Category Archives: Rock Climbing

Grand Traverse attempt #2

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Andy

After the first attempt I was more fired up than ever. Travis flew home to San Diego. I think he had been home 3 days before we had made plans to try to sneak another go in this season.  A … Continue reading →

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Grand Traverse attempt #1

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Andy

Warning- Super long blog post.  As I was researching the Grand Traverse I was surprised at how little info there is on the web about it.  Rolo’s page is extremely helpful, but that is about it.  So I have tried … Continue reading →

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Desert climbing

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Andy

After possibly the most consistently good winter of my life I found my self buried deep in work that I had been putting off in exchange for amazing pow all season.  While friends went on their spring expeditions I stayed … Continue reading →

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Zion

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Andy

Travis and I headed south to Zion to climb some big sandstone.  As teenagers Travis and I climbed a handful of big walls in Zion but stuck mostly to aid routes.  Neither of us had been back in many years, … Continue reading →

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Lone Peak Cirque

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Andy

Lone Peak Cirque is an amazing place.  Once in the cirque it hard to believe that you are so close to a metro area.  The approach,  a steep four hour hike with a little bit of route finding involved,  generally … Continue reading →

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Travis is back

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Andy

My close friend and long time climbing partner Travis Kemp was recently transported to Washington D.C. while his wife does her residency.  A few months after their arrival in D.C. Travis severely injured his eye in an accident working with … Continue reading →

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