Oct 7th was our 5 year anniversary. What better way to celebrate it than climbing the Nose on El Cap? We had been planning for this for the last few days. Buying 12 $0.79 two-liter bottles of soda for...

The guidebook clearly states, “More people get ‘benighted’ on this [East Ridge of Bugaboo Spire] than all other routes in the area combined.” This is due to the involved traverse from the North to South summit, and then the...

Summer is flying by. In the last month we have been doing more driving then climbing, but that's a necessary evil of a road trip. Our 40-day "Tour de Canada" took us from Vancouver BC up to Skagway Alaska,...

Only a handful of climbers have set eyes on the Devils Thumb. Even fewer have put their hands on this stone. The weather is notoriously bad there. Some climbers have flown up from the Lower 48, only to sit...

Today Janelle and I are deciding whether we should drive 30+ hours to the NW Territories in Canada for the Lotus Flower Tower, or head straight to the Bugaboos. Gas is about $6.00/gallon up there, so we are thinking...

The overused joke is:Q: “How can you tell its spring time in the desert?”A: “Cause all the license plates turn green.”It’s true, Coloradians flock to the Moab area in Eastern Utah to make their goggle tans fade while biking,...

Our time in Yosemite had been great. Following a few rainy days, we decided to have a “light output” day and give the Lost Arrow Spire a go. Turns out, the hike up to Glacier Point took just about...

Congratulations to Mark and Janelle Smiley for completing #20 out of the 50 Classic Climbs in North America.

Shortly after our pilgrimage to South Lake Tahoe, we had an engine idiot light illuminate on the Lulu's dashboard. Not knowing anything about cars, or how to fix them, we are pretty much at the mercy of the Dodge...

Mark and Janelle Smiley knock another route off their list of 50 climbs and get closer to being the first people to climb all the routes published in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. Check out the...