Grandpa Max came with me to El Potrero Chico, Mexico, to get his climb on. We had a Mexcellent time. More posts to come, but for now, here is something a little different: a slideshow of Grandpa’s adventure! (turn on captions in the lower left hand corner for...
Over labor day weekend The Group once again traveled to Skaha to get our climb on. Located in the bluff’s overlooking Skaha Lake in Penticton, BC, Skaha is mostly sport climbing with some mixed routes and a little trad. Many people camp in town in gross,...
I’ve been to Smith Rock many times now – it’s become somewhat of a tradition for THE GROUP – but until recently I had never seen the legendary rope swing. I had heard of it, but it always eluded me. Well, on this last trip, we lucked out,...
In May The Group traveled to Smith Rock for another epic weekend of climbing. My main partner for the weekend was Jere, who is an impressive trad leader. He had his eye on a 3-pitch 5.7 classic crack called Spiderman as a sort of warm up to the summer:Spiderman...
As I was writing my Mt. St. Helens blog it dawned on me that I never actually wrote about my last birthday celebration. Lazy and unacceptable – so here you go! I spent my 27th birthday climbing Monkey Face at Smith Rock, Oregon. The iconic 350 foot rock...
An Australian Rappel is when you rappel down a rock face with the belay device in your back belay loop, vs. your front belay loop*. Instead of lowering yourself with your back to the ground, you are going face first.I learned how to rig this up a few years ago...
