I remember the nurse putting the IV port in, and my poor attempt at a joke about climber veins. It
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Memories of Nepal are an intricate mandala, colorful and awash in a pungent haze spiced by dal bhat curry and
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There’s a saying by the international fine-art portraitist Vernon Trent that goes something like this: “Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money,
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“I’m gonna drop in this nut and downclimb!” Frozen snow cemented granite into widowmaker piles, a slabby and discontinuous vertical
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Mountainsmith ambassador Chris Vultaggio has worked his fair share of jobs in the cold weather, and knows full-well how it
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Arguably, all professions have the “outsider question.” It can either be what the outsider wants to know but is unwilling
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Survival – big one right? If you’re reading this as a lover of the outdoors, chances are you’ve been out
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The Bugaboos. A range nestled deep within the tectonic folds of British Columbia that for climbers calls to mind images
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