Beer & Climbing...

Just wanted to share a mini project I've started working on... it's young so don't worry, more content is coming soon!

Hope you enjoy Beer and Climbing

-John

You are an honorable and decent man.

Now that is beer and climbing.

An old chalk bag would be pretty good for a coozy as well. But great idea!

• golf clap* to you both!

Did every draw have a beer on it? Or did you just leave a few for your follower as goals?

I love my fellow climber...

Bottles are a bit dicey, what you want is the 10 liter plastic mini keg.

It's funny, I was just thinking about this. Not that that in itself is odd, but more importantly, I have been reminiscing about what may have started me on my way towards finding climbing, and beer (reverse order, though).

Back when I was a kid, my dad owned a beer distributorship in Cheyenne, Wyoming. My sister and I would get to go to work with him sometimes. And I always looked forward to it. It was such a fun place to be. It was a HUGE warehouse with palettes and palettes of beer. To me, it seemed like a football field size warehouse with stacks of beer, some of them from the ground to the ceiling. Imagine a literal "Cubert" type of playground. A great place to get lost in, play hide and seek, and of course climb up & down those palettes. Dad would also pay us to sift out damaged 6 packs, and re-package the good beers. I got to check out cool beer posters-Kathy Ireland, Alex from Stroh's. The awesome beer signs that lit our basement-I see some of them in movies, like the neon Schlitz sign is often in the dive bar, down and out, type movie scene. How could this not root itself in my subconscious eternally? Climbing and Beer (and a side-love for office supplies). Yes!

So of course, once I was older, I did like beer. My Dad's distributorship sold pretty bad beer (though who would have known at the time that Pabst would make a comeback and be retro?). Luckily, living in Fort Collins, it is a Microbrew hub. High school keggers were of New Belgium Fat Tire, O'dells 90 shillings, Easy Street Wheat, yuuummmm. So post college, the like of beer had already been established. and then came the next love of my life. I found I fit in with climbing-it seemed like a natural continuation of gymnastics & dance that my older body could deal with. The people I met were creative and authentic thinkers and do-ers. Climbing had just the right type of excitement that I had always sought, but a lot less destructive!

I attribute the time spent climbing around on beer palettes as being a major contributing factor to what I enjoy today: Climbing & Beer. -Cheers, and thanks for posting your new site, John!!!!

When are you coming out with the calender?

John Richardson wrote:Just wanted to share a mini project I've started working on... it's young so don't worry, more content is coming soon! Hope you enjoy Beer and Climbing -John

How about entering comments to your articles ????

Redbones, I'll be there in June

Niki wrote:When are you coming out with the calender?

Any first beer and climbing calendar must have as its cover, the classic John Sherman with beer and flip flops photo. I'm sure we would get hundreds of action submissions for each month.

john strand wrote: How about entering comments to your articles ???? Redbones, I'll be there in June

John,

If you click on an article and scroll to the bottom you'll see an area where you can "Leave a Reply", this is essentially posting comments. I'm currently working on getting a facebook-login so visitors don't have to type in their information when they visit the site - and I should have that soon! (note that as it stands currently, you should only have to enter your information once - the site should remember you when you return.)

Hope that helps!

Best,
John

Niki wrote:When are you coming out with the calender?

Niki,

I love the idea... I'd have to tie in with some of the more popular beer and climbing information resources... let me look into this further! Any and all idea's are welcome and appreciated!

Best,
John

Woodchuck ATC wrote: Any first beer and climbing calendar must have as its cover, the classic John Sherman with beer and flip flops photo. I'm sure we would get hundreds of action submissions for each month.

Sir Woodchuck,

I COULD NOT AGREE MORE! (For anyone unfamiliar with the photo...)