We left our hearts in Ten Sleep

In mid June we carried our summer tour of climbing in the USA north to Wyoming. We had our sights set on Ten Sleep Canyon, a destination characterized by super technical crimps and pockets on near-vertical limestone walls. We first caught wind of Ten Sleep a couple years ago and it sounded irresistible. A small …

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Cobble Wrestling in Maple Canyon

Maple Canyon is in a piece of National Forest tucked away on the Western side of Utah, and home to climbing unlike anything we’ve touched before. The rock is conglomerate, made up of a huge abundance of river-polished rocks. These “cobbles” are typically fist-sized to basketball-sized, but can range in size from grapes to small …

Springtime in Joe’s Valley

Bouldering in Joe’s Valley in the spring: The land felt fresh and the wildflowers were in bloom. The snow was melting fast from the tops of the hills and the river in left fork was so high it was impassable. We had over 12 hours of daylight to work with each day. We seem to …

St George Project Mode 2017

It’s almost overwhelming how much climbing the St George area in southwest Utah has to offer. When we first checked out St George last spring we visited several of the different crags and sampled tons of spectacular routes. We got SO psyched on all the amazing lines and immediately planned a return visit to the …

Breakin’ the Law!

About a week ago… I had one goal in mind for our time in St George: A short and bouldery climb at the Black and Tan cliff called Breakin’ the Law. I don’t know what exactly drew me to this climb in particular, but it was all that was on my mind when we discussed …

Southern Utah Sandstone

After hanging off the limestone cliffs of south western Utah for a couple weeks we felt the calling of high desert sandstone. In need of a break for our bodies and minds, we set off to tour the National Parks and watch the sun set over the red-orange towers and cliffs of the Moab area. …

Bishop 2017

We love this place. Bishop, California: land of snow-peaked Sierra mountains, rich-smelling desert sage, local donuts, baked breads, cheesy bagels and frozen yogurt. And beautiful, beautiful boulders.   We drove four long days from Mexico to California, to spend the first 10 days of March in Bishop. We were rushing to make it in time …

Escalada Mexico: El Salto

Love tufa-pinching? Empanadas filled with dulce de leche? Chickens in the back yard? Sunrises on massive, limestone canyon walls? Delicious street food fried up in front of you? Local veggie trucks? Seemingly unlimited rock climbing potential? Puppies??? Mexico. We cruised the Millenium FalcVan across the continent for days until we arrived in the tiny mountain …

Driving to Mexico

Gathering advice from several friends about how to drive to El Salto in Mexico, one common suggestion was to go as far as possible in the USA before crossing the border. So, we braved ice storms, heavy snow, endless rain, and crossed the country over several long driving days to make it from Victoria, BC, …

So long 2016, Hello 2017

That’s a wrap 2016! Somehow this year seemed to just fly by. It was a trip around the sun filled with both ups and downs, but overall has left us in a place of happiness and anticipation for what’s around the corner next. While reflecting over the year, we came up with a list of …