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Keywords:
Stewart,
risk,
reflections,
images,
friend Stewart,
1,000 feet,
writing,
sum,
head,
extreme freedom
I'm finding it hard to finish off the writing about my flying trip from Vernon home. The basic reason is simple: A week after that trip my friend Stewart crashed his glider on Lady Mac as I watched impotently from 1,000 feet over his head. He would not likely have been there if I hadn't stated that I was going to walk up, and walked with him when he wanted to go. Stewart's now recovering, but the starting point for that recovery is a broken neck with currently serious spinal cord issues. The battle back is
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Yesterday, Alpinist.com reported a fatality on the West Buttress route of Denali. Unfortunately, that incident was just one of a series of accidents in North America over the last few weeks. As we were posting our report, a second climber died on the mountain. Below is a brief description of that accident and two earlier ones. Denali, Alaska On May 16, climbers stationed at the 17,200-foot camp on Denali witnessed Luciano Colombo fall 1,000 feet to his death while descending Denali Pass. On May 12--four
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from Climber's Blog
Keywords:
Forever Young,
AMGA Ski Guides Exam,
degree chute,
fantastic 50 degree chute,
1,000 feet in length,
turns on the apron,
Youngs Peak,
apron,
Rogers Pass,
4,500 feet
Today, on day four of the AMGA Ski Guides Exam on Rogers Pass, BC we skied the ultra classic Forever Young Couloir on Youngs Peak. This fantastic 50 degree chute was over 1,000 feet in length and has 4,500 feet for the whole descent. The snow was soft and the turns on the apron were [...]
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
The Peninsulas Highway 35, also known as Skyline Boulevard, is a ridge-top roller with access to a bonanza of hiking trails. Kick off the first weekend of fall with any of these three walks less wandered. Easy Ponderings Embark on a short and scenic hike from one charming pond to another: The Ipiwa Trail connecting Alpine Pond to Horseshoe Lake is a ridge-top classic in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. Start at the glistening Alpine Pond and pay a visit to the adjacent Daniels Nature Center where youll
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On June 20, Canadians Jason Kruk and Jon Walsh climbed a new line up the storied Emperor Face on Mt. Robson (3959m), the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Walsh reported that on June 19, he and Kruk covered the 23-kilometer approach to a small lake beneath the Mist Glacier in four and a half hours with ample time to rest up and get organized before their big push up the 2500-meter face. On June 20, Walsh and Kruk started up the moraines towards the Emperor Face at 3:20 a.m. Unexpectedly warm night-time
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from gravsports
A year or so ago I read an interesting book by Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers . Gladwell looks at why some people on the edges of human potential, or "outliers," succeed brilliantly while others don't. Extremely high I.Q. people who don't succeed at much of anything are contrasted with less bright but still smart people who dominate intellectually. Why does one person succeed and not the other? A repeated theme in the book is that you don't necessarily have to be the smartest/strongest/whateverest but you do
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from gravsports
Normally there's a lot of ice in the Canadian Rockies by this time of year. And, in general, there is enough now for most people. But I need dead-vertical big chunks of it, and there's not much of that around yet. The normal pillars haven't formed, and most of the bigger routes aren't that steep or are under some horrendous avi hazard. But I 'm on this 24-hour ice climbing kick at the moment, and I need to climb a lot of vertical ice... Bitch bitch, solve the problem: my own ice training wall in the ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
By Dougald MacDonald / The Mountain World / www.climbing.com Jay Smith and Jack Tackle, longtime veterans of Alaskan climbing, enjoyed a remarkable two and a half weeks in the Alaska Range in May, climbing four new routes. Tackle, who has done 28 climbing trips to the 49th state, called it "maybe my best trip ever to Alaska since I started going in 1976." On May 9, the two men flew to a small glacial basin at 8,300 feet, south of Mt. Huntington, that Tackle called his “Private Idaho,” and where pilot
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