Back in 2009 I went to Broad Peak in Pakistan and had a crazy adventure. Along the way I shot eight hours of video. I have condensed it down to 78 minutes in a documentary. I am still working on it a little but the trailer is below. It's two minutes that's worth your time, at least in my opinion.
I always thought I prefer sunny, warm weather to climb in - which indeed is nice, but I've started to realise that it's not the best weather. Preferably not rainy - wet makes life so miserable, but foggy, cloudy, snowy is all fine. I enjoy being out in it.
It has a lot to do with how and what you climb, of course.
Many of you may have come to know Steph Abegg, night photography extraordinaire and a superb contributer to SP with her trip reports and articles.
Well, I have good news and bad news.
The good news is Steph is alive and intends to climb again.
The bad news is Steph took a serious fall when rock broke out beneath her on Vesper Peak. She's had major surgery, narrowly missing having her foot amputated. I'm ...
A few recent incidences have made me refocus on safety. I’ve noticed that the longer I climb the more lax I am when it comes to double checking my partners to make sure they are truly ready. It’s pretty scary when you think back to recent events and realize that you’ve been in less than desirable predicaments because you simply didn’t take the time to communicate with your partner before you start a climb. Possibly ...
Don't know if this has all ready been posted, if so, I apologize.
Found it while doing some Wind River research during lunch today. Took me a little while to figure out what song it was!!
It's a little over 4 minutes long but well worth a look. There's a few more on the site to check out but I've only looked at this one and Wind River 2 (which is equally awesome).