Accident ReportAs I came to I was vaguely aware that I was strapped to a gurney in the back of an ambulance, the glare of the cabin lights making me squint and want to return to the dark place I’d just visited. . The residue of chaos was scattered around me—pieces of torn up bandage packaging, medic supplies strewn around, and strips of tape, ready to apply, still hanging free ... Read More »
Trip ReportEvery pitch, which ‘should’ have been
moderate free or aid climbing, became a battle with
ice choked cracks and verglass encrusted dihedrals. We
had left Rio Blanco base camp at 1 in the morning, and
by 6pm we were 8,000 vertical feet higher and staring
wide-eyed at the blown ice feathers encasing the
summit gendarmes. Read More »
Twilight Hotel, My tent at dusk taken by my brother just before he called it a night. Our camp was situated on the Joffre-Matier col in the Coast range of Canada., Posted by spomeroy