Inspirations, Part VI: Marko Prezelj
Marko Prezelj shares his inspiration: Pot (The Way). “My ‘way’ has changed over time, but Zaplotnik’s foundations remain and continue to inspire.”
La Sportiva Trango Extreme Evo Light: Warmth and Stability
Preparing for an ice climbing trip is like preparing for war. The enemy: screaming barfies, brittle ice and–worst of all–warming your partner’s freezing toes on your stomach. So when packing for a day of climbing in the Canadian Rockies, I was glad to know my feet would be well taken care of in the Trango Extreme Evo Light boots. I have owned the La Sportiva Trango boots, the little sister boot without a toe-bail notch, for a while. They are super comfortable, but a bit soft for long sections of ice. So for the artillery, I chose the Trango Extremes.
One Man’s Booty is Another Person’s Waste of Money
Dirtbags are getting more and more creative in finding ways to prolong their lifestyle…
BASE: Kuala Lumpur
Chris McNamara and friends BASE jump from a tower in Kuala Lumpur during the 2006 three-day legal BASE event.
The Gradeless Climbers Manifesto
Yes, that is what I am proposing; THE CLIMBING LIFE free of the subjective ordinal.
One Last Hoorah: Patagonia Trip Report
Around a month ago my partner Dave and I came to Patagonia with absolutely no idea what, if anything, we’d be able to accomplish…
Inspirations, Part V: The Wisdom of Exploration
Damien Gildea shares his inspirations. “Repeats were given a line or two at most. Details were scarce, photos grainy—but how much help do you want? That approach, including only the essential and knowing what to leave out, reflected one of the basic tenets of alpinism. And all without the narrow-minded, style-as-dogma hectoring we get now from wannabe alpine prophets.”