What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger 30 years of broken holds, bones and other temporary setbacks on the way to the top International Climbers’ Festival August 8, 2010 6:30 pm Noble Hotel Lander, WY During the last 30 years, Dave Anderson has been establishing new routes and ascending unclimbed peaks around the world. Dave’s …
I arrived in Seattle, WA a few days ago to visit Szu-ting Yi. Between planning sessions for LittlePo Adventures and upcoming trips to Taiwan and China we managed to get out for some climbing at Index and Szu-ting was a willing model for some first aid images I needed to capture for a book I …
After over 24 hours of non stop travel I finally arrived Yangshou China. Travel is never an easy thing, despite all the planning and preparation journeying halfway around the world is seldom without complications. With the recent airline terrorist threat , security at US airports in now at a heightened level, which in my case …
An article about rock climbing in the Piritas Valley in Argentina by Jared Spaulding.
Guy Lacelle was killed by an avalanche near Bozeman, MT on Dec 10, 2009. (see Climbing.com for details) I first met Guy in 1994 (?) in Red Rocks. We climbed about the same level and shared a rope for a day at the Gallery clipping bolts. He was very unassuming and did not let on …
Last week Lauren Ditolla, Christian G. and I ventured out into the cold december up in Big Cottonwood Canyon trying to squeak in one last day of climbing before the inevitable winter storms arrive and blanket the cliffs in snow until May. the air temperatures did not get above 32 F, but climbing in the …
Climbing in Big Cottonwood Canyon testing out the new camcorder! Read More »
I once again spent Thanksgiving in Indian Creek, UT. For the last two Thanksgivings I have been guiding in Red Rocks outside of Las Vegas, NV, so it was a real treat to spent the holiday with some good friends away from the craziness of Vegas. Many other people also make the sojourn to the Creek …
Just returned from a great three weeks of guiding in Red Rocks Conservation Area, NV. I was there instructing a NOLS semester course. We had great weather with only one mild wind storm and decent temperatures during our time there and the students were able to get in a lot of climbing. http://gallery.me.com/kondus#100494
I returned from a short climbing trip to Joshua Tree, CA with my friends Brigitte and Szu-ting. 20 years ago I used to be a good slab climber, able to trust my feet on the smallest most insecure footholds and competently run it out to the next bolt. This past week in Joshua Tree, even …
Over the summer I met with Buck Branson of Evolve to discuss what I am doing in the climbing world as well as talk about some of my projects to promote social and environmental responsibility in the US and abroad. As a result I am thrilled to be joining the Evolve team. I will be …