One day late this spring, Sam Bendroth and I were climbing on the Mordor Wall of Cathedral Ledge. Being the spring of the coronavirus, we were feeling pretty nervous about cramped belay ledges and we wanted to make sure that the only respiratory droplets we had to worry about were our own. So we ventured […]
It’s happening! We’re finally reopening! Over the last few months, we have worked hard – and thought even harder – about if and how to reopen Cathedral Mountain Guides and how to get back to climbing in the places we love with the people we care so deeply about. Most importantly, how to do so […]
As the promise of warm weather and dry rock combines with the pent up energy from hunkering down for the last 10 weeks, a lot of us are beginning to venture back out to the crag. Dipping our toes in the climbing waters feels strange… but really good and grounding… but also a little strange… […]
Peter Doucette