This Signs of Adventure comes from deep within my photo collection. In January of 2010, along with my Friend John, we made our first winter attempt on the summit of New Hampshire's Mount Washington. While this mountain isn't particularly tall or technically by mountaineering standards, it does offer some pretty epically awful winter conditions. This
If you're an outdoorsman, and like myself have a thing for analytics, then having a reliable watch is important. From keeping time, to tracking elevation and barometric pressure, the wrist watches of today are more computer than time piece. Probably one of the better known items in this category, the Suunto Core offers all of these features and more.
By Patrick Gensel Jeff Lowe's Metanoia The year was 1991 and climber Jeff Lowe was looking for a way to escape the complications of his life. A painful divorce stemming from a romance with a french climber he met had dissolved his life into chaos. Jeff was looking for something that would challenge
In part two of the four part self rescue seminar we began by reviewing the belay escape technique we learned a week earlier. We would soon find out that like the instructor said, The belay escape forms the basis for all the skills to come. The focus of this session was rappel rescue, but in