Vintage mountaineering

DSC07264 old style climbing gear set out on the Athabasca Glacier at the columbia icefields along the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93 north) in the rocky mountains - alberta, canada

As many of you know, we recently moved. Moving is hard work, and unpacking is only the beginning. After all of your belongings are unpacked, you must begin the arduous process of making the home your own. Finding a place for everything, painting, hanging pictures, arranging furniture, fixing and perhaps even building. It can take a […]

Whillans

Vintage mountaineering boots, socks.

Taken by Giorgio Malagodi, 1950's

When Stone Speaks: In the History of Big-wall Climbing, Even Geology has Something to Say - Mountain Life

preach Nature like an apostle

Do you love backpacking but are looking for a little more adventure? Learn about the joys of mountaineering with this 101 guide.

Well, winter is on its way. My mind has been drifting towards cold weather pursuits. I have a new ice axe coming in today, and have been eyeing a new set of Black Diamond crampons, which I am trying to resist very hard. Whenever I start thinking along those lines, I can’t help but admire the people who pioneered the techniques we use today, and marvel at what they managed to achieve with inadequate equipment, but with an abundant supply of willpower. Recently I ran across a few pictures I…

V043. Mountain climbing 1920s