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Daniel Woods - Mirror Reality

2012-02-06T17:51:46-05:00

I first got word of a potential new project in Rocky Mountain National Park from Dave Graham in May of 2011. The climb is located a few hundred feet past the Moraine Park turnoff, on the right hand side of the road. An obvious landmark to look for is the raging river filled with house sized boulders, running underneath the road bridge. You park in a pull out just past the bridge on the right and run a few hundred feet up the hillside into the woods.

Bronwyn Morrissey - Bhutan

2012-02-02T16:44:38-05:00

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Bhutan to do an expedition with my husband and some other trekkers. The trip itself was a chance of a lifetime. Because there is only one airport and one airline with limited flights, this isolated country is hard to reach.

Sean McColl - Switzerland

2011-11-16T16:55:08-05:00

Sean Mccoll has been on a tear in Swizerland, dispatching some of the most difficult boulder problems the country has to offer. Below is Sean's personal account of his first 12 days in Switzerland including all of the details that are normally left out of a standard trip report.

Jim Shimberg - Preparing for Ice Season

2011-10-21T12:37:25-04:00

It is rainy and 38 degrees F here in New Hampshire. Time to plan for the ice season. We know what’s coming and we want to be mentally prepared and physically fit. After over 30 years of this ice climbing nonsense, I have a few tips for all y'all to stay warm, safe and happy even on the coldest days during the New England ice season.

Loren Rausch - The Wolf's Head

2011-09-28T13:55:31-04:00

The void drops away beneath me for hundreds of feet, the wind teases my balance. I shift my weight onto a rounded knob, look back at the giant arc of rope between Bridget and myself, and laugh. This is no epic, if fact it’s the antithesis of epic.

Loren Rausch - The Classics

2011-09-28T13:39:55-04:00

What I realized after introspection gained from visiting the various climbing areas is that the routes I remembered the most weren’t the hardest. They were the moderate, long, and exposed routes that brought me directly to a beautiful summit. Here is a list of three of the most enjoyable and classic routes I have done, where the lack of hard grades puts me at ease and I can just climb for the pure joy of it.

Jon Glassberg - Colombia

2011-09-28T12:33:26-04:00

When people think about Colombia a few things immediately come to mind: Pablo Escobar, drugs, violence, and political unrest. That is what we thought of when our team of seven Americans and one Colombian native were planning our trip to Bogota. The idea of traveling to a dangerous country in search of undeveloped rock was beyond exciting, it was a no holds barred adventure.

Raptors on the Inca Trail

2011-08-22T14:17:24-04:00

I just finished a six day trek on the Inca Trail with Peruvian Olympian Roberto Carcelen and World Champion cross-country skier Martin Koukal. The two of them were using Peru's vast network of Andean mountain trails as some extreme training for the upcoming ski season. I was coming along just for the adventure.

Paul Robinson - South Africa

2011-08-22T13:29:45-04:00

I always was under the assumption that climbing first ascents was harder than doing a repeat, but little did I know how much harder it truly was.

Jenn Flemming - Iran

2011-08-22T13:01:38-04:00

“What could possibly go wrong?” asks Chris Weidner, my climbing partner, as I join him at the top of the last snow coulier. Our gear is buried here, eagerly deposited yesterday when plans of rock climbing seemed reasonable.

“For a group of Americans in Iran? Nothing!” I answer what has become our trip’s motto, and I begin to dig through the fresh powder.