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NEMO Gogo Bivy Shelter: Who Needs Poles?
NEMO, a relatively new company out of Nashua, New Hampshire, has designed a unique technology to keep their tents and bivies light: air. This fall I tested their Gogo bivy, one of the lightest on the market. Instead of using poles to support its mouth, an air-filled beam creates structure and stability, and cuts down…
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The Wadi Rum Expedition
A film showcasing Jordan’s culture and the experience of four climbers–Heidi Wirtz, Chris Kalous, Ben Firth and Aaron Black–on a new 1,200-foot free climb up one of the country’s tallest walls.
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Wind, Rain and Avalanches
My friend Rob and I, along with our three guides and the other six members of our group had already put on our “crampon compatible” mountaineering boots, gaiters and rain gear. We were part of a program called Summit For Someone, a fund-raiser for Big City Mountaineers. Big City Mountaineers (BCM) takes at-risk students on…
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Namaste and Warm New Year’s Greetings From Nepal
Although Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world, she is still a fragile “Mother Goddess” in terms of global warming. The first Eco-Everest Expedition 2008 will study the effects of global warming on the Himalayan Glaciers and to document the high risk to the people and the land in case of a glacial…
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Lowe Alpine 20+20 Extreme Attack Pack: Be Comfortable whilst Extremely Attacking
Lowe Alpine released the 20+20 Extreme Attack special edition pack (only 2,000 made) in commemoration of their 40th anniversary. It’s a great name. And a great pack.
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Soloing the Diamond: A Photo Essay
“It may sound strange, but it was as though a period of my life was ending this spring. At first I was grieving for the past and very lost, but eventually I had to learn how to let go, and I entered a new life.”
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Film Montage by John Middendorf
I would like to introduce a selection of outdoor projects I filmed. Projects include TV commercials shot in Zion and Yosemite, TV adventure series and a full-length documentary for the Outdoor Life Network about a first ascent in Baffin Island, where I climbed with three climbers documenting their progress to the summit. My website: http://www.bigwalls.net
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The Magic Purple Cam
November, 2006. Shawangunk Mountains, New York. Damn! The shiny Black Diamond cam slipped from my fingers. I watched as it sailed down, bounced off the cliff and disappeared into the leaves on the talus. I was nearly at the end of the second pitch of Beginner’s Delight, one of those wonderful, easy climbs found only…
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Summit Films Trailer
A glimpse of yesteryear: five 1960s and 1970s ski films from film icon Roger Brown and skiing and mountaineering legend Barry Corbet.
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