Joe Kid is a great blog going back a few years. Lots and lots of videos and good writing plus it's updated constantly. Worth checking out for sure.

Zenetopia is a really good read (maybe the best I have come across?) having a good combo of real life and climbing. The writing is pretty deep and explores a lot of personal struggles and great climbing/goals. Seems there is a filming/documentary of some kind following this project too.

The Lazy H is a pretty good read. Decent writing and insight and follows the training and goal setting needed to be a better climber. Really emphases the training and preparation aspects of climbing.

rob pizem and scott bennett both have excellent blogs as well. mark anderson's is a good one too.

I'm a fan of Asshole Climbers . Just try not to take it to seriously.