from The Adventure Blog
The Drake Passage is one of the most notoriously treacherous bodies of water in the world. Sitting between the southern tip of South America and the Shetland Islands of Antarctica, it is a dividing line of sorts between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Because of its unique geographical location, it has been known to see some incredibly bad weather, which can make sailing through those waters a precarious affair. Recently, ski guide Kent McBride experienced this first hand when he was returning from an ...
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from Stevie Haston
WARNING : Don’t read this if you are not a nerdy climber! Mine is bigger than yours! I had a couple of Emails late last from America concerning the ethics of Trad-climbing and crack climbing, mainly from older climbers or people with a strong foundation in climbing on gear. Climbing on gear is very special in that it allows you to protect your route without anything being in place and thus ‘clean’, it is in fact termed clean climbing sometimes, and it also allows you at its best to do new routes ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Four of us are standing around, knee deep in the chilly northern Pacific Ocean, trying desperately to offset and numb the pain in our legs. We can barely feel the crushed rocks and shells under our feet. Salt is crusted on our faces and jerseys, we all look a dazed, squinting into the sun thats bathing the cove, as our bodies struggle to come back into balance. Were mumbling inanely, wrestling with our incoherent and tired thoughts, but happy to no longer be trapped in our internal monologue. We chatter
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from Petzl Blog
Posted By Steve Mc Clure the 2011-08-16 Borre handed me another beer. The main dude behind the Norwegian Rockmaster. The second event, in 2010, had been a good one. "Steve, how can we make the competition even better?" I thought for a minute. "You want something that stands out from the crowds? The way to go is DWS!" A year later and I'm back. There have been a lot of emails and phone calls as we put together a plan; rules, wall design, timings. But I can take no credit for this, the endless enthusiasm and
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from Stevie Haston
Add caption There was a bit too much trash in my bachelor flat, and it was starting to smell a bit, so I very sensibly thought I’d take the trash out. Well a few days later when I finally did take the trash out it was raining, so I got the turn-ups of my trousers wet, as I wore slippers instead of shoes, and my bare bake got an unexpected wash, which admittedly was a plus. Anyway, thinking about what a tosser I was, I then for no accountable reason threw my keys with the trash into the recycling bin. ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Rocking and Rolling was the atmosphere during the 2011 Climb Up: 24 hours of Gunnison Glory (24GG), where more than 4500 climbers and music fans headed in and out of Hartman Rocks Recreation Area throughout the weekend of May 28. The purpose of the event was to celebrate rock climbing for 24 hours straight, by hanging out with friends, listening to music, or climbing the whole time. There were four live bands, a BBQ all evening and night, yoga sessions, travelers from the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, and
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Nina Caprez Climbs Silbergeier in the Raetikon, Switzerland A story by Nina Caprez Rock’n Roll! Last week it snowed and hailed in the Rätikon, perfect friction for Silbergeier, I thought?!? Not really, bundled up like a Michelin Man, it was not so easy to climb my project. I failed at that attempt because of the rain, I was too scared and hesitant due to the wet conditions. A few days ago this last Saturday, together with the local legend Günter Habersatter, I was climbing with no hope for an attempt,
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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 Climbing Narcissist
Alex Savages roadtrip around the western U.S. rolls on as he seeks out problems to film for his upcoming film Western Gold. His latest stop found him in Idahos Castle Rocks State Park to check out Craig Hursts Green In The Face, a crimpy V13 that climbs up a stunning wall of green streaked rock. [...] Alex Savage Is Green In The Face from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Will Stanhope Does 2nd All Gear Ascent Of East Face Of Monkey Face Love For A Rocklands
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Training was going damn great until today. A finger is hurting so hence I am writing instead of training today. In the last week I’ve been starting to experiment with having two sessions a day for the first time in over a year. I’ll need to introduce them gently! My routine at the moment is a good couple of hours of shoulder and hip flexibility and end-range holding work to kick things off, then my usual injury rehab exercises (various), then get on the board. I’ve not managed to reproduce 100% of my
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