Gripped Magazine January 19, 2019
Raphael Slawinski is a professor of physics at Mount Royal University in Calgary and a Piolet d’Or recipient. This short […]
Gripped Magazine January 12, 2019
This is a short clip documenting Sonnie Trotter’s first ascent of Family Man 5.14 in Skaha back in 2014. As […]
Gripped Magazine January 11, 2019
Will Stanhope projecting Cobra Crack 5.14 in Squamish. Stanhope went on to make the fifth ascent of this classic route […]
Gripped Magazine December 14, 2018
A couple winters ago, Will Meinen, Danny O’Farrell and Brandon Pullan developed some mixed routes at the back of Evan […]
Gripped Magazine December 6, 2018
Sea of Vapours is one of the world’s most notorious grade six ice climbs. Found high on Mount Rundle’s Trophy […]
Gripped Magazine December 6, 2018
Sea of Vapours is the must-climb route on Banff’s Trophy Wall, but it rarely forms in its entirety. The Trophy […]
Gripped Magazine November 28, 2018
There are a number of reasons climbers might end up with rounded upper back, hunched shoulders and ultimately a hunchback […]
Gripped Magazine November 6, 2018
Ontario has dozens of amazing ice routes and during the long, cold winter of 2013/14, a number of equally-amazing mixed […]
Gripped Magazine October 25, 2018
Only minutes from Banff and close to Canmore, Cascade Mountain has a number of classic ice climbs on its eastern, […]
Gripped Magazine October 5, 2018
In Canada, Thanksgiving is a time for climbers to celebrate and give thanks at their favourite crag. In Quebec, Kamouraska is […]