The annual Elite Mixed Climbing Competition was held Saturday, January 11 at the Ouray Ice Festival in front of a record crowd of enthusiastic spectators. Only three competitors completed the challenging route to the top! 2014 Ouray Ice Festival – Elite Mixed Climbing Competition from Outside Adventure Media on Vimeo. Results of the 2014 Ouray […]
Some cool mixed climbing. Source: Jason Hurwitz – Facebook / clammchrush – Youtube
One Reckless Youth, an Ice Devil and several Polar children Times like these don’t come along often, I mean, when was the last “Polar Vortex”? But when they do, you better be ready. The conditions were ripe for the picking last week on Whitehorse & Cathedral Ledges, North Conway NH. Peter Doucette – Mountain Sense Guides – along […]
Temperatures have plummeted to as low as -52C in the East, freezing parts of Niagara Falls solid. Apparently, the last time it got cold enough for the millions of tons of water flowing over Niagara Falls to freeze was one day in 1848—166 years ago.
“Should be a block-buster. Tuition is $385 and includes a 3 year American Mountain Guides Association membership. This will surely fill fast so book as soon as you can! Email matt@raggedmountainguides.com or call (203) 228-2311. Thanks to Central Rock Glastonbury for hosting this course! Nate McKenzie of Ascent Climbing is co-instructing this course with me. It’s going to be AWESOME!” – Matt Shove
The Biggest Ice Festival in North America is happening this weekend, January 9th – 12th, 2014! Start making your plans now for the 19th annual Ouray Ice Festival! Schedule of Events The Ouray Ice Park is one of the premier ice climbing destinations in the world. But the amazing walls of ice are not just the […]
Drytooling is suddenly hot again. New crags, new tools, new attitudes, it’s definitely going off in a way I haven’t seen in a decade. I’m getting a lot of email from people asking questions. The following are distilled replies, and principles I teach when coaching:
by Ian Osteyee Mark Meschinelli and I had a good day at Poko on Friday the 27th. Things looked to be shaping up a bit when I was there on Thursday, so I brought in a substitute guide and played hooky with Mark. We looked at “Stingray” from the road and it looked intriguing, so […]
Happy Holidays! I hope this message finds you well and in good position to share the holiday with Friends and Family. Marcia and I send our warmest wishes for you and yours this holiday season and our hope for the very best in 2014! Thanks so much for being part of our family over the […]
We climbed three pitches out and left from the top of the Snotcicle with some of the most wildly positioned mixed climbing I’ve done.
Matt McCormick & Peter Doucette
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