Stories, experiments, and lessons from the backcountry. Browse the posts or look for a favorite place or piece of gear.
Clothing and equipment for climbing the Petit Grepon, a 5.8 alpine rock route in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. (Summer) Clothing: Powerstretch headband/earband Cloudveil dryskin cap Thermax…
Read the story ↗La Minarette This is the clothing and equipment I carried with me on the S.E. spur of la Minarette, an alpine rock climb. It was early September,…
Read the story ↗Clothing and equipment for Athabasca's North Face in Fall This is the gear I took with me on a route up Athabasca's North Face. October 1, 2001.…
Read the story ↗Gear for Alpine Snow and Ice Routes. This is the clothing and equipment I carried with me on the Chere Couloir, Tour Ronde N. Face, and the…
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Goggles There are hundreds of different goggles available for skiing and snowboarding. I have used many of them, from cheap no-frills models to rather expensive models. Here…
Read the story ↗Clothing and Equipment Page From this page, you can access my thoughts on certain climbing, backcountry skiing, and backpacking clothing and equipment. Weights of lots of clothing…
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Please visit my updated Backcountry pages . Click HERE for the updated Pages (Click on pictures for larger versions.) (Click on picture for larger version.) Back to…
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Rocky Mountain National Park Shark's Tooth North West Ridge I don't know why I didn't climb Shark's Tooth earlier. It is in Rocky Mountain National Park, only…
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Alpine Climbing in Rocky Mountian National Park Northeast Face of Notchtop "All Mixed Up" Thatchtop Mountain Northeast face of Notchtop. (Click on picture for larger version.) The…
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Utah's Wasatch Range Lone Peak The Open Book The Open Book from the Question Mark Wall descent. (Click on picture for larger version.) Lone Peak is one…
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Patagonia Mixmaster pants and MEC Pamir jacket on ice The Clothing Page: I’ve spent a lot of time in the outdoors wearing all kinds of different clothing. …
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Rocky Mountain National Park Spearhead North Ridge Summer of 1996 brought Matt and I together again for another alpine climb. This time, we had decided on the…
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