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2020-02-08 Angel of Fear

February 8, 2020 Friday evening I got a call that Angel of Fear was in. This is one of the rarer forming climbs in Utah and is the jewel of the “Holy Trinity” in Santaquin. I’ve never seen it even close to forming before. The previous time I’d seen it sort of form it had […]

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2020-02 Bouldering and Ice Climbing

February 1-2, 2020 I crammed just about the farthest ends of the climbing spectrum into one weekend, and they were only about 50 miles apart on the map. I’ll say almost, because I’d say alpine climbing is at one end and bouldering is the other. I only went ice climbing, which is close to alpine […]

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2020-01-16 thru 20 Ouray

January 16-20, 2020 Carly and I headed to Ouray for a extra long weekend of ice climbing and skiing. Typically we go a little later in the winter, around President’s Day. However this year we’ve got other plans during that time so we shifted it. Our friends Micah and Hilary were also free around this […]

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Bozeman Icefest 2019

December 11-15, 2019 Yet again the Bozeman Icefest and Hyalite delivers. Unlike the last couple of years I was part of a much smaller team at the fest. This allowed more climbing and better rest (at least excluding Saturday night) after working the Blue Ice table. Nate and I were on our own for the […]

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2019-09-02 Wild Iris

Aug 30 thru Sept. 2, 2019 A Labor Day weekend trip over to Wild Iris with some good friends.  It was a good time despite that I did not climb more than a couple pitches because of my elbow.  Carly was climbing really well and worked on some 11’s.  It’s really great to see her […]