We came up to Rifugio Tuckett today in the Brenta Dolomites. There are seemingly a billion routes to climb (but only three days of good weather before the next rainy weather hits.) We came up in a slight drizzle, and have seen nothing, and I mean nothing, of the ambiance around here. We assume that... Continue Reading →

We are beginning the nice part of the voyage, when everyone else has started to go home (because kids are back in school) but we remain. A woman I met called it the gray trade. We aren’t retired yet, but we’re both pretty gray so it fits. We’re going to try climbing in the Brenta... Continue Reading →

So I tend not to take my smartphone out while climbing, too afraid that I'll drop it. These are from a Canon point-and-shoot camera that takes some nice pictures. There's always a delay of getting them on the blog, though, since I put them on the computer first, and I tend not to haul out... Continue Reading →

And again, I can't really be upset about it after the drought we've been having. We had a nice climb yesterday that was much harder on my arms than anything we'd done up until then, so I’m up for a break. I finally looked up the original dates of the two climbs we did, and... Continue Reading →