Drive on and never give up! Inspiring words from wounded solder Steve Baskis in a phone interview after climbing Lobuche. Congrats to the 11 soldiers on their climb! There’s a great post of the play-by-play of summit day on the Soldiers to the Summit website. Can’t wait to see the photos and videos from the trip.
The 8th edition of Freedom of the Hills is now in stores! 
If you already have yours, post a comment and tell us what’s different!
Yes!! As mentioned in my post “Blind and Naked”, I’m following the filming efforts of Soldiers to the Summit. A new trailer was posted yesterday. Check it out below! Their climb starts October 1st. Inspiration at it’s best. Go team!
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One of the continuing topics I see come up in climbing classes is the use of personal anchors: should you use them, what you should use, what is common practice. This is an age-old debate which I cannot do justice describing in a blog post. There are entire books and papers written on each topic, and depending on how deep you want to go, you can spend all your days buried in scientific data.
Most of us just want to know how to be safe and get outside! So, let’s discuss some areas which are interesting to consider when looking at these safety systems. From here, you can start to think critically about the different options and dig deeper as you wish.
Outside Magazine posted a review of Sender Films First Ascent series. It looks really cool! The series will also be available as a HD download, which is what I’m hoping to get in on.
Have you ever noticed a lot of outdoor adventure film makers are from Colorado? Hmm.…
As a climber and a SAR volunteer, the majority of people I see getting hurt or lost are average hikers going out for a day hike or backpack trip. Many of them are unprepared for the outing, such as not carrying the 10 essentials. If you get hurt or lost, please know that search and rescue efforts in Washington are free. In fact, King County’s SAR units are non-profit organizations which are 100% vounteer run. If you need help and have cell coverage, you can call 911.
I love Erik Weihenmayer’s spirit to climb. He fearlessly explores and experiences the world.
Just finished posting KAF Adventures’ latest tech tip on how to tie a clove and a munter off a biner.
This technique is very useful for multi-pitching in the alpine environment where you may be belaying and/or attaching your seconds to the anchor. Have that nailed? Try converting from a munter to a clove — one of my favorite tricks!
Have other ideas for tech tips? Let us know!
One week since coming back from our 9-day alpine tour of the North Cascades, I finally have a tally on all the footage I took. 200 GB! Yikes! My goal for the trip was to produce a short film about the experience. I’m both excited and overwhelmed at the project ahead. Now begins the arduous process of editing…
For a warm up, I pulled some clips from our Ouray ice climbing trip earlier this year. It’s been on my backlog for quite some time, and since we’re winding down summer here it seemed fitting — I’ve already started to dream about ice! 
Yes, yes. I know there is still some good fall climbing … but what can you do? The ice calls!
You can also view some photos from our trip here.
Renan Ozturk and Cory Richards took video of their ascent of a technical alpine route in the Himalayas. They shot, edited, and sent in dispatches from the field using satellite and solar technology. They created the film as it was happening. Really awesome stuff. Please check out these guys’ video. Attempting the poor man’s uneducated version of this myself, I can’t imagine the work that went into this. Mad props to them.
As It Happens from renan ozturk on Vimeo.
