One of my least favorite things are chronic, nagging injuries that just don’t seem to go away. I’d almost rather be legitimately broken off than have some pesky annoying tweaked muscle somewhere that just won’t
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It’s been a long time since I first drove down the road that drops into Indian Creek. I clearly remember meeting Andy Chapman at the bulletin board and heading up to the Reservoir Wall. Having
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Jen and I drove north to go climb Athabasca, but it was not to be. The weather moved in before we arrived and it would be a few days until it cleared, so we snapped
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On Wednesday morning, Jen and I woke up, rolled up a pair of sleeping pads, locked the back door, and left her house for the last time. Everything we own is either in the back
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Leavenworth is pretty much the place where I started trad climbing. While I had plugged in the odd stopper or poorly placed cam before I came to the Bavarian village for the first time, these
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Two Saturday’s ago Jen and I loaded the truck with climbing and biking gear and headed south for nine days of singletrack and splitter cracks. On our first day of riding, we ran into Toni,
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A lot of times when I go down to Indian Creek, the plan is to basically get in a whole bunch of good pitches and have a good time. This weekend was much different. Rick,
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Jen, Scott, and myself loaded up in the truck, fought gnar traffic on the way out of town, and met up with some other friends in Virgin. While Jen headed off for a ride, Scott
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Since today was day six, and we technically climbed two pitches in the rain on day four which means we’ve had no rest days so far, Jen and I decided to be a little lazy.
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Last night remained rain free, so Jen and I got to head over to the Smoke Bluffs for a few more pitches. Jen is still pretty wrecked from our dash up Angel’s Crest (during which
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