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Chris Kalman Goes Ice Climbing

Everything was still, and quiet save for the clinking of ice screws against one another, the grind of crampons and tools scraping on rocks, and...
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Tyler Adams 1986-2014

by Bill Amos(The following is adapted from the remembrance I gave at the celebration of Tyler's life 11/7/14)I've spent a lot of time over the ...
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Mt. Thielsen East Face

By Tyler AdamsMt. Thielsen was Steve Elder's idea. Steve is a 56 year old kiwi who has been living in Oregon the past 25 years. He is the defin...
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Cave Ice

This isn't something that you see everyday. Dustin Fric sent us this message and some sweet photos:Basically the story is about ten years ago a farmer lost his cow and found this pit. The BLM sent ...
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More Alaska Range Sending from the Tribe

We just received these photos from Eric Dacus of his and Jon Jugenheimer's ascent of Freezy Nuts on London Tower in the Ruth Gorge. Eric says:The salopette I bought last fall worked great. I was re...
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RMNP Action!

Erik Wellborn sent us these shots from the Englishman's Route on the North Face of Hallets Peak with partner Danny Murphy: And Greg Sievers sent us this shot from his ascent of Brain Freeze over...
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Guest Blogging- Nate Tack on Squamish Climbing

So we're implementing a new guest blogging program. We're asking some of our favorite people to blog about anything that's on their minds, the only caveat being that it has to be at least tangentia...