Climbing in Kalymnos

Well I knew the time would come eventually when I would regret not keeping a journal, my mother always told me it was a good idea to keep a holiday journal but did I listen? No of course not, now I have to try to remember stuff…..
Fortunately when it comes to something like climbing in [...]

Cool blogs

This is a blog that I found last week through the Outside Magazine website which I quite enjoy. It is a true time story of a group of guys doing a big wall first ascent in Malaysia, they are doing it now and uploading a video blog every couple of days.
The climbing doesn’t really appeal [...]

This isn’t working

So, right now it is lent. For lent I have decided to give up watching t.v. shows (still allowing myself the joys of movies and hockey (Canucks are winning a lot)), because I find that I just spend way too much time in front of mindless t.v. shows and don’t do the things I want [...]

Smith Rock

First stop on our Oregon trip was to Smith Rock. There we met up with Jamie and Hill on Saturday morning and had until Tuesday to get to know the area. This place is apparently known as the birthplace of sport climbing and it is full of fun, though while there is a lot of sport [...]

Oregon is nice

Well it has been a while and I have so much to say and so much to show the world via my blog. Honestly, my life is pretty cool sometimes – most of the time really.
Last week Kirsty and I took our first long holiday in quite a while. We went to Oregon where we [...]

Frenchmans Coulee

An odd title I know, and an odd name for a climbing area but nevertheless it is the name of a climbing area we visited last Saturday.
About 5 minutes drive from where the concert is held at the Gorge is this climbing area. Most people from here sound a little surprised when you say you [...]

Hanging out

Cheesy title I know, it always cracks me up that the names climbing gyms are usually puns or rip offs from movies that involve climbing, for example the vancouver gym is called Cliffhanger, the one that we we go to is called The Hang Out – I just decided to follow the trend.
This weekend we [...]