Why Cathedral Ledge?

Cathedral Ledge

The Reckoning

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 […]

That's the home crag. Art by Scott Whitehouse.

Summer 2020: We’re In This Thing Together

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 […]