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A Rambling Writing on Red Rocks
Featuring: Julian Larsen (me) and Luke Stockall Day 1: American Dream After arriving mid afternoon in Vegas, we had but one task: get groceries for the weekend so we can leave the city behind. This task proved more difficult … Continue reading
Tantalised | July 6-9, 2023
Justin Sze, Rosalie Gunawan, and Ewan Wright on the Tantalus Traverse, July 6-9 2023 Written by Ewan Wright Justin traced his finger through the dirt on the back of his Subaru: ‘Tant Trav, 3x’. Three people. Three days. I thought: … Continue reading
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Mazama Multipitching Mayhem
Trip dates: October 6 – October 9, 2023 Trip participants: Isabella Ma, Adam Riesel, Timon Brinker, Julian Larsen, Isaac Borrego, Niclas Heinsdorf, Anna Vu, Jessica Leung Below accounts the events of October 7, to October 8, 2023. Based in Mazama, … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome people, Climb, faffing about, First-multipitch, Intermediate, Mid Group, rock climbing, shenanigans, Weekend
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Terrifically Tantalising and at Times Terrifying Traverse of the Tantalus by a Sexy Giggle of Pals
Group members: MJ, Lou, Simeon, and AJ Dates: June 22, 23, 24 (and also the 25th), 2023 Tuesday June 20th In the evening, we had a pre-trip meeting and decided that the conditions were good (supposedly the snow coverage … Continue reading
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Tagged mountaineering, Tantalus, Tantalus Traverse, traverse
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!GURI |AIB (The White Streak)
Learning to Route Develop and Big Wall Climb in Spitzkoppe, Namibia Preparatory Ramblings Preparatory Ramblings It has taken me some time to submit this report. On my return from Namibia, I was greeted by a series of emergencies … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, africa, Alpine Climbing, alpine start, awesome people, backcountry, beast, big wall climbing, bigwall, birthday, Climb, climbing, development, Epic, Expediation, expedition, expert, Face, faff, first ascent, First summit, First-Time, gong show, Hauling, instruction, instructional, Intermediate, international, intro, leading, multi-pitch, multiday, namibia, near-miss, Neil Mackenzie, Neil Mackenzie Adventure Grant, Neil MacKenzie Memorial Fund, new route, NMAG, overnight, Photo Contest, Photo Essay, portaledge, Rock, rock climbing, route development, runout, slab, slab-master, Slog, slog-fest, smal group, Small Group, So many new stuff, stars, story, stupidity, sunny, teaching, the white streak, type 2, type 2 fun, wildlife
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Ensakwatch Enchainment
Trip Date: September 19th, 2022 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Will Raleigh-Smith On Sunday, September 18th at around 3pm, Will asked if I was free to climb the next day — he was itching to get on some alpine rock before the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Climbing, Chilliwack, climbing, Enchainment, Ensakwatch, mountaineering, multi-pitch, Nesakwatch, Offwidth, Rexford, rock climbing, scrambling, trad, traverse, Type 1 fun
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Frey, Argentina: Among the Agujas
Trip date: January 9 – 14, 2023 Trip participants: Nick Hindley, Steve Stosky, Sam McEwen, Esther Li, Duncan Pawson, Val Fazio, Alissa Butcher, Natasha Beaulac, Nick Brown, Graham Haber, Tara Hartzell, Matt Hill Frey is an alpine area in the … Continue reading
Chek Ice Climbing
Trip Date: Feb. 24th 2023 Trip Participants: Ethan Somji, James Maltman, Kaylie Robinson This fall and winter, James Maltman and myself and have spent a lot of time wandering about Chek Canyon. On one day that we were there we … Continue reading
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Cardiac Arête (maybe more like ‘Arrête’) 5.10d
Trip Date: October 10, 2022 Participants: Avery Soule, Fiona Landwehr, Sarah Knude, Sonia Landwehr, Tyler Soule For some context: ‘arrête‘ means ‘stopped’ in French, whereas an arête is a corner of rock. This pun will make more sense as you read … Continue reading
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Smith rock climbing trip
Our group arrived to the Smith Rock state park campground late at night on Thursday. The night was chilly but nothing that five layers and stuffing oneself inside the backpack couldn’t solve. We woke up the next day and took an … Continue reading