Outside The Ultimate Glacier Mountaineering Packing List Mountaineering: known for beautiful glaciers, airy scrambles, alpine flora, pikas... and heavy packs. Half the sport is cutting weight as safely, and efficiently, as possible. Here's our go-to list.
Outside 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Your Outdoorsy Friend 'Tis the season of giving sustainable items your loved ones will love!!
Outside Trad Climbing & Multipitch Rescue Lessons I took a two day crash-course on trad climbing and multipitch rescue with local guide Zack Wentz in August.
Outside Splitboarding Packing List It's time to start dreaming about splitboarding again! Snow has already dusted the mountain tops here in Washington, so here's my packing list so that we don't forget anything.
Trip Report Splitboarding Season 2023 Recap Here's some highlights from my second season of splitboarding. I got out a lot more this year than last season, attempted / did some really interesting and classic routes, and had a ton of fun! Most of the route names are from Matt Schonwald's Backcountry Skiing Snoqualmie
Outside A Guide to Climbing Ruth Mountain (Washington) Ruth Mountain is a classic, glaciated climb suitable for beginner mountaineers.
Outside The Ultimate Sport Climbing Packing List After the success of my "The Ultimate Backpacking Packing List" post, which I've used to prevent myself and our friends from forgetting things on backpacking trips, and with some recent sport climbing trips where I've forgotten some gear, it's time to make
Outside Featured How to Sport Climb Outdoors Let's say you've climbed a bit in the gym or been taken outdoors by a more experienced climber and you want to learn how to climb outdoors. I'll connect together the techniques and tips, that with practice and some supervision should allow you to
Outside Black Diamond Avalanche Beacons Issue Black Diamond released a not-a-recall "safety check" for many of their avalanche beacons.
Life A Nightime Poem from Outside 8:43 pm, the edge of Downtown A whoosh from above among the city sounds. A sheet of black polyester unfurls against the dark moonless sky. A few minutes later Again! But higher up. BASE jumpers in Seattle!!
Outside The Alpinist I don't have much to say about The Alpinist that hasn't been said. Marc-Andre Leclerc was an inspiration to me before the movie came out and the movie gave me a closer look into his life and legacy. He was an interesting figure, just so very
Outside The Green Outings Goal I think it would be epic to get to and from an outdoors destination on green energy alone. There's lots of ways to do this, like biking or hiking to the destination, but to make it interesting I'm considering car travel, since that's the
Outside One Line Gear Reviews Short and sweet gear reviews, just one line of text long. I'm a gear nerd and this is what I like and don't like. Altra Lone Peak 4.5s: for blister-free hiking on smooth trails only. Prana Mojo II Shorts: the perfect stretchy waistband on light
Outside Rainy Days in Seattle I've learned that rainy days in Seattle are the best times to go outside! We get the most happiness when outdoors without a lot of other people around, and Seattle is a city full of outdoorsy people, so we use a bunch of tricks to avoid crowds at
Outside November Goals We're almost halfway through the month so I have decided to establish some goals!
Outside Recovery Both of us have been injured, so now we're learning more about recovery. Ari got sesamoiditis in her left big toe from overuse carrying a heavy pack on a thru-hike, and I crushed part of my meniscus where it attaches to the capsule near my MCL in my
Outside Bears Are Happy Outside I'm still locked down here in California with my injured knee, so I don't have any adventures to report. My mom sent me this video of a black bear cub in her backyard though!
Outside Accidents I was shocked when Brad Gobright died. I didn't know him but he was a climbing celebrity that I followed, a badass that I looked up to a little. It's a strange feeling when a celebrity dies unexpectedly like that, not quite grief, not quite sadness,
Outside 2020 Outdoor Goals I wrote a post in August of 2019 about my climbing goals of 2019, and even though I only accomplished one of them, I feel pretty happy with that. My 2019 outdoor goals were apparently all climbing goals, and they were: Improve my open hand strength, and my three finger
