App News

ClimbingNarc.com
April 21, 2010
Free Preview of Red River Gorge iPhone App Now Available
After months of anticipation (at least on my part) the iPhone/iPod Touch app for the Red River Gorge guidebook is almost here.  One of the first of its kind, Red River Gorge Rock Climbs takes the updated 3rd edition of the popular Red River Gorge printed guidebook and leverages the iPhone platform to deliver what I think looks like a really useful tool more.

Rock and Ice, #186, Cliff Notes
April 15, 2010
Appetite For Destruction
Could New App for iPhone Spell Doom for Guidebooks … and 8a.nu?
By Andrew Bisharat
The days of recording new-route information in Fred Beckey’s little black book are long gone. This May, Wolverine Publishing is releasing the third edition of Red River Gorge Rock Climbs, both as a 400-page book and an app for the iPhone and iTouch. The app isn’t just an e-book or a digitized version, like a pdf, of the print product; rather, it is a fully interactive program that could change a lot about how we relate to our routes, crags … and maybe even each other more

Red River Gorge, On Your iPhone
January 29, 2010
Just back from the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City, where I ran into my old friend Dave Pegg. Dave is a long time climber and a former editor at Climbing Magazine. I met Dave way back in the days of the Phoenix Bouldering Contest when I lived in Arizona. These days Dave heads a book publishing company called Wolverine Publishing, most notably the publishers of some very successful climbing guidebooks. more
 
 ClimbingNarc.com News and Notes
January 27, 2010
Despite all the joking around about the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show there were a few cool products unveiled at the show. Probably the most intriguing thing I’ve seen so far is the upcoming Red River Gorge iPhone App from Wolverine Publishing. more
 
 Winter Outdoor Retailer 2010 – The Coolest Stuff
January 25, 2010
The 2010 Winter Outdoor Retailer show has come and gone. We saw a lot of good friends, and got to check out many of the new products that are in store for the coming year. It can be a little overwhelming in there, with all the fluorescent lighting and shiny toys and all. We’ll share more about much of the gear we saw, but here’s the coolest stuff that really stood out and made an impression. more