I can only write with my phone for this post, so it’s going to be mostly photos. Tapping with my thumbs is too annoying! My new favorite app is called Merlin, and it’s great for identifying bird calls. Today it told me that European goldfinches were in the trees next to where I’d parked my... Continue Reading →
Climbing Into the Void
I'm cheating here, since I'm using almost the same title as the Joe Simpson novel, the one where he almost died. And this is my little experience of one stupid thing after another leading to me nearly having a bad accident. Death probably wasn't in the cards, but one more stupid coincidence and it was... Continue Reading →
Climbing Joy
We've had good weather in the and have climbed ourselves to exhaustion. There are now new, bolted routes in the Dolomites, taking advantage of areas which are perfectly climbable but there's just no way of adding much mobile protection. There still seems to be a bit of a war of some local, anti bolt guys... Continue Reading →
Wandering Around With a Rope
So normally, my partner and I choose a rock climb based on how difficult it is, its orientation (facing the sun or not) and various other things. I've never had to fit my brain into the psychology of the folks who climbed a route for the first time. We did a Demetz/Glück route on the... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 