Posts under ‘Climbing’

I’ve wanted to try ice climbing for years. I’ve never had a climbing partner who was interested in it though, so I always put it off. This year I finally just went for it.

Wow, this post is overdue… Having had such an amazing time at Nor’Easter 2010 at the end of September, I was anxious for another adventure and to get the chance to climb with my new friends again. We had initially talked about getting together for an ice climbing trip sometime in the winter, but it [...]

Saturday morning we gathered at the dining canopy for an early start. The objective was to beat the ‘crack of noon’ club at the crag and be back for the UBC finals, so we planned for an 8am departure from the campground in the Loon Mountain parking. Coffee in hand, we left around 9… the [...]

I first heard about the Nor’Easter from Aleya. A weekend of camping, climbing, conservation, and concerts sounded pretty ideal. I knew immediately that I wanted to go. Talking to Jim from Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) (managing the @Easternmntn account) and finding out that twitter friends Patrick (aka CampTheSummit), Katie, George, and of course Aleya were going reinforced that desire… It was no longer that I ‘wanted’ to go… I HAD to go.

Climbing is something that always appealed to me, even before I really started getting into it. When I first moved to Calgary, I finally got a chance to try it out, and I was instantly hooked. Within a week I owned my own gear and climbed regularly at The Crux Climbing. I was hooked. I [...]