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Bubba’s Alpine Album
The perfection of the climbing touched me. It was like my imagination had merged into reality and my dreams had left the vault of my mind to create the ice and granite that I was ascending.
The Diggers
While steep, hard climbs are naturally cleaner, moderate routes are covered in vegetation. To become rock climbs, they require the work of the Diggers, a leaderless, non-organized collective of otherwise ordinary climbers.
A PhD in the School of Rock and Snow
There is an old saying "those who cannot do, teach." The ACMG is an exception; you have to be able to do both.
CERRO TORRE.
The mighty east face of Cerro Torre leered above, taunting me. This was the culmination of a season spent biding time, waiting for conditions and weather to allow us to attempt our dream project. I was amazed we were finally getting the chance.
Ontario New Route Resurgence
Despite growing crowds, access issues and overblown environmental concerns, a small group of dedicated Ontario climbers are busy expanding the climbing opportunities just in time for the first comprehensive guidebook in decades.
Risk and Responsibility
It seems we're forgetting that injury and death are potential consequences of playing in the uncontrollable environment of the vertical arena.
Mammut Photo Contest Winners
Outdoor adventure photography has grown considerably over the past several years as has the number of talented amateur photographers.
Canada’s First Climbing World Cup
Dung Nguyen leaned forward in his seat and finished a sentence with "...and then we can take all this and apply for a World Cup. A World Cup would be next."
The Butt-Face
While hiking down that evening, I swore I'd go back to finish cleaning the route. The climbing was so much fun that I wanted to share it. Knowing that there was a 5.9 solution to the summit of the Cheif was too difficult for me to ignore...I wouldn't let this line go until it was done.
