Thanksgiving at the Creek has become a tradition among our little crew, but this year was a bit of a mess. Weather report said 50-degrees and sunny, but the reality was 34-degrees and covered with
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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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After our day in the mountains, Jen and I went up to Jasper to chill out for a little while before driving over Rogers pass and into Revelstoke. We met up with my good friend
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After careful deliberation over the last few days, I decided that Silverhorn on Mt Athabasca would make an excellent choice for Jen’s first alpine climb. It’s just steep enough that ice tools, screws, and running
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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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Most of the big trips I’ve been on were in the planning stage for a very long time. I’ve always had at least six months to train and get all the gear together before leaving
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Jen and I had planned to do the Pfeiff last weekend, but I went and got sick and decided to summit the couch instead. So this weekend, despite both of us feeling far less than
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