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Our good buddy Russ climbing desert towers in Utah wearing his...

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:41:00 -0400

Our good buddy Russ climbing desert towers in Utah wearing his Carabiners Shirt.

Check out this awesome shot our good friend Russ Fascente shortly after topping out Fine Jade (3 pitch, 5.11) tower climb in Utah. Russ is a CT native who now lives and guides full time in Moab, Utah.

Results from our Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Competition from...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:44:36 -0400

Results from our Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Competition from last weekend are live on the USA Climbing Website.

Carabiners Fairfield SCS2012 Results

Huge thanks to all the rad competitors and families that participated.

Climb On!

Join Carabiners Fairfield for our 2nd Annual Sport Climbing...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:26:12 -0400

Join Carabiners Fairfield for our 2nd Annual Sport Climbing Series Competition sanctioned by USA Climbing.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Check in begins11am || Competition begins 12pm

Preregister and save $5 by calling (203) 416-5500

Climbers of all ages and abilities are invited to join us for an exciting afternoon of roped climbing competition. We’ll have more than 50 new top rope and lead routes .

PreRegistration $35
Day of Comp $40
USA Climbing Day Pass $5 (Non USAC Members Only)

Visit USA Climbing website for information on national climbing competitions and memberships.

This promised to be one of our biggest competitions of the year! Don’t miss out on the excitement!

Carabiners Fairfield ABS13 Results

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:25:49 -0500

Results for Carabiners Fairfield ABS13 are in! A huge thanks to all the parents and competitors that participated in our first ABS Competition

Also big thanks to the setters for doing such a rad job. Dave Speranza, Chris “Neesh”, Kat Remirez, Alan Klein, Julien Jarry, Kevin Wright.

Please support the sponsors that donated so generously to the event. Black Diamond, Teknik, Rock On, So Ill Holds, Tasti D Lite, Colony Pizza, Cinch Meals

*Note: Ties were broken by fall count. Results are not final until certified by USA Climbing

