Thursday, January 27, 2022

Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad - 1/27/22

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Northwest: --Mark Ashworth, an Oregon-based climber and one of the developers of the Flagstone Climbing Area . To read a tribute from his da...
Monday, January 24, 2022

The Super-Eight

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The Super-Eight, also known as the Figure-Eight-with-Bunny-Ears and the Double Loop Eight, is a very useful knot. It is commonly used to equ...
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Friday, January 21, 2022

Avalanche Rescue: Patient Care

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BCA has put together a nice series of instructional videos about avalanche safety and companion rescue. In this video, avalanche instructo...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad - 1/20/22

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Northwest: --The Everett Herald is reporting that, "Stevens Pass skiers and snowboarders, frustrated by limited operations on the mount...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Avalanche Airbags and You

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It was February of 2012, and three skiers were dead just outside of the Stevens Pass Ski Area in the Tunnel Creek drainage. Five people were...
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Friday, January 14, 2022

The Backpack as Luggage

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Air travel is a pain. And frankly, I'm sick of it. I sometimes think it would be better to drive eight hours than to take a short flig...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad - 1/13/21

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Northwest: --It seems very likely that the Glacier Creek Road, the road used to access the North Side of Mt. Baker, will remain closed at ap...