Here on the weekly Chicks Climbing gossip report you can catch up on all of the great gossip (articles, videos, and other assorted cool stuff) we talked about last week at Chicks Climbing! This past week on the Chicks blog we asked both Chicks alumnae and friends of Chicks to get involved in the site by submitting photos to our Flickr pool! While many expressed interest, nothing’s been posted yet, so we still have an empty front page (insert sad face here!). So if this proves to be a medium you ladies aren’t interested in, we’re totally willing to do it through Facebook. So give us your feedback – is this where you would rather share your photos? If so, we’ll totally go for it! Or is it that you aren’t interested in being featured on the Chicks Web site? Just let us know! Also this week we have a guest post from Chicks Girly Guide Caroline George who guided with RMI early this summer on the Rainier Four Day Summit Climb. Read all about her experience here on the Chicks Climbing blog.

All of the other articles we linked to this past week through either the Chicks Climbing Twitter account, or on the Chicks Climbing Facebook fan page (and some on both!).

We provide this wrap-up because we come across a TON of great resources each week, but understand that not everyone is online all the time, or even on both (or either) of these social media platforms. So you can check here each and every week for the latest and greatest in Clicks Climbing resources here on the blog.

However, we know WE may have also missed some cool stuff this week, so if there is something of interest we missed that you came across this week please, let us know so we can share with everyone else!

Climbing

• - Climbing trip report from the Black Hills from @eliz_rocks who got to experience lots of firsts on this trip! http://ow.ly/27diZ
• - A cool project to follow: 3 ladies training for a free climb on  Mount Proboscis this summer, just wrapped up on El Cap: http://ow.ly/24LnP
• - A great interview with climber Angie Payne about women climbing harder! http://ow.ly/25TJe
• - One of our favorite ladies @rockgrrl, talks about overcoming fears climbing in a guest post http://ow.ly/26ocz
• - @theclimbergirl captures the beauty of climbing in words and pictures in a guest post:  http://ow.ly/25j3F
• - Guest blogger, @k8tlevy, WONDERFULLY writes about why she climbs: http://ow.ly/24MbI
• - A great blog from the Alpine Institute discussing some of the tricks and techniques for top-managed belays: http://ow.ly/24fiR
• - Are your SERENE anchors multi-directional? The danger you face (in an example) when they aren’t  http://ow.ly/24jXz
• - Yes, it’s summer, but that means lots of alpine ascents & the need to be aware of frostbite! http://ow.ly/24OEP

Chicks Sightings

• - Our own Girly Guide Kitty Calhoun climbing El Cap http://bit.ly/9QIMjW
• - For those who subscribe to the CrossFit journal here’s an interview with Chicks Girly Guide alumna Kim Csizmazia on CrossFit http://ow.ly/24IRh

Training

• - Part two in a series from @climberjames on how to toughen and repair your fingers for climbing  http://ow.ly/25tuK

Fun Stuff

• - Fun blog on why climbing is the sexiest sport (and why women with muscles are sexy too) from @theclimbergirl http://ow.ly/25KJ2
• - NOLS+Patagonia have teamed up to bring you the Dream Expedition Video Contest! 1st Prize: A NOLS Course! http://bit.ly/9ZoXG9
• - What do NOLS instructors do with their time off? How about some sick multi-pitch climbing [video] http://bit.ly/9vjfLi

Inspiration

• –  Gripped is planning a feature on female climbers ripping it in their 40s, we’re lobbying for 50s and 60s too! http://ow.ly/25hqV On that note, watch for an upcoming article on Chicks alumna Anne Hughes who sent her latest project at Devil’s Lake last week just a few days before turning 56!
• - Heat & humidity don’t stop @k8tlevy from training for her upcoming Rainier trip, doing laps with a weighted pack! http://ow.ly/24uwj

Mishmash

• - Camping recipes – how gourmet do you go in the backcountry? http://ow.ly/24SUW