Guidance Meister

Guidance Meister

Rick Meister is a certified rock climbing guidance counselor, but think of him more as your buddy or your bro, the one with those cool jeans, the sport jacket, and that thick black mustache. Whatever you do, don't call him Mr. Meister--he's . . .The Guidance Meister.

 

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Notice Me
With the release of Dead Point's debutante ball of everything folks do right to garner photo and video buzz, it behooves us to consider everything we could do wrong to get noticed. (By "we,"; I mean our little group of broha-
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I'm the Conversation Starter
Climber #1: "So the sequence goes: gaston into the undercling, then scum your feet up and huck. Reminds me of a move I did on this V6 at J-Tree, real core intensive-not like that Dan Osman "No Fear" press, or anything, but st
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What's the Problem?
Hey kids. Before I drop today's climbing guidance on you, the Guidance Meister's been doing some serious marathon Dateline and immediately ensuing Law and Order "ripped-from-the-headlines" episode watching, so he's got someth
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Climbers and Non-Climbers
When I was in high school, I had two kinds of friends: the ones that climbed and the ones that didn't. Both groups had pros and cons. With my non-climbing friends, I could go to parties, get drunk, and battle (or be) Rogues a
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Leader Follies
I remember the first time I did something stupid and dangerous while climbing. At the top of a route, I yelled "Take," leaned back, and heard the Velcro rip. My harness was wide open and completely unbuckled.
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Old People
If you're a teenager and a climber, it's quite possible that the most formidable obstacle to leading your ideal climbing lifestyle is transportation. When I was 16, I wanted to go climbing all the time, but I didn't have a ca
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