The outdoor wall at Gravity Climbing Gym in Nelson is pretty impressive. But it pales in comparison to “Excalibur,” the world’s tallest climbing wall at the Bjoeks Climb Center in Groningen, The Netherlands. The wall is 121 feet (37 meters) tall and has an overhang up to 36 feet (11 meters). Built by Polsar, it [...]

On Saturday, May 28, a work party of 11 local climbers braved the rainy elements and put the finishing touches on the access trails at the Hall Siding rock climbing area near Ymir. Earth was moved, rocks stacked, bolts placed, chain cut and stairs built on the upper central and right-hand areas of the crag. [...]

The Trans Canada Highway was closed east of Golden after three ice climbers were caught in an avalanche yesterday, reports news.inthekoots.com and the CBC. The local search and rescue crew had to use a helicopter to fly out one of the climbers who was knocked unconscious and buried in the avalanche. He was rescued by [...]

Two Nelson, British Columbia residents, prove why they live in the best place on the planet by going backcountry skiing, rock climbing, lake swimming and mountain biking … all in one day and all within 20 kilometres of the city.

Check out this video by Seb Montaz about highlining – a sport that takes slacklining and ups the ante alpine style.

Hey Everyone, This Saturday June 19th everyone is invited to officially kick off the climbing season with a trail maintenance party during the day and a party party at the Gravity Climbing Gym at night. Thanks in part to the efforts and funding of the Climbers Access Society of BC and TAWKROC (The Association of [...]

With my financial situation unable to support me blowing hundreds of dollars on hardware, I’ve decided that even though I don’t have money or a job, I do have energy, time and shovel. So over these last few days, when it hasn’t been poring with rain I’ve ventured off to The Waterline ready for a [...]

It never ceases to amaze me that I live in a place where I can drive from my home and be at the base of crag in few minutes, only to step off a paved road, walk 20 meters to a rock face and embark on a ground up first accent of a naturally clean [...]

So if you haven`t been out to Arrow Lakes yet, you now have another  reason to go.  On Saturday after JT had lost his strength and about a liter of blood on his latest Waterline Project we headed up to Arrow lakes to put to bed a project of mine.  It`s on a new road side wall named [...]