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Icarus, Daedalus and the Minotaur
/in Blog/by Bayard RussellSee a great write-up here at Neice.com, home-sweet-home for the Northeast’s winter climbing community. Doug and Alan make the glue. ————————— About four, maybe five, years ago Kevin Mahoney and I tried to climb a line up the right side of the Duet Butress on Cannon. I was looking at one line, he another. We ended […]
The Scottish Boogie
/in Blog, Video/by Bayard RussellThese guys, it turns out, know how to boogie. The Gathering, VIII 9, Second Ascent from Jenny Crook on Vimeo. These young bulls, Greg Boswell and Will Sim, were both great dudes and hosts for the Scottish Winter Meet hosted by the BMC in Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms. Yep, they know how to get […]
Scotland
/in Blog/by Bayard RussellI just checked the weather for Aviemore, Scotland, the closest town to the Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngroms, and the forecast is for an 85-100% chance of rain every day next week. Apparently, that’s a good thing, and I’m hoping so, cause I’m flying out tonight on a red-eye through Reykjavik. The British Mountaineering Council […]