Category: N.O.S.
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The Modernization of the Offwidth
In the summer of 2000 I had finished my first year of college in rather unceremonious fashion, and lacking any direction is life other than climbing and my girlfriend spent the summer living out of my Subaru, half climbing in South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado and half skulking around her house in Iowa while she…
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Read this blog
Not this one, you’re already doing that (and thank you, btw), but this one! Photo by DZ. Go to his blog to see the big one! I learned about DZ from Hendrik, of course, and have enjoyed his work enormously since. Right now he’s got an extended series about a Greenland trip going on, with…
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Simplicity: Gear
It’s too bad Ryan Jordan’s blogging is so stochastic. When he does write, it’s always worth reading and is usually one of the more thought-provoking things I’ll encounter online in that particular week. The most recent post is no exception. In it he discussed favorites bits of gear (and when I say gear I mean…
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Trip report contest winners
And the winners are… 1st, with 40% of the vote, the Long Range Traverse! 2nd, with 31% of the vote, the Rawah Lakes Loop! 3rd, with 21% of the vote, Coal Wood Glitter! 4th, with 5% of the vote, Allsop-Priord! And 5th, with 3% of the vote, Water Never Tasted so Good. Gentlemen, please email…
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Last day to vote!
Voting in the trip report contest will end sometime this afternoon. So vote! Mountain goat sez don’t be a tool; vote! Strong trends developed almost immediately (lots of folks voted right of the bat) and have continued throughout, though the ranking is far from a foregone conclusion. The results thus far have been both unsurprising…
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Trip report contest voting
Lake McDonald never dies. The trip report contest has been a smashing success. I’ve read a bunch of well crafted reports, many about places totally new to me, and become aware of several great blogs and bloggers of whom I was totally ignorant. I hope everyone has enjoyed it as much as I have. What…
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The Floral Park route
Beta in pictures mostly. You can get the rest elsewhere. Sunday morning we parked at McDonald Lodge and were all ready with our sign for hitchhiking. Right on cue Ted swung by and we got a ride up to Logan Pass in high style. M photo. Start off walking to Hidden Lake. Continue along the…
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The Future of Youtube
Not Youtube generally, but the corner of it in which I am most interested: first-person-made outdoor adventure videos. They’ve revolutionized the outdoor industry. Before, video of any quality at all required big gear, and this big teams and big money. Now the best adventure video is increasingly on the leading edge of credibility (see the…
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Summer Trip Report contest
M photo. Summer is in full swing here in the northern Rockies. We haven’t had a day not in the upper 70s or higher for weeks, which means that summer is almost over. Last year we got snowed on two of three days of Labor Day weekend (albeit only above 6000′). Summer is high adventure…
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AK bound
Beargrass, by M. I didn’t really start to get nervous until I began collecting and packing things yesterday afternoon. Now, I’m nervous. Not because I’m worried about getting lost, or dying, or bears, or failure. I’m nervous because the work of many months is coming to focused fruition in a very compressed amount of time. …
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