Archive for December, 2011

People are awesome

Dec 19, 2011 No Comments by

Climbers are awesome! But so are regular people. Check out the video below to get your holiday stoke on:    

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An Ode to the Female Climber

Dec 13, 2011 No Comments by

A few years ago I had the pleasure of hanging out with Lynn Hill in Potrero Chico, Mexico. She walked into the communal space at Homero’s campground and immediately came over to our table and introduced herself and her young son Owen. My friend Gri-gri and I were a bit taken aback – the best [...]

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Gravity closing its doors this spring

Dec 08, 2011 1 Comment by

  Gravity Climbing Centre, one of Canada’s first indoor climbing gyms, is coiling up the ropes for good in April and unless a new organization can take up the slack, the West Kootenays will lose a major asset that’s carried climbers through the cold, dark winters until the ice . Owners Mirek Hladik and June [...]

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Vote for a “No Goat Kill” zone at Gimli

Dec 07, 2011 5 Comments

Last September, while at the base of Mt. Gimli, I had the disturbing experience of being asked by a gentleman holding a rifle whether I’d mind if he “killed that mountain goat over there.” I had just spent the morning watching this beautiful, graceful animal jump around on the boulders in our campsite and now [...]

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