Jasper, Banff

Katie and I just came back to Newport, Oregon (what I am doing in Newport to come later) after 10 days of ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies. If you haven't been to the Canadian Rockies before, GO THERE!  The scenery is incredible.  No picture does it justice, there is more ice and ice climbing than you know what to do with, there is actually some good rock climbing, and the skiing is great when the snow behaves...this place is awesome enough that no one minds how shitty the rock is and just climbs on it anyways.

All in all we had a great time climbing; I am remembering how to climb after a couple of poor seasons (MRSA infections, then living where no ice) and Katie got on her first ice leads.  The only excitement that we didn't plan for was Katie's adz to the face and 2 guys tried to rob the car one night when we were sleeping but all turned out well in both cases.  Lots of great climbing and planning on spending a better part of next winter up there.

Katie a little ways in front of Wilson Major on our way down

For scale:  The Major looks like a tiny curtain between the notch.

Before the final pitch of Louse Falls

Post #1: The beginning

So I have decided to actually start climbing and training for real instead of just winging it.  Over the last couple months I have made dramatic changes to how I am training and how much climbing I will be doing over the next year.  I have also added this blog to my list and will attempt to keep it relatively up to date.  I will be posting stupid stories, photos, maybe a random rants or two, etc.  Please enjoy and feel free to leave comments.

Cheers,
Cody