Month: November 2013

Nemesis

So since Nick and I had an amazing day on “Victoria’s Secret Deviation” there has been some pretty crazy weather blowing through Canada. There’s been loads of snow coming down and getting blown about in the strong winds, and the temps have been falling below -25’C. So trying to find safe stuff to do were …

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Rocket Man

On Wednesday, Nick and I headed off in the direction of the Icefields Parkway. We were planning an afternoon scouting mission to check access to our intended route and to figure out the best place to cross the river while it was still light. After checking the river and setting up the car for sleep …

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Man Yoga

Since our day on the Maul, I have met up with Raphael Slawinksi (local guru) for some dry tooling at a local venue (Saturday), got up stupidly early only to find the snow in K-country was throwing it down all night and morning, which meant for a bit of a wasted day (Sunday) and yesterday …

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The Maul.

The first two days of my Canada trip were pretty uneventful on the climbing front. On Tuesday we sorted out all the kit, did the obligatory food shop, and generally tried not to fall asleep every two minutes due to the jetlag. We made a rough plan for the upcoming week of what we were …

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Ice Fest

Comps… I used to hate them. There is the pressure of people watching your every move, pressure of not performing to your best abilities, pressure of not being fit/strong enough to hold your own against the other competitors, and a whole world of pressure in the isolation room if you make it to the finals. …

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