Winter Reflections

The SW Face of Stein's Pillar This past weekend finally marked the arrival of Indian summer in the Pacific Northwest, with mode...

I spent last week in the chilly confines of Barrow, Alaska, and when I left on Thursday evening the temps had dipped down to -35 degrees F. ...

Marcel Gesmundo eyeing thousands of feet of corn on Mt. St. Helens With sunny weather in Central Oregon and a persistent inversion in th...

Kristin celebrating our 8th anniversary on Brogan Spine This year, July 4th - our 8th Anniversary - fell on a Wednesday, during a stiff ...

June was wet here in Portland - really wet - the second wettest in recorded history.  But there was still climbing to be had, mostly on the ...

Kim Crihfield on Taiwan On, 5.10c, Fourth Horseman, Smith R ock This past weekend hopefully marked the end of the freakishly warm and dry...

Smith Rock - December 11, 2011 Here in the Pacific Northwest, we've been locked into a stable high pressure system for the last two ...

The Smith Rock Group When we first learned to climb, Kristin and I would make the trip to Smith Rock just about every weekend, looking f...

Kristin and I headed down to Smith Rock last weekend, and it was hot hot hot! We spent Saturday on the back side and found some awesome cli...