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Immoral Disapproval

Immoral Disapproval

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April 8th, 2010 by Scotty

The piercing sound of gunfire rang out through the desert air, sending Charles, Asa and myself scampering for cover against the desert chaparral.  Our panicked,  semi-crouched positions belied our combat inexperience.  Storms, avalanches, crevasses, rockfall — between the three of us we’ve faced our share of objective hazards.  But the very real possibility of being shot was a new one.  More »

Cold Truth: First Winter Ascent of Deborah and a Linkup to Remember.

Cold Truth:  First Winter Ascent of Deborah and a Linkup to Remember.

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March 23rd, 2010 by Gil
    Darkness.  My moms eyes were still open, but all she saw was darkness.  I was not even with her the moment she died, but I had watched her life end slowly over the previous weeks and months.  The expression on her face was not peaceful like you see in the movies.  Her dried mouth was open in an expression of shock, her eyes were the same beautiful hazel they had always been, but now they looked milky and saw nothing.  Had her death been unexpected or sudden, I would have been crying, but her death was a relief.  She had suffered for weeks, and I had suffered with her, helpless.  Nothing left to do but keep on moving… More »

North Face of Notchtop

North Face of Notchtop

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December 8th, 2009 by Scotty

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Rocky Mountain High: Glacier Gorge Odyssey

Rocky Mountain High:  Glacier Gorge Odyssey

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July 30th, 2009 by Gil

Wednesday morning, 230am (roughly)
“dude, I forgot my harness…”
Brad and I were inside my shitty tent, bivied at 11500 feet in Glacier Gorge, rain fly flapping in the wind and the sound of alpine streams filling the silence in between gusts.  We had hiked in around sunset and went to sleep around midnight with BIG plans for the next day.  I woke briefly from my slumber and was greeted by Brad, who was apparently wide awake.  All he said was, “dude…I forgot my harness.” More »

Martha and me: Solo of Martha (II, 5.6, WI2, M2,) on Mt. Lady Washington

Martha and me: Solo of Martha (II, 5.6, WI2, M2,) on Mt. Lady Washington

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May 14th, 2009 by Gil

Out of all the mountains I have ever climbed, Mt. Lady Washington is definitely the least cool. First off, Its named after George Washington’s wife, who probably never climbed a mountain and/or had an orgasm in her life. (she might be wearing a bathrobe in this picture!?) More »

The Sketchtastic Voyage: Big Mac Couloir, McHenry’s Peak

The Sketchtastic Voyage:  Big Mac Couloir, McHenry's Peak

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March 25th, 2009 by Gil

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Buster and I left the Glacier Gorge trailhead at 330am.  Our skinned skis sounded like laser guns, gliding along the snow which was well packed thanks to the hoards of people who come to the gorge to cross country ski and snowshoe into that majestic section of Rocky Mountain National Park. More »

Dirtbag Millionaire: Ice climbing in Vail, CO

Dirtbag Millionaire:  Ice climbing in Vail, CO

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March 18th, 2009 by Gil

My friend from “back in the day” (high school), had a condo all to himself in West Vail for a week, and invited me up to stay.  With work being slow, I decided I would head up for a 4 day weekend and get some snowboarding in–courtesy of Pete’s season pass–at one of the country’s best and poshest resorts.  On a whim, I called Buster and told him about the situation, and suggested we get on some ice in the Vail area.  More »

Playing with our tools in Ouray, CO

Playing with our tools in Ouray, CO

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February 3rd, 2009 by Robb

One 82 hour weekend, 29 hours of driving, 4 states, 1 rented mini-van, 4 stinky guys and 1 petite French Canadian mademoiselle, one 30th birthday, one enclosed “natural” hot-springs, copious amounts of booze, and shit-loads of ice to climb.  More »

Blitzen Ridge free solo in winter

Blitzen Ridge free solo in winter

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January 22nd, 2009 by Gil

Its funny (in a sick and twisted way) how often the word “death” gets used as an adjective while climbing…”hey Buster, are you on the death flake?” “Oh man, I can’t wait to do the death march back to the car tonight.” “That Death traverse was sooooo fun!” But Death in the mountains, along with poverty, injustice, and war, are all things of the past now that Obama is president. That’s why we never took the rope or any gear out of our packs during our mile long, 5.5 hour ascent of Mt. Ypsilon’s Blitzen ridge, although the extra weight did make it more “fun.” But really people, who needs a rope when you’ve got hope?

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“Prelude To Winter” linkup on Longs Peak: Flying Dutchman and Kiener’s Route

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October 20th, 2008 by Gil

Like so many climbing trips and adventures, this one started with an email. It was from Buster, and attached to the email was a picture of someone following The Flying Dutchman’s (TFD) crux ice section: More »

While You Were Sleeping: Notch Couloir, Long’s Peak 14,259 feet

While You Were Sleeping: Notch Couloir, Long's Peak  14,259 feet

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June 24th, 2008 by Gil

For the 3rd time in 3 weeks, I woke up at midnight to go climb a big mountain. The motions have taken on a faint sense of familiarity, a sort of deja vu. An empty house, roomates out at the bars, loaded backpack waiting by the door, laden with dual ice axes and my boots and gaiters sitting peacefully by its side, begging to be dawned and trodden through the snow and ice, over the high alpine rock. The tools of the trade. My food bag sits in the fridge, each of the 3500 calories ready to be burned. More »

Welcome to Colorado: Dreamweaver Culior on Mt. Meeker

Welcome to Colorado: Dreamweaver Culior on Mt. Meeker

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June 1st, 2008 by Gil

I am proud to announce the grand opening of PullHarder CO. That is not to say that Ian and Buster have not been pulling ridiculously hard in the Rocky Mountain state for quite some time, but this is the first trip report to take place in Colorado and involve 2 Coloradans (I just got residency and registered my car here yesterday). That’s right folks, I now have mountains on my license plate and I live in a town called Boulder. More »

Dragon’s Tail Couloir

Dragon's Tail Couloir

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September 11th, 2007 by Ian

Skiing rocks when you do it with crampons and ice-axes. Dave, Milos and I tackle the Dragon’s Tail Couloir at Rocky Mountain National Park in late April. More »

 
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