from Arc'teryx Latest News
***This race report was written under intense jet lag, after way too many hours of travel and intense post race fatigue & sleep deprivation!. "Remember to smile out there!" This message, posted to my Facebook wall by Peter Watson, was my mantra for almost 10.5 hours last Friday. It was good advice that dramatically changed my perception of a rather uncomfortable experience. I was running the Courmayer-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) race at the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc (UTMB) race festival. Starting in Italy, this
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from High Places
Hi Steph, I was sitting with my mom the other day when she noticed my toes. A non-climber, she was horrified at the large protrusions that I have come to be rather proud of. She swears I wont be able to walk after Im fifty, though Im not too worried. Im more focused on the [...]
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from Sonnie Trotter
When people ask me when I fell in love with climbing, I say I was about 16 years old (a little late for todays standards) but then my mom sent me this picture in the mail yesterday, and it occurred to me, maybe Ive been in love with climbing for a lot longer than I [...]
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from Jon Glassberg
Brady Robinson from the Access Fund accepting The Men of Route Setting donation in Salt Lake City. Â Jordan Shipman, Brady Robinson, Jon Glassberg (left to right) Im sure that you have probably heard through your friends, your girlfriend, and your mom that LT11 put together a little calendar this ...
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from gravsports
I'm back home after flying the final leg of the whole trip. Yesterday was a really intense flight--windy, powerful air, cool terrain, and a flight I've dreamed of doing for at least ten years. Boom, the end of an adventure. Today it's way too windy up high to fly; I had incredibly good luck that yesterday was just on the edge of flyable, just. The screen grab of the Spot tracking page shows the basic line, but it doesn't show the waiting in the air, analyzing, or the wind... I'll post some thoughts, more
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from gravsports
I'm out, ripped to shreds by the alder and cut block debris but stoked for the last two days... Not sure what the next move is but got a ride to revy and planning tactics. Making this up as I go for sure, great adventure so far. The freedom of going a nywhere in the air is great, but I've learned some lessons. Not all cut blocks are launchable. In fact most are barely landable!! Logging roads grow over to the point where they are worse than the bush, even if they show on the gps. BC bush is really fierce.
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Keywords:
14K,
Happy Birthday,
Forest,
11,000 feet,
carry,
Dad a Happy Birthday,
Vernovage's plan,
Wagner's team,
Forest Wagner,
tomorrow
Forest Wagner 6/20 just phoned in to say they arrived at 14K camp. He is there with Vernovage 6/22. They had a weather delay at 11,000 feet. They are ready to "rock 'n roll," says Forest. His and Vernovage's plan is to carry to the ridge (16,200) tomorrow, sleep back at 14K. They will move to 17K on Sunday. Messages from Wagner's team: Pat L. wishes his Dad a Happy Birthday and Viki T. says Happy Birthday to Mom on 7/2. Forest saw the Combat Wounded Vets. ..they made a carry to Windy Corner which is ...
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from Climber's Blog
The nice thing about BASE jumping is that it makes measurably less hazardous pursuits like dodging avalanches and hucking your freeride bike look like kindergarten play. See, Mom, at least Im not BASE jumping, you might say, and then your mom will say, Okay then, honey, you go have fun. Mind the tree wells and [...]
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from Climber's Blog
After watching this sick, sick clip of promixity wingsuiting in Norway, I have no shortage of exclamatory words. Unfortunately, all those that come to the tip of my tongue are the kind best not written here, where both my mom and kids visit, so Ill have to keep it G rated.
This is one of the [...]
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from Climb with kids
Today is my son's fourth birthday. That means that he is wearing a pair of Spiderman swim trucks, knee high socks, and a skin shirt. No, we don't live in California, and no, the outfit is not temperature appropriate. We're in 40 degree PA weather. Mother of the year I'm not. But who can turn down those beseeching eyes and the polite request for his new clothes? A tougher mom than me, I guess. We celebrated Ry's birthday on Saturday with a "friends" birthday party at the local climbing gym ( PRG Valley ).
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