Getting started with ice climbing
Ice climbing has gained a reputation as a cold and scary hobby. This is partly true, but in the right ways.
Waiting for snow
Summer 2018 is spent grinding moments on the rocks, water games and swimming in fess and other warm weather activities.
My thoughts on choosing skis for the backcountry
Right off the bat, let's put it here that I look at things very largely from the point of view of the country. Uphill if you want to,.
Thanatos and climbing in Northern Norway
The mixture of sweat and mange dust tastes in my mouth when I squat in a small hole, a couple of hundred meters above the ground.
Los Capitanos and a few other great cracks.
The mosses grow dry under the shoes, the time on the dirt roads approaches the Dakar Rally, and the cracks do not appear.
Ortovox 3+ beeper RECALL
— RECALL — — RECALL — Ortovox has announced a recall for 3+ avalanche transmitters. The recall only applies to ORTOVOX.
Hinku Valley, Nepal
"A valley where there are no hills. A valley where no day is the same when hiking. Hinku.
Arctic ski hike Vatnajökull, Iceland
Vatnajökull, Iceland What is the sport that you crave over and over again? I feel the need to get on some skis.
USA gig, III (and last) part; Landers
The first and second parts of the US gig can be found here and here. After Ten Sleep, I continued on to Lander, where.
Early winter- Storm, water, snow and heat
Winter has started quite nicely. The snow has come and we have moved after the snow..