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Ice Climbing in the Rolwaling Himal

Kang Nachugo by Nick FrazeeOverall our trip was fantastic, splitter weather most days, great temps, wonder...
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Cochamo Delivers

by Chris KalmanThere we were, seven pitches up a new buttress in Cochamo’s Anfiteatro, with at least two more pitches left to open before the t...
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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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Three Guys, one Bivy, a Tent and a Shoebox

By Dustin FricEvery year we spend early season running around with heavy packs; winter camping; trying to pluck off classic ice lines in thin c...
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Northwest Adventuring #1- Wallowa Alpine Huts

Endless terrain I'm a little loath to write about the Wallowa Mountains and Wallowa Alpine Huts, because i...
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Cochamo Update

We just got an e-mail and photos from Chris Kalman who's down in Cochamo, Chile right now where he just finished putting up a big new route with Austin Siadak and Florian Haenel:Highlights of the r...
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Marcus Donaldson on early season Montana ice

I had erased the Lowe Direct from my tick list a long time ago.  Sphinx Mountain lies in the Madison Range of western Montana, 750 miles from my doorstep - not as far or remote as many places I've ...
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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...