Soloing Felt Easy and Fun. Then an Avalanche Broke the Reverie.
On November 11, 2021, my climbing partner and I weathered two avalanches while on an alpine climb in Canada. We were simul soloing and dumb luck kept us alive.
My Epic
My Epic
How I Was Benighted on the “Most Straightforward Route” in the Rockies
It was a single 2,000-foot corner. Walk-off mandatory. We spent the night in no-man’s land, unable to move up or down.
Thunderous Avalanches and Not Enough Gear: An Alaskan First Ascent That Was Almost Their Last
The Kiwi alpinist Pat Deavoll was just below the summit of Alaska's Peak 11,520 when the whole face around her cut loose. It was the beginning of the ordeal of a lifetime.
Renowned Alpinist Barry Blanchard’s Epic: Attacked By a Grizzly
A routine climb in the Canadian Rockies turns nightmarish when a grizzly bear has two climbers scrambling for their lives.