I had the wonderful opportunity to get out for 4 days again with Jo and Steve during their holiday here in the Rockies. This was their 4th year coming out ice climbing and this time we really had some great weather! Day one, we headed to Haffner Creek to get the arms and legs swinging …
Had a fabulous day on Guinness Stout with Colleen shortly before Christmas. After much humming and haing over snow conditions, avalanche hazard, wind and temperatures, we decided to give Guinness a try with the hopes of continuing on to Guinness Stout but feeling it out as we went. By the time we actually left the …
I just returned from a week trip to Bozeman. This was my 5th year attending the Hyalite Bozeman Icefest and by the far the most fun, inspiring, and motivating year I have attended… Where do I start? I came here 5 years ago with my bud Jen Olson. We participated in the Icebreaker and had …
Got a call the other day from Will Gadd asking if I would want to work the next day. I was supposed to go climbing with Margo, but luckily she let me take the work as it ended up being 3 days of pretty fun and amusing rigging work for a Quaker Oats commercial. The …
The past week I was fortunate enough to be asked by Sean Isaac to join him and Erica Roles in working the annual ACC ice week. 10 amazing participants from as far as Thunder Bay and the UK came for this week of ice skills and fun. Normally this week has run beside the Banff …
Failure…it is a rough word. If you say it slowly, it can sound like Fail you are…some backwards version of you suck. That is how I am feeling today. I promised myself though that I would learn something from it, and so here goes. Too often we only talk about our successes. Ice season has …
I’ve been fortunate enough lately to have a couple articles get published in the past two Gripped Magazines. Thanks to Lauren Watson for finding my path interesting enough to honor me with the North Faces Profile. I was excited about this article because it emphasized the work I have done towards the women’s courses and …
Well, it is officially shoulder season here in the Canadian Rockies. Ski Swaps are in high gear, the mountains are streaked with yellow light from aspens and larches, and climbing rock requires a great deal of Canadian grit and hard coreness….aka screaming barfies, fire pits and bit of a deranged idea of fun. Shoulder season …
Joy 5.6 Mt Indefatigable Last week Roy and I got together to climb the route Joy. I had never done it before and had always wanted to and Roy was psyched for the adventure. We met up at 6:30 in Canmore and started the hour and a bit drive to the Kananaskis lakes. What an …
Mt Louis, Gmoser Route 5.8 Sara and I had a great day on the Gmoser route on Louis last Sunday. Despite our early start of 5:45 leaving the car, we were not the only ones on the route by the time we got there. no big surprise, since it was a Sunday and the forecast …