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Japan Cup: This was a great event, full of life, energy, good climbers (strong!) and a great sporting attitude. One of the very best things ...

February 20th edit: Not so secret anymore For the last three weeks I've been hard at work with some friends on a new long mixed route. ...

Carabiners are literally the pieces that hold all my climbing hardware together. Good carabiners are critical pieces of gear, but I see a lo...

I'm in the midst of reading a very good book, Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers." Although I'm only half-way through this b...

Walk in lousy snow for four hours. Work on a cool new route with two younger guys for six hours. Get kinda scared and very physically pummel...

There was recently an ice climbing fatality near Cody, Wyoming. This story hit me hard because I can see myself making some of the poor call...

I just did the second biggest travel and walk to a non-existent climb I've ever done. The all-time record for hours of travel vs. hours ...

The quantity of writing on this blog is directly proportional to the amount of time I have and how inspired I am. When I'm psyched I can...

Cold weather always makes me feel excited in a, "I sure am glad I'm not on a climb!" sort of way. The squeaking crunch of the ...

We all need inspiration. I find a lot of mine outdoors, from friends and family, but also in music and reading. If you're looking for so...

There's finally enough ice and time to get out, yeah! Last Wed. I headed up to the Stanley Headwall with my favorite philosopher, David,...

I've been out wandering a bit in search of new ice, but not much success. Normally this time of year I'm climbing a fair amount, but...

Had a wicked session in the gym today (well, yesterday as it's late at night now), and a decent one Wed. Plus I did some solid logging r...

The ice season is on around here, but the temps have been really warm. Only the relatively high and north-facing ice (Ranger Creek, Replican...

Yesterday I went for an all-time fugly walk in the woods. We went the wrong way repeatedly, mired ourselves deep in the debris of an overgro...

Every so often my home gym, the Vsion, has a bouldering comp. All the local climbers rejoice not just because the comp is fun, which it is, ...

Poland: Leave Calgary at 6:00 p.m., change planes a bunch,  (you know you've spent to much time in airports when you know which lounge t...

I'm in Poland, having loads of fun. More later, but some nice photos here. Managing to have a very good time and get some climbing in. O...

I've had a few emails asking what Spoga is--explained it a few posts ago, but it's what I laughingly call "speed yoga." It...

On Sunday the venerable (same age as me except for four days so I can use that term) Dr. Slawinski and I actually went ice climbing. Yeah! T...