Read More 16 minute read The Adventure Climbing ToolkitByRyanSeptember 8, 2020 Over the decades, climbing has trended away from its mountaineering origins and toward shorter, more technical forms… Read More
Read More 7 minute read The hows and whys of tying in with a BowlineByRyanFebruary 10, 2019 If you’ve ever wept tears of inadequacy onto a welded knot after a big whipper (or a series… Read More
Read More 8 minute read You’re doing it wrong: Lead Belaying with a GrigriByRyanDecember 3, 2018 In September, a pair of local climbers had a bit of a scare when the leader took an… Read More
Read More 7 minute read A Climber’s Guide to Field MeteorologyByRyanSeptember 18, 2018 Deep within the vast, purgatorial dominion of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, weather is a matter of the… Read More
Read More 6 minute read 10 ways to improve your headgameByRyanDecember 12, 2017 Some sports are technical, but not particularly athletic, like golf. Some sports are athletic, but not particularly technical,… Read More
Read More 7 minute read How to build your first trad rackByRyanNovember 27, 2017 Making the transition from sport to trad is a steep learning curve, and one of the most puzzling… Read More
Read More 5 minute read Knots of ConfidenceByMorag StewartOctober 9, 2017 Growing up on a farm, I was always fascinated by the way my dad would tie knots. I… Read More
Read More 6 minute read A Brief Primer on Climbing RopesByRyanMarch 14, 2017 It blows me away that we live in a world where people understand what this means… and yet… Read More
Read More 5 minute read 5 hot tips for avoiding death while climbingByRyanFebruary 23, 2017 “If I die here,” said Nick as he tried to free the stuck rope, “you can’t let anyone… Read More
Read More 8 minute read In defence of the European Death KnotByRyanJune 22, 2016 I’ve read and listened to a lot of misinformation and misgivings regarding the European Death Knot (EDK) in… Read More