The Cascades offer an amazing array of options when it comes to different mountain sports. And Spring is the..
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Toprope soloing is the fastest and easiest way to maximize climbing with limited time at the crag. This week I..
Stop going cragging. It’s an inefficient and overly-elaborate process if your primary goal when heading to the cliff is to..
There’s more to winter rock climbing in the northwest than pulling on greasy plastic and sneaky a morning at the..
Have you ever come up short on a rappel when you remember that you’d managed to make it before? How..
I’d like to start this article by just mentioning a thing or two about my intention in writing it. I..
As climbers and climbing-gear buyers, we are accustomed to wading through marketing claims, weeding out hearsay, and determining the facts..
Extended periods of climbing or long alpine adventures have a way of simultaneously being both beneficial for the body and..
Last summer my good friend Kieran embarked on his first ever alpine climbing adventure. His objective? The classic Northeast Buttress..
Unlike ropes, shoes, and harnesses, our climbing protection will last through years of use and abuse. I still regularly climb..
- [TR] Mt. Hood - Devils Kitchen Headwall 04/22/2018 April 24, 2018Trip: Mt. Hood - Devils Kitchen Headwall Trip Date: 04/22/2018 Trip Report: Peter and I took advantage of brilliant weather this past weekend to go climb Devils Kitchen Headwall on Mt Hood. I'd been eyeing this route all winter, waiting for the conditions and weather to align and allow an attempt. After Peter and I […]
- [TR] Mount St Helens - Worm Flows 04/22/2018 April 23, 2018Trip: Mount St Helens - Worm Flows Trip Date: 04/22/2018 Trip Report: One million of my best friends and I were on MSH today. We left the Marble Mountain SnoPark at 3:30 AM, able to ski from the parking lot! I got a whole lot of practice with my ski crampons! Up to the crater […]
- Is Mt. Hood still as scary as it looked in March April 19, 2018Hi all,I'm posting this mostly after reading about the accident in March, and the nasty conditions then. I'm hoping to drive from Spokane to climb Mt. Hood the first weekend of May, if weather and conditions permit. I have climbed a lot in Washington but have never seen Mt. Hood from any higher up than […]
- Food/Meal Planning for Denali April 16, 2018Hello! I am helping my husbands team with meal planning and had some questions: 1. Will things like salami and hard cheeses last? 2. Will bread, bagels, tortillas last/survive? 3. What is everyones favorite mountain meals and snacks! We have a dehydrator and will be making some of our own foods and some things they […]
- [TR] las rojas rocas - spring break 2018 04/01/2018 April 12, 2018Trip: las rojas rocas - spring break 2018 Trip Date: 04/01/2018 Trip Report: red rocks - spring break 2018, the goat-fucking world’s whirled round once more about the fiery orb, and not w/ my permission goddammit - geoff, beacon-ben n’ i bend our way to that hate-gem of the wicked west, gaudy n’ guilt-less las […]