Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Well, not much to write, except that I FINALLY got out climbing yesterday. Made it out to Anhagava with “Lost”, “Rookie”, and “Thunder” and everyone had a good day. It was the first time “Thunder” had made it to the top of an outdoor climb, and [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg It’s been a while since I’ve posted my last trip report, but that’s because I haven’t been getting out very much. And it’s official: I’m back to stinking up the joint. In another lifetime I was cranking four to five days per week as a normal, card-carrying [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Nico helped me out a lot when I was in Chile, so I think it’s only fitting to give him a shout-out now that he’s living and climbing in Ethiopia. Here is his latest blog post: Horizon Ethiopique. It’s more than just climbing. Instead it tells a [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Looking out toward Curitiba (Photo by Nivea Bona) When I first landed in South America in December of 2010, I settled in Santiago de Chile, the Chilean capital city so walled in by the giant Andes mountain range to the east that peaks often felt as [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: John Wesely If you are like me, you know how much the idea of a climb can grow and subsequently fester in your mind. Whether it is a route you have wanted to do for years or a new climb with a daunting reputation, you know how [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Anhangava The weather never cooperated in the South American autumn. It was cold and rainy from Easter to the end of May, getting cooler by the week. And I was busy, too, of course, engaging in a Brazilian romance and wondering where it was going to [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Waiting my turn for Shockley’s Roof (5.6) This was probably my last trip to the ‘Gunks in what is likely to be a few years. Kind of sad about it, to be honest, but excited, too. This has been the summer of “vacation” climbing, as one [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg (Apologies for the lack of photos. We simply didn’t take any) It wasn’t long ago when Cannon was a place of nightmares for me. Three rain storms, an electrical storm, a brutally shortsighted hike to the summit, and a sprained ankle had crushed me time and [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Nivea Her eyes were as wide as a bucket of tears when I said I was going to be away that week. Henry on the offwidth Photo by Catalina Mekis “All week?” “When do you leave?” It was next Sunday, early, and Henry, Armando, and Catalina [...]
Source credit – Blog: A Climber’s Life Author: Greg Espolones de San Gabriel Approach: From Santiago head to Cajon de Maipo toward San Gabriel. By car, get directions in advance. By the Metro, get to the Los Mercedes subway stop. Head upstairs and grab a Collectivo (fixed-price taxi) to San Gabriel (as of Jan 2011, [...]
