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2023-03-11 and 12 Canmore Ice

Carly had a business trip to Calgary recently and I took the chance to get a weekend of ice climbing near Canmore. Carly flew up Wednesday morning and I joined on Thursday evening. I worked remotely from the hotel Friday. After a little snafu with the rental car (I didn’t realize what time the office […]

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Climbing

2023-02-18 & 19 Presidents Day Weekend

For most of the winter I’d been doing some training and looking forward to a trip to Cody to climb with Micah. Unfortunately, a number of things conspired to snafu that plan, but we were able to make some awesome climbing happen in Ouray. In fact I got on perhaps two of the most classic […]

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Climbing

2023-02-04 & 05 Zion Ice

Until near the end of January the ice season around Utah had been pretty lackluster. The warm atmospheric rivers that were pummeling Utah with snow and making the ski season all-time were keeping temps warm at low elevations. I hadn’t been out more than a handful of times as a result. Then in the first […]

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2022-12-27 Ouray

Once again Carly and I headed to Ouray for some ice climbing in Ouray around Christmas/New Year’s. This year was a little shorter trip but we still had a great time and were able to see some friends. Hilary and Micah in Ridgeway for dinner and a quick crash at their place (thanks so much!). […]

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Climbing Nature & Hiking

2022-11 Thanksgiving

The long Thanksgiving weekend put us in St. George with friends to do some bouldering and trail running. We did get a bit of roped climbing in as well, but only a few pitches due to being overcast and chilly that day. But the bouldering and trail run were great. We opted into a hotel […]