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Paraplegic Big Wall Climbing

Paraplegic Big Wall Climbing

Hello everybody, My name is Nicolas Potard, i m mountain guide and i live in Chamonix, france. I climb a lot in Yosemite and it’s one of my favorite area to climb… This spring, a really good friend to me, Vanessa, got a dramatic accident… A lot of bad luck… In a very easy and [...]

Children of the Sky

Children of the Sky

Flying in Switzerland this September, I had some of the most powerful experiences of my life. I know you’ve all heard it so many times before, but once again, I have to ask: When is the National Park Service going to let go of their persecution and hatred of base jumpers in the United States? [...]

Brento Base

Brento Base

Hi Steph, We are Andi and Herbert from Germany and Switzerland. We are planning to spend some days of BASE Jumping at Brento/Arco and Chamonix during first week of August 2010. Because the sites are unknown to us we and since we’ve seen you already jumped there we would like to ask you for information [...]

Vegan Climbing Food

Vegan Climbing Food

Steph, Totally awesome blog, lots of good photos! Do you have any good suggestions for climber-friendly vegan diet? What do you do on longer expeditions, where the only things available are basics like nuts, rice, beans, fruits and veggies? Also, any on-the-wall and base-camp snack ideas? Cheers, Sam Hi Steph! My name is Nadya, I’m [...]

Hauling 101

Hauling 101

Hi Steph, I hope I am not bugging you with a stupid question but my buddies and I have been training for the Salathe Wall and we cannot find any good info on how to set up a haul system I was wondering if you maybe had a basic picture that you could send of [...]