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Enduring Patgonia pics 5 — A Fine Piece

A few Enduring Patagonia photos related to Jim and I making the first ascent of A Fine Piece on the West Pillar of Cerro Pollone… which was a damn fine climb…. I’m also pleased with the story that Alison Osius … Continue reading

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Good news from Patagonia, and more pics from Enduring Patagonia

I just saw the news on the Rock & Ice website that Kate Rutherford and Madaleine Sorkin have climbed the route Mate, y Porro, y Todo lo Demas on the north pillar of Fitzroy, in Patagonia. Well done! That’s a … Continue reading

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Enduring Patagonia photos 3

And here comes another quartet of photos from my Enduring Patagonia years… A minor epic in the Col of Patience

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Enduring Patagonia photos 2

Here are a few more pictures taken during my Enduring Patagonia years…

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a few photos from my Enduring Patagonia years…

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So, you want to learn to climb big walls?

If you’ve ever dreamed about climbing a big wall like Yosemite’s El Capitan, my friend Chris McNamara, main dude at the essential climbing website Supertopo.com, has just released a book that’ll teach you how to do it. His new book, … Continue reading

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This news causes me intense pain…

I just saw the news about David Oliver Relin’s suicide, and it causes me intense pain, because I feel like I viscerally understand how this tragedy happened. For those of you who might not know Relin’s name, he’s the co-author … Continue reading

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Powerful research tool

I know Evernote isn’t new software, so those digital savants among you are probably already aware of it, but it’s new to me, and it’s changing my life. I’ve never stumped for a product that wasn’t a book on my … Continue reading

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Enduring Patagonia: honored, haunted, humbled

An email dropped in from a climbing friend of mine this week that leaves me honored, haunted, and humbled. And stunned. The email tells the story of a friend of his in a tough spot, stricken with cancer that isn’t … Continue reading

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Curiosity Killed the Cat — by Ryan Crouch

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