How to Succeed on Winter Alpine Routes

Ade Miller offers some tips on how to succeed on winter alpine routes. Rehearse the climb. If youâ??re trying do a winter ascent of a line that climbs a summer route then climb the route in summer at least once. Getting off route in winter will waste time and saps your momentum. Iâ??ve failed more […]

January 5, 2009

Andy Kirkpatrick Blogs and Twitters His Eiger Climb

In what is truly a great example of using new media tools for expedition reporting, Andy Kirkpatrick is blogging and posting updates to Twitter on his solo ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. Unfortunately, as of yesterday, it looks like he is retreating: Starting this morning I put my solo belay device upside […]