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Let me first state the obvious: last year’s winter (2013/2014) in the Pacific Northwest was a bizarre one. In December..
Stop going cragging. It’s an inefficient and overly-elaborate process if your primary goal when heading to the cliff is to..
Have you ever come up short on a rappel when you remember that you’d managed to make it before? How..
As climbers and climbing-gear buyers, we are accustomed to wading through marketing claims, weeding out hearsay, and determining the facts..
The Patagonia M10 jacket is their lightest waterproof/breathable hardshell. My production version of the jacket, in size Medium, weighs in..
The moment I picked up the Arc’teryx Nuclei hoody, I realized that Arcteryx had made my other belay jackets obsolete...
The La Sportiva Spantik is one of the very best cold weather technical climbing boots currently made. It is built..
The typical question: “I will climb Rainer this summer…next Orizaba, Kili, then Aconcagua! What do I need for clothes?” Here..
When I first saw these screws I remember thinking that their design intuitively made sense. Where other screws use a..
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- N Face Buckner? August 10, 2019Anyone have recent info/conditions on buckner? Haven't been able to find any recent trip reports.
- [TR] Mt Logan - Fremont Glacier 08/04/2019 August 9, 2019Trip: Mt Logan - Fremont Glacier Trip Date: 08/04/2019 Trip Report: "Did you go far..." a gray haired lady happily chirped at us, 100 feet from the parking lot. "Yeah..." John and I muttered back at her in unison, giving her the shortest answer possible, not breaking stride as we trudged past. We weren't trying […]
- North Face Mt. Maude in August? August 8, 2019Anyone know the condition of Maud's North Face in August? I've read that it doesn't hold snow the way it used to and that ice can be discontinuous in the late season.
- Slesse Crossover Descent Landslide August 8, 2019Heads up y'all: There's been a bunch of rockfall from the side of Mt Parkes in the last few months, culminating in a large landslide (not quite Joffre sized), from right where the Crossover descent trail crosses the ledge under the summit of Parkes before beginning its descent through the meadows. Rockfall seems to be […]