Matt
@thespeff.bsky.social
Outdoors, Climbing and the Mountain West. Interested also in Thailand and expanding outdoor activities for folks in that area of the world.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Since everything has to have "a message"
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Since everything has to have "a message"
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord.
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my [summer], oh lord.
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my [summer], oh lord.
August 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord.
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my [summer], oh lord.
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my [summer], oh lord.
Mike Johnson: “I’d rather shut down half of the Congress than show you what’s in the Epstein Files.”
Absolutely incredible.
Absolutely incredible.
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mike Johnson: “I’d rather shut down half of the Congress than show you what’s in the Epstein Files.”
Absolutely incredible.
Absolutely incredible.
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Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR
April 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR
“But what about Donald Trump? Will the voters who switched from Trump to Biden in 2020 vote to return a uniquely destabilizing and divisive figure to the Oval Office? No one knows for sure, of course, but recent surveys are not reassuring.” - Alarm Bell, 2022
The New Politics of Evasion: How Ignoring Swing Voters Could Reopen the Door for Donald Trump and Threaten American Democracy - Progressive Policy Institute
By William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck Contributing authors for the Progressive Policy Institute FORWARD From Will Marshall, President of the Progressive Policy Institute In September 1989, the bran...
www.progressivepolicy.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“But what about Donald Trump? Will the voters who switched from Trump to Biden in 2020 vote to return a uniquely destabilizing and divisive figure to the Oval Office? No one knows for sure, of course, but recent surveys are not reassuring.” - Alarm Bell, 2022
@ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social - this is in Pablo’s Pizza in Grand Junction. Something you need to admit to…?
January 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
@ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social - this is in Pablo’s Pizza in Grand Junction. Something you need to admit to…?
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,387,852!
October 10, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,387,852!
"Professional Rock Climber Convicted of Sexual Assaults in Yosemite National Park"
www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr...
www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr...
February 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
"Professional Rock Climber Convicted of Sexual Assaults in Yosemite National Park"
www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr...
www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr...
Folks on Mountain Project have done a good job keeping up on Charlie Barrett, a climber outed for bad behavior in the wake of the Me Too movement.
Outside Magazine asks the quintessential question here:
“How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?”
Outside Magazine asks the quintessential question here:
“How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?”
How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?
Federal prosecutors allege that Charles Barrett—a prominent member of the Northern California climbing community who goes to trial for sexual assault next week—is a serial offender with a shocking...
www.outsideonline.com
February 1, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Folks on Mountain Project have done a good job keeping up on Charlie Barrett, a climber outed for bad behavior in the wake of the Me Too movement.
Outside Magazine asks the quintessential question here:
“How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?”
Outside Magazine asks the quintessential question here:
“How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?”
It’s not just rock climbers that will suffer a bolt ban on public land - canyoneering will also be a more dangerous endeavor. Coalition of American Canyoneering has a statement on the proposed government changes for fixed anchors here:
www.americancanyoneers.org/new-policies...
www.americancanyoneers.org/new-policies...
January 29, 2024 at 12:59 AM
It’s not just rock climbers that will suffer a bolt ban on public land - canyoneering will also be a more dangerous endeavor. Coalition of American Canyoneering has a statement on the proposed government changes for fixed anchors here:
www.americancanyoneers.org/new-policies...
www.americancanyoneers.org/new-policies...
On the eve of Ouray’s biggest event, the Ouray Ice Climbing Festival.
The local newspaper, The Plaindealer, has hundreds of copies stolen. The headline story for that week’s edition:
Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
claims assaulted multiple times while Ouray police chief, family slept
The local newspaper, The Plaindealer, has hundreds of copies stolen. The headline story for that week’s edition:
Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
claims assaulted multiple times while Ouray police chief, family slept
Hundreds of copies of newspapers in a Colorado town were stolen a day after the paper published a story about an alleged rape at the police chief’s house
Entire Edition Of Newspapers Stolen On Day It Publishes Story About Rape At Police Chief’s Home
“It’s pretty clear that someone didn’t want the community to read the news this week,” said Ouray County Plaindealer co-publisher Erin McIntyre.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
On the eve of Ouray’s biggest event, the Ouray Ice Climbing Festival.
The local newspaper, The Plaindealer, has hundreds of copies stolen. The headline story for that week’s edition:
Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
claims assaulted multiple times while Ouray police chief, family slept
The local newspaper, The Plaindealer, has hundreds of copies stolen. The headline story for that week’s edition:
Girl: Rapes occurred at chief’s house
claims assaulted multiple times while Ouray police chief, family slept
4x4 roads and gas powered vehicles: 🤷♂️
Bridges over streams and creeks: 🤷♂️
Fire rings, camping pads: 🤷♂️
Rock climbing anchors: 🤯🤬🤯
Bridges over streams and creeks: 🤷♂️
Fire rings, camping pads: 🤷♂️
Rock climbing anchors: 🤯🤬🤯
USFS and NPS are working on a policy of banning all fixed hardware in wilderness areas - this has the potential to upend how outdoor climbing works on US public lands. I’d encourage people to reach out to preserve access to safe climbing anchors in outdoor spaces.
