Good News and Bad

May 16, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie Well, the good news for anyone in BC, is that the weather has been UN-freaking BELIEVABLE lately,  going on 10 days straight of blissful blissyness. I’ve been climbing up at a newish cliff above Lakeside in the Woods at Murrin Park lately,  the climbing is truly exceptional [...]

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Sonnie Trotter: Bouldering in Joshua Tree

May 3, 2012

Source credit – Blog: DPM RSS Feed Author: dpm Description:  Black Diamond athlete Sonnie Trotter lives in Canada, and when the snow and rain hits the Great White North every winter, he heads south for sunny skies and crisp stone. Here is a video he shot and edited for us of his visit to the [...]

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New Vid

May 2, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie If you haven’t bouldered in Joshua Tree yet, it’s worth a quick visit.

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What’s his secret?

May 1, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie About 12 years ago, I recall a day in Utah with my friend Dave Graham, a phenom climber who was making quick work of all the hardest routes in Hell Cave, including Ice Cream, 5.14c.  When we climbed at the gym in the evenings, a group of [...]

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Alpinism! BD style!

April 27, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie I like to climb rocks, and lately, the bigger the better, but I’m no alpinist,  never have been really.  Maybe it’s from being from Toronto:)  Looking back, I haven’t enjoyed being cold for long enough periods of time to actually “get into it”, and honestly,  I have [...]

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Hey Oh!

April 25, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie Sorry for being out of touch lately, I have been away, went to a place called Gozo to try and climb some sea cliffs.  I’ll be back soon and updating regularly with thoughts again.  Training, gear, trip reports, idea’s,  things like that.  Until then, here’s a pic [...]

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MORE VIMEO

April 3, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie I don’t know how I missed this stuff,  I’m pretty sure I’m the last person on the planet to see this,  but it’s still HILARIOUS and still worth watching.   My buddy, Andrew Tower crushing the climbing scene and some girl I don’t know named Alex Hanifin owning [...]

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VIMEO

April 3, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie The rain is still falling here, ain’t going to lie, but this year it’s not bothering me, at all.  I’m really at peace with it, in fact, I’m actually enjoying the gray skies, a lot.  I was able to hit the gym twice this week and trying [...]

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QUESTING IN GOZO

March 30, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie Now that the mysterious Prow Wall Offwidth case has been solved, (see Colin and Tony’s comments on post below:)  Although, not entirely,  we’re still waiting to hear from the original person who put in the anchor on top, and I’m still curious if they’ve been free’d yet [...]

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Any Beta?

March 22, 2012

Source credit – Blog: Sonnie Trotter Author: Sonnie Calling all Squamish experts. I’m wondering if anyone knows anything about the anchor placed above two alluring wide crack systems low down on the Prow Wall?  They look pretty steep, and are located to the right of Colin Moorhead’s Gravity Bong. One of them is part of [...]

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