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Alaska, a challenge from Mr. Trotter.

Date: 27th July 2009


Alaska in the summer is fun–back home now, still thinking about the super long days, glaciers, icebergs, rivers and all the other stuff I saw. I was working for an Australian TV program (I’ll reveal more on that later, not sure they want their cover blown) doing a story on glacial recession and climate change. Basically my job was to climb, kayak and otherwise mess about on the glacier with their host, and then talk about the changes I was seeing around the world as glaciers recede and the climate changes. I really enjoyed the experience, good people and a great place.

And when I came home I found a challenge up on a certain Mr. Trotter’s website:

“Beat that Will Gadd, I double dog dare you fool. Just because you climbed Mount Robson (3,950 m) in 17 hours, doesn’t mean you can beat ME, I’m the best, or maybe you’re scared? Wink. Wink.”


Right Mr. Trotter, let’s get ‘er ON!!!! (say that in a Mr. T voice). While it sounds like he had a fun day out in the mountains and may be sorta fit for a youth, he doesn’t know fast from 5.14 in the real mountains around Canmore. Prepare to suffer fool! No winking, no nudging, I’m seriously pissed off and looking to open up a can of speedy whup-ass on the escaped chalk-eating rock monkey who has been poaching lines around here us locals would climb if we weren’t so fit for slogging up choss heaps in the summer. I know choss hiking like Tigger Woody knows golf, no contest fool!

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Comments

  1. sam   July 28, 2009 2:17 pm

    So when do you guys race? I propose a really long approach to a pitch of 5.12…crampons optional.

  2. Anonymous   July 28, 2009 4:40 pm

    you guys are funny. wicked post

  3. JD LeBlanc   July 28, 2009 4:58 pm

    dude i already ran up there in my skivies … with flip flops, carry'n coffee – wtf – fast my them tree hugger squishies are confuzed with time and fast –
    we hike to our crags faster than they can get out'ta their pot filled hemp-loving cars going to the squish-bluffs. Them Squishies think Grassi is a hoof and the phale is a slog.
    Crap – the next thing'll happen is one of them planted-squishies will think he needs to get his finger to expand instead of something else …
    Game on mofosquishies …

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