Female Junior Category

1 Molly Gaynor 18800

2 Galina Parfenov 16400

3 Allison Colarusso 13500

4 Andrea Van-RyZin 12400

5 Isabella Beagle 8400

6 Jamie Jabbour 6900

Female Youth A Category

1 Megan Gallagher 18400

2 Melissa Hopkins 18300

3 Molly Chason 13200

4 Casey Luddy 12600

5 Kaitlyn Hopkins 12600

6 Alyson Dahlberg 9500

7 Laila Morgan 9200

Female Youth B Category

1 Abigail Czajkowski 16200

2 Danella Lacancellera 10600

3 Lucy Milde 9500

4 Natassia Walley 9200

5 Nora Shapiro 8500

7 Ryan Walker 7900

6 Anna Hill 3000

Female Youth C Category

1 Bimini Horstmann 16600

2 Noela Wheeler 11700

3 Sarah Chelo 11100

4 Georgia Bank 9900

5 Lauren Dewitt 9500

6 Greta Degner 9000

7 Justine Creteur 8500

8 Matilda Allan 8000

9 Caroline Williams 7500

10 Esme Miano 6600

Female Youth D Category

1 Arabella Walley 8500

2 Peri Brooks-Randall 8000

3 Uulen Honeychurch 7900

4 Grace Borrough 7900

5 Gabriella Fredrick 7300

6 Katrin Degner 7300

7 Marielle Horstmann 7300

8 Maija Fieldeholz 5900

9 Charlie Morrison 4500

10 Kate Rube 4400

11 Amber Smith 4100

12 Rahna Morgan 4100

13 Daisy Halliwell-Woods 3700

Female Masters Category

1 Sue Kligerman 9100

Female Recreational Category

1 Breanna Hemsley 9500

2 Victoria Muhl 9500

3 Erin Mauldin 9000

4 Laura Jacob 8900

5 Carolynn Grigsby 8200

6 Leyla Baggson 7900

7 Marcie Jhong 7300

Male Junior Category

1 Bryce Viola 22100

2 Matthew Cysner 21600

3 Sean Lancaster 17100

4 Benjamin Silver 14200

Male Youth A Category

1 Jonathan Hopkins 18900

2 Frederick Kopff 17100

3 Ross Wollman 14300

4 Kevin Turchick 9500 Tie

4 Tyler Gadigian 9500 Tie

5 Misha Smith 9500

6 Spencer Pendleton 9000

Male Youth B Category

1 Alex Manon 18500

2 Matthew Rube 18300

3 Henry Boyd 13800

4 Zachary Bloom 13700

5 Devon Broecking-Knowlton 13400

6 Andrew Stolbof 13200

7 Oscar Collins 12700

8 Patrick Lindwall 11300

9 Josh Wood 11200

10 Calvin Wardle 10800

11 Sam Schunk 9500

12 Miles Schappel-Spillman 9100

13 Brandon Bertram 8500

14 Colin Davy 8300

15 Aaron Sanvale 7500

16 Will Ruocco 6700

17 Zachary Kligler 5900

18 Roger Horstmann 3600

Male Youth C Category

1 Eli Frankel 16800

2 John Cohen 12300

3 John Cannilla 12000

4 Theodore Pendleton 11100

5 Matthew Silva 9200

6 Reed Kellett 8500

7 Liam Gordon 8000 Tie

7 Zach Littlejohn 8000 Tie

8 Shane Conroy 7000

9 Sam Alcosser 4900

Male Youth D Category

1 Jared Lawrence 10900

2 Charlie Rube 10400

3 Timothy Vitkin 9500

4 Owen Baekey 8000

5 Lucien Raffaele 7500

6 Pablo Sanchez 7000

7 Hayden Mosher-Smith 5300

8 Cameron Saidock 2800

Male Open Category

1 Scott Mead 20800

2 Christopher Price 20600

3 Benjamin Gartman 18500

Male Advanced Category

1 Christian Mcconnell 19600

2 Marc Russell 18100

3 MAtthew Fitzgerald 17700

4 Noah Mccorkle 16000

5 Mauri Dimeo 15900

6 Robert Hyatt 15800

7 Cameron Prince 15300

Male Intermediate Category

1 James Ambler 14200

2 Trevor White 12800

3 Daniel Spies 12600

4 Michael Eack 11600

5 Matthew Longar 10200

6 Benjamin Clemente 10100

Male Recreational Category

1 Jacob Carpenter 9700

2 James Reichhold 9500 Tie

2 Tyler Van Horn 9500 Tie

3 Leo Matthews 9500

4 Colton Wetzel 9500

5 Nick Jacob 9300

6 John Meyer 6100

Male Masters Category

1 Bill Czajkowski 15100

MountainFilm Tour comes to Fairfield! The Telluride Mountain...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:13:15 -0400

MountainFilm Tour comes to Fairfield!

The Telluride Mountain Film Festival’s World Tour is making a stop at the Community Theater in Fairfield on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 6pm.

More information about the touring films + trailers. One of our favorites is sure to be

Purchase your tickets in advance at http://mountainfilmontourct.com. All proceeds will benefit Vermont Recovery from the floods of Hurricane Irene.

More about MountainFilm Festival in Telluride

What is Mountainfilm? from Mountainfilm in Telluride on Vimeo.

Join us at Carabiners Fairfield for an evening with Matt Wilder....

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:35:18 -0400

Join us at Carabiners Fairfield for an evening with Matt Wilder. Matt will deliver an exciting slide and multi media show featuring some of his recent ascents on the cutting edge of hard trad climbing.

For more about Matt Wilder visit:

http://mattwilderclimbing.blogspot.com/

Plus, Matt’s climbing is featured in the new Chuck Fryberger film http://www.thescenefilm.com/index.html

Tickets $5 at the door. Join us!

So it turns out we’re a little overstocked on a few...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:46:33 -0400

So it turns out we’re a little overstocked on a few climbing shoe models. Looks like you win! Limited qtys and limited to stock on hand. But if we have your size…you’re in like Flynn. Whoever that is?

Carabiner’s Fairfield is psyched to have Mingmar Dorji...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:31:25 -0400

Carabiner’s Fairfield is psyched to have Mingmar Dorji Sherpa at the gym Thursday, August 18 @ 7:30pm for a meet & greet + Mt Everest slideshow.

Mingmar has summited Everest (worlds tallest mountain) three times and worked on IMAX film crews. Very recently he worked as a guide on the crew that filmed The Wildest Dream recreating the Mallory/Irving expedition of 1922-24 and submitting Mt Everest (29,029ft) with Conrad Anker.

Raise a glass and toast the 1 year anniversary of...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:46:00 -0400

Raise a glass and toast the 1 year anniversary of Carabiner’s in Fairfield!

A huge thanks to our awesome staff for helping pull this off and big hugs to the best members in the world!

We have big plans, hopes and dreams for the years to come…

+Huge Bouldering Addition & Top Out Boulders (Already under construction!)

