Home Sweet Home

Each May we gather as many dirt bags and interesting people as we can find and shuttle them out to Moab, Utah for four days of epicness (yes it's a wurd). The outcome of the trip is shaped entirely by great climbing, cheap whisky and one special desert. This year was no exception. Along with two Australians, one cute ass dog and a guy named Chizzle (may or may not be his real name), we were reminded every day of why this desert is our home away from home.

Field Test

Never go into the field without testing your shoddy home made camera equipment.

Tunes:

“The Whistler and His Dog” (by Arthur Pryors Band)

Great Big Crack in The Sky

Grey Rock is a prominent granite formation that lies about 10 miles outside of northern Fort Collins. Access to the area is obtained by heading up the Poudre Canyon and then busting up two miles of approach trail. While the area requires a bit more planning and time commitment than some of our other favorite canyon spots, there are gaggles of superb multi-pitch trad routes that are worth the extra effort.

Greg Williams and I recently ventured into the sea of granite this past Saturday to tackle one of those "classics" that are so hot with the kids these days. "Sky Crack" is a wonderful moderate 5.7 finger / handcrack, located on the northwest slabs. The climb can be done in one pitch with a 70m, or broken up into two pitches with a 60m. With the exception of a few grass chunks growing out of the crack, the protection is continuous and the jamming is oh so wonderful. Take a look at the slideshow below for a bit of the days action and check out the link to Mountain Project for more information on Grey Rock.

- Ty

Grey Rock

Crack Addicts

Our good friends over at Summit Strength recently ran into a crew of climbers traveling the U.S in an RV down in Hueco Tanks. With their powers combined, the group tackled a few first accents and generally crushed some good ole' desert crack. Keep an eye out for cameo appearences of the guys from Summit Strength and click the link below for the full story behind three climbers dream and an RV.

The RV Project

Change of Pace

Since our founding in October of 2011, we've learned quite a bit in six short months. The process of designing and producing quality apparel for climbers has given us an opportunity to stregthen a community we love.

Ben and I started Blue Sun in the midst of ongoing obligations, including other full time work and school. While we have been pouring as much time  into the design and development of product as we can, at the present we do not feel we have the necessary time we would like to fulfill our current goals for the company. Blue Sun is certainly not going away but we are changing the pace. Producing high quality climbing clothing still remains our passion.

So what does this mean for Blue Sun and our wonderful customers? We have decided to move to a strictly custom order business for the near future. The online shop has been shut down and we are reworking the shop tab on this site to better fit our current production capacity. Custom chalk bags will still be available, but will no longer be stocked as inventory. If you already own one of our chalk bags, not to worry. Our warranty still applies to past purchases. We feel this change will still allow us to provide excellent custom chalk bags in addition to allocating time to new design projects.

Ben and I appreciate the continued support from the community and look forward to continuing our goal of making excellent technical climbing apparel.

Sincerely,

Ben Gerding & Tyler Henderson