Gravsports

Yesterday Cory I and went up on Yam with the goal of sending the Yam project we've been working all September (day seven this season, 13...

I've been on a binge of rock climbing and training for the last couple of months. As usual, I've re-relearned a few lessons about cl...

The weather is shite here, so Yam is on hold, but going to hike up over it and then hit the climbing gym for a simulated "Yam day....

The every-other day program on Yam is in effect, it's just too much of a physical battle to get up there more than every other day. The ...

Well, after the snow melted out around here Cory and I got back up on Yam for another couple of days of it. On Saturday we cleaned the fifth...

The last day of the HERA event started in the gym again due to the occasional rain squalls and general cold (40 degrees according to a bank ...

I'm down in Salt Lake City to help out with an event for HERA, a group of climbers and friends dedicated to raising money for ovarian ca...

I really like putting up new routes, whether it's rock, ice, mixed or alpine. There's just something fun about heading up into total...

Sun Valley was a hell of a lot of fun, with five solid flying days out of seven, amazing conditions. Paragliding comps are always good fun w...

Still cold here, so another late start with relatively stable conditions. The last two tasks have involved flying across the main valley and...

It's really cold here--yesterday morning the sprinklers were encasing the green lawns in ice as we drove into Sun Valley. Launch was mov...

A big cold front is rolling through Sun Valley along with the usual high winds, which put a stop to the meet for the last two days. That...

Sun Valley, site of one this year's US paragliding Nationals, is one of those ultra-rich resort towns in an incredible place. Kim and I ...

I'm a news junkie, and today the habit is getting fed with some very interesting news. First up, a US Federal Judge has ruled that Pres...

I've done several stellarly pointless things lately. The first involved a bouldering session up an obscure drainage. It wasn't Bisho...

This page has all the scores , plus some notes and links to various commentary and some photos. Thanks to everyone who flew in the Willi, bo...

I've been in Golden running the Race Willi Paragliding competition, a five-day event held in conjunction with the Willi XC event. It...

OK, this is a disgression from the normal mountain sports action--I really enjoyed watching the Tour de France this year. I don't even o...

It's been a great summer in the Canadian Rockies for sport climbing. I've been having these "give 'er" weeks followed ...

The following list is from an Australian Aviation mag, my mom sent them to me, good advice: RULES OF THE AIR 1. Every takeoff is optional....