+Brand New Fitness Area

+Outdoor Climbing School (Opens August 2011)

Thanks again…couldn’t do it without you!

Climbing in Cuba? Yes! These kids crush because they LOVE to...

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:35:24 -0400

Climbing in Cuba? Yes! These kids crush because they LOVE to climb…even though its illegal in their country. It may not be Yosemite or the Himalaya, but I’m grateful Connecticut has some rad gyms and great local climbing for us to enjoy…without being chased out by the cops.

Enjoy - Nate

This week our setting crew is busy putting up tons of rad new...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:36:55 -0400

This week our setting crew is busy putting up tons of rad new top ropes for all you roped climbing aficionados.

Tower II is getting a makeover with 12 new routes 5.5 to 5.12.

Super setter Kat R putting up her new burly TR creation “Sir Crimp Alot” (5.11).

Chris N sorting holds for his new arete route (5.Hard - Still in progress)

The newest addition to our setting crew JP setting on the “ships prow” arete under rope 3.

By the end of this week (7/31) we’ll have 12-15 new roped climbs for everyone to enjoy. The a/c is on full blast…check them out!

For regular updates on the gym and setting crew, join us on Facebook.

Climb On!

There are still vast amounts of untouched rock on this earth....

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:55:15 -0400

There are still vast amounts of untouched rock on this earth. Follow Mark Synnott, Alex Honnold and James Pearson to Chad in search of unclimbed desert towers.

We all knew monkeys can climb…lizards too. But...

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:54:34 -0400

We all knew monkeys can climb…lizards too. But dogs?

Check out Biscuit the climbing dog! Thanks to Sender Films.

Every climber should know this website! A rad climbing weather...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:26:42 -0400

Every climber should know this website! A rad climbing weather site organized by climbing area. No longer do you need to remember the name of the town nearest Ragged Mountain…is it Southington or Bristol?

The weather feeds directly from the National Weather Service so its about at dependable as it can be (weather man is almost never right).

You can also download the free app for iPhone.

Connecticut Climbing Weather http://climbingweather.com/Connecticut

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:37:20 -0400

“Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.”

- Carl Zwanzig

This is what bouldering is all about…your very best...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:30:53 -0400

This is what bouldering is all about…your very best friends, the great outdoors (or indoors;) , beautiful stones, enchanted forests, rad lines, a bit of falling, and a few sends sprinkled in.

Boulderers will enjoy these great shots of Fontainbleau, France

Brand New grips from Climb It

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:23:50 -0400

It’s been a little bit like the holidays for our routesetters these past few weeks as deliveries of brand new grips have arrived. We’re super psyched to have received ~8 BOXES of holds from one of our favorite geologic hold companies Climb-It

We love the realistic feel and designs the shapers from Climb It come up with and their urethane offers a great, skin friendly, often realistic texture. Our routesetters shopped and chose holds of all shapes and sizes from tiny feet to macros like the ribbed slopers.

Here’s a quick rundown of our favorite shapes the setters ordered.

Climb It Ribbed Slopers These huge grips are great flat-wall features with tons of options and room for both hands. Tricky for your hands but jugs for your feet just a small rotation on this macro hold can make the difference between V1 and V-desperate!

Climb It Silverado Cobbles These babies are rad! Slippery jugs on a flat-wall or desperate pinches on an overhang. We love these realistic, dual-texture knobs. The possibilities are endless.

Climb It Slots Is it a lieback or a fingerlock? I dunno, I guess you’ll have to figure it out on your own. They sure look like jugs from below (and sometimes they are) but they have a flat and sometimes slopey side that just might suprise you.

Climb It 5XL Tufa I don’t think a climbing gym could ever have enough tufas! These grips are huge but desperate! Find the good side, pinch like your life depends on it and you just might have a chance ;)

New routes and boulder problems are up…we’d love to get your feedback on the new grips and if you see anything else you like, please let us know!

Climb On,

Carabiners Setting Crew

"The best climber in the world is the one having the most fun."

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:45:49 -0400

“The best climber in the world is the one having the most fun.”

- The late and great Alex Lowe

Leave it to the French! Climbing wall design as art. Could this...

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:30:07 -0400

Leave it to the French! Climbing wall design as art.

Could this be what climbing gyms of the future will look like?

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1609/sports-center—paris

"I climb as hard as anyone on earth…I just do it on easier routes"

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:01:00 -0400

“I climb as hard as anyone on earth…I just do it on easier routes”

- some dude named Mad Dog