Andrew Bisharat

Andrew Bisharat is a writer and climber based in western Colorado. He is the publisher of Evening Sends and the co-host of The RunOut podcast.

RendezSPEW Redux

The Rifle RendezSPEW was an amazing success. An unprecedented amount of work was achieved, money raised, shwag raffled and fun had. The Rifle RendezSPEW (formerly called the Rifle Clean Up) was part community service, part informal climbing competition, and it ended...

SPEWed Out!

I TOOK ON the responsibility of organizing and planning the annual Rifle Clean Up this year, and I approached the event with the goal of making it more fun than it usually is.   In years past, the clean up party involves a day of clean up projects and ends with...

Rifle RendezSPEW Schedule and Clean Up Projects

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9 a.m. [Feline Parking Lot] Check-in begins. A minimum donation of $10 is required, but $20 is appreciated!   10 a.m. [Feline parking lot] Clean-up Projects assigned. Volunteers with tools (gloves, pry-bars, shovels, drills) needed!   10...

30 at 30: Birthday Challenge at Rifle

On Friday I turned 30—a nebulous and volatile age in which you are either “old” or “still young” depending on the other person’s perspective. On this morning after such a high-speed weekend, however, I must admit to feeling a little … um … not old … let’s say worn...

The Rifle Rendez-SPEW!

THE ANNUAL Rifle Mountain Park clean-up takes place on Saturday, August 27. The clean-up is always a good time, and each year our tight community of devoted climbers comes together to help make the climbing experience in Rifle even better. In the past, we have built...

The Passion of Grubb

Some Stories are so amazing they must be told. This modern Greek tragedy, which takes place on the ancient island of Kalymnos, is NOT one of those stories. But like something that’s so bad it’s good, or when your hands are so cold they feel wet, this story is so...

Antihydral Review

Sam Elias called it “a game changer.” Daniel Woods said it was “the secret to success.” Still, I was hesitant to try Antihydral—an extreme skin-drying agent from Germany that is used for overly sweaty hands (and feet). I seemed to be doing just fine with regular...

Climbing Cliches

After seven years of editing the best climbing magazine in the world, I've read thousands of articles by hundreds of writers and worked with dozens of them to help them turn their Dear Diary entries into the smashing articles that you read in Rock and Ice. Over the...

Climbers Who Drop Weight to Send

When climbers drop weight in order to succeed on a hard ascent, is that, in some weird way, “cheating”? There’s no doubt at all that losing pounds is the surefire quickest way to help you climb harder. Training to improve finger strength, getting better at lock-offs,...