A climber got their leg stuck on St. Bernard on The Apron in Squamish and rescue crews used dish soap to free her let. St. Bernard is a new three-pitch 5.9 close to St. Vitus Dance with a few wide crack sections. Within 24 hours, Squamish rescue got four calls,...

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the first summit of Mt. Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. This video contains the archival footage of the news reels that announced this feat to the world. It is an amazing look back on a different time, with a unique...

Learning what to wear when you go for a run actually isn’t as easy as it sounds. It can take months or even years to dial in your clothing based on temperature, seasons, precipitation, and other factors. As someone who runs nearly every day, and has my clothing fairly...

If you have worked in a gym or at a pool or anywhere that requires first-aid certifications, you have probably heard of RICE. It’s an acronym that stands for Rest Ice Compression Elevation as defined by Dr. Mirkin, the author of the term in 1978 with in Sportsmedicine...

Research is integral to proper training. Over the last 40 years, climbing has seen a transformation from an outdoor recreational activity to an Olympic Sport. Though free climbing has been around for over a century, the introduction of competition climbing in 1986...

Climbing guide Benjamin Paradis has been intubated and is on a ventilator in an Alberta hospital ICU. Benjamin is a loving father, husband and son and is a much-respected member of the Canmore climbing community and Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. He earned...

On April 15, a Squamish Valley wildfire, B.C.’s first of the year which is still burning out of control, claimed the home of top Squamish climber and guidebook author Andrew Boyd and his partner Amanda Morris. There is now a fundraiser for the two as they lost...

If you think you’re having a bad week, wait until you hear about the one Graham Walters has experienced. The British ocean rower was set to complete his journey across the Atlantic, and write his name in the record books in the process, but may see his accomplishment...

Ueli Steck died at age 40 in an accident on Nuptse in the Himalayas, he was one of the finest alpinists ever. The “Swiss machine” had a focus unlike many climbers that helped him break speed records on some of the biggest challenges in the Alps, most famously the...

We’ve seen stories of travelers who have visited every country on the planet before. Some have done it in the fastest possible time, while others have become the youngest or oldest to accomplish this feat. But one man has come up with a unique way of exploring the...