Sometimes you get spanked by an 'easy' route...

Another Plan B sort of day saw us headed to Kid Goat in the morning and then victory laps on the Black Band Crag.

The Incendo is Arc'teryx's running windshell. So I decided to see how it performs climbing and ski touring.

Black Diamond revised my all time favourite climbing pack - so what did they change?

Sometimes a moment of terror can make you thankful

It's a fully waterproof, breathable shell that weighs how much?

Avalanche Canada - some of our favourite people - are selling trucker hats! We LOVE trucker hats!

It's been warm and sunny lately so it should be no surprise that it started dumping snow when we started up Valley View - right?

Is it waterproof AND breathable? Or is it actually waterproof OR breathable?

Howling wind and blowing snow are no reason not to enjoy a super pleasant day of rock climbing. Right?

Sunshine Slabs - I may never go there by choice, but I always enjoy it.

A couple of complaints don't stop this from being the best camera bag on the market for mountain abuse.

Miner's Gully - an aesthetic ski line to beer.

There’s a famous saying that I try to have be one of the principle drivers in my life.

“If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing in a needlessly miserable manner” – I feel like someone probably said that.

If I can ask myself that question ‘What the fuck am I doing here?’ and laugh, then the answer is easy – I’m having fun. If I ask myself that question and I’m scared – that means I’ve fucked up. 

Every once in a while, do a trip with a bunch of people who don’t have much experience, it reminds you of how fucking hard it is to climb a damn mountain, on your skis, carrying a big pack.

I’d wandered out to Shades of Beauty (3 pitches up to WI4) a few weeks earlier and it had been one of the few objectives in good condition early season, but I’d only lapped the first pitch, so Paul, Nando and I decided to go take another crack and see if we couldn’t get up the whole thing. Kyle and Jenny (of Jenny’s Mountain Adventures) decided to tag along as an independent rope team.

Sometimes you just want to charge. 

Probes – it’s a collapsible stick, how can Phil possibly complicate this or have a poorly edited 2008-word one-sided discussion about it?

Seems like three quarters of the people you see on the skin track are using two segment poles. But why? If you think about it, they sort of suck.

Much like how buying skis used to be simple but is now hilariously complex, the same goes for bindings.