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Well, I've finally gotten out rock climbing, great to be back on the stone! Cory and I headed up to Grassi Lakes yesterday and had at it...

As many of you know, I also run a web site with current ice climbing conditions in the Canadian Rockies. I normally finish this site April 1...

Fader's SUM review: Ropes have gotten a lot smaller in the last ten years. I normally climb on a 9.1 Joker, and it's just too hot ...

OK, I got busy traveling and this blog slowed down, sorry for the delay. Here's the fast update: went to Vancouver, did shows for the gr...

OK, it's out now so I can write about a cool toy I've been playing with for the last year or so, the Black Diamond ATC Guide belay ...

I just found out my ice climbing instructional book was published in German--who knew? EHRBUCH EISKLETTERN EIS - MIXED - DRYTOOLING von Will...

I often don't know how much I need to climb until I can't or don't for some reason. For the last two weeks I've been dealing...

I'm finally on antibiotics for the sinus petri dish living in my head--only three days in and already one hell of an improvment. Downtim...

Today I finally got into the air again with my paramotor. Took a while to figure out how to hand-start it in the cold weather (battery dead)...

Colds, climbing, politics. Came back from Norway with yet another horrible cold/sinus disaster. Getting tired of that, had three this year, ...

One of the guys I met at the hut under Ben Nevis, Justin Jeffrey, sent me the following. I thought it was an interesting story that reflects...

Spent the last two days teaching and being taught at the Rjukan ice festival, clinics and a slideshow. Thanks to Adam and both Peters from t...

Back in Rjukan after the last couple of days in "The Motherlode,' the real name of which is Eidfjord, in the west of Norway. There,...

The last two days have been action packed here at the Motherlode in the west of Norway. So much ice, so little time. Yesterday we headed dow...

Miners talk about the "Motherlode," the place where all the gold comes from. We just found that place in Norway. Today I saw a doz...

Headed back ino the Quarry, and had some more fun including discussing grades. It's an interesting discussion--Fast and Furious is an M1...

I've been in Scotland climbing with the Hot Aches crew (Fools with Tools film etc). Got here Saturday, on Sunday Dave, Fiona, Paul, Tony...

I had to go up to Jasper for the last few days to work on an ARD (German TV) documentary on the Canadian Rockies with Pat Morrow, so we made...

One of the things I love most about outdoor sports is trying new ones that I suck at. Yesterday I did the Sunshine 5000 , which is a "r...

I've been under the gun a bit lately trying to finish everything up before heading to Scotland and Norway, plus there's a German TV ...