Info here from the Access Fund:
Info here from the Access Fund:
Stop the Bolt Prohibition! — Access Fund
We need your help to stop the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service
from implementing a new policy that could erase America’s most iconic
climbing routes and put our safety at risk.
www.accessfund.org
January 6, 2024 at 11:16 PM
4x4 roads and gas powered vehicles: 🤷♂️
Bridges over streams and creeks: 🤷♂️
Fire rings, camping pads: 🤷♂️
Rock climbing anchors: 🤯🤬🤯
Bridges over streams and creeks: 🤷♂️
Fire rings, camping pads: 🤷♂️
Rock climbing anchors: 🤯🤬🤯
USFS and NPS are working on a policy of banning all fixed hardware in wilderness areas - this has the potential to upend how outdoor climbing works on US public lands. I’d encourage people to reach out to preserve access to safe climbing anchors in outdoor spaces.
Info here from the Access Fund:
Info here from the Access Fund:
Stop the Bolt Prohibition! — Access Fund
We need your help to stop the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service
from implementing a new policy that could erase America’s most iconic
climbing routes and put our safety at risk.
www.accessfund.org
January 5, 2024 at 4:03 AM
USFS and NPS are working on a policy of banning all fixed hardware in wilderness areas - this has the potential to upend how outdoor climbing works on US public lands. I’d encourage people to reach out to preserve access to safe climbing anchors in outdoor spaces.
Info here from the Access Fund:
Info here from the Access Fund:
Resistance Climbing is streaming for free through Reel Rock - it’s the story of Palestinians developing a rock climbing community in tough political and cultural conditions in the West Bank.
It’s fantastic.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
It’s fantastic.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
November 9, 2023 at 4:59 AM
Resistance Climbing is streaming for free through Reel Rock - it’s the story of Palestinians developing a rock climbing community in tough political and cultural conditions in the West Bank.
It’s fantastic.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
It’s fantastic.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
Bisharat isn’t on Bluesky, but announced that Resistance Climbing won at Banff Mountain Film Festival.
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November 6, 2023 at 4:30 AM
Bisharat isn’t on Bluesky, but announced that Resistance Climbing won at Banff Mountain Film Festival.
x.com/eveningsends...
x.com/eveningsends...
Just like other service businesses across the US in recent years, the climbing gym industry is seeing some organizing efforts across several facilities and locations.
The Cliffs at Callowhill in Philadelphia looks to be the most recent.
The Cliffs at Callowhill in Philadelphia looks to be the most recent.
NEW: 72 workers at a climbing gym in Philly are forming a union and joining Workers United; SEIU.
November 2, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Just like other service businesses across the US in recent years, the climbing gym industry is seeing some organizing efforts across several facilities and locations.
The Cliffs at Callowhill in Philadelphia looks to be the most recent.
The Cliffs at Callowhill in Philadelphia looks to be the most recent.
I keep forgetting to watch Andrew Bisharat’s film “Resistance Climbing”. It’s about Palestinian rock climbers in Israel / West Bank.
It looked like an interesting concept (I missed Reel Rock this year), and definitely topical with recent events.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
It looked like an interesting concept (I missed Reel Rock this year), and definitely topical with recent events.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
Resistance Climbing
In the strife-torn hills of Palestine, a diverse crew of Bedouins, activists and urban professionals embraces climbing as a much-needed respite from the burdens of the Israeli occupation. American wri...
watch.reelrocktour.com
October 29, 2023 at 6:35 AM
I keep forgetting to watch Andrew Bisharat’s film “Resistance Climbing”. It’s about Palestinian rock climbers in Israel / West Bank.
It looked like an interesting concept (I missed Reel Rock this year), and definitely topical with recent events.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
It looked like an interesting concept (I missed Reel Rock this year), and definitely topical with recent events.
watch.reelrocktour.com/videos/rr17-...
The idea that the rock climbing community is entirely friendly, loving, welcoming is a fiction.
Oregon rock climber charged over mass killing plot at Smith Rock mountaineering event
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested Samson Zebturiah Garner on Thursday and took him to the county jail on several charges each of attempted murder of multiple victims.
www.opb.org
October 22, 2023 at 3:32 AM
The idea that the rock climbing community is entirely friendly, loving, welcoming is a fiction.
Despite good access to climbing through online streaming, marketing and awareness remain a real hurdle for climbing competitions. In this regard IFSC World Cup is mediocre at best, and Olympic climbing is woefully under-marketed. Unlike "weekend sports", do people *know* the next climb comp dates?🧵
October 10, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Despite good access to climbing through online streaming, marketing and awareness remain a real hurdle for climbing competitions. In this regard IFSC World Cup is mediocre at best, and Olympic climbing is woefully under-marketed. Unlike "weekend sports", do people *know* the next climb comp dates?🧵
I have a strong belief that a big part of rock climbing in the future won't be adventure enthusiasts finding it, but people discovering climbing through competitions. Climbing becoming a staple in the Olympics is going to be the "Free Solo" moment from the competitive side of climbing.
October 9, 2023 at 6:14 AM
I have a strong belief that a big part of rock climbing in the future won't be adventure enthusiasts finding it, but people discovering climbing through competitions. Climbing becoming a staple in the Olympics is going to be the "Free Solo" moment from the competitive side of climbing.