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11th October 2008

Training Log: Body Tensions is not about situps!

First off, a quick rant about body tension.I often watch people with saggy-ass syndrome (poor body tension) do endless situps. This does NOT solve the problem of keeping your feet on while c... Read more »

8th October 2008

Use Fedex, not UPS

I ship a lot of stuff back and forth to the US and around the world. I've just had the most incredible go-around with UPS, and still don't have some parts that were overnighted from Utah mor... Read more »

8th October 2008

Winter is coming: Train.

TrainingIt's that time of year again when the nights are well below freezing, the snow is sticking up high and the leaves are committing suicide in a very beautiful way. Yep, winter climbing... Read more »

4th October 2008

Strait Up called on account of wind

For the last 15 years I've flown at least 50 or 60 days a year in western North America, and watched the winds aloft for at least another 100 days a season. I do this through Navcanada's fli... Read more »

30th September 2008

Strait Up

I'm on Vancouver island with a paramotor. The obvious thing to do from here is fly it back over to the mainland, and then maybe on home to Canmore. The strait isn't too wide, about 35-50K de... Read more »

15th September 2008

New Books from the Senior Gadds

I don't normally write about my family on here, but it's pretty much unavoidable at the moment.As many readers may know, my dad is Ben Gadd, author of the Canadian Rockies "bible," the Handb... Read more »

3rd September 2008

Canadian Sport Climbing

Yesterday I learned a few things about being a sport climber in Canada. That's what I am right now in terms of climbing; I go clip bolts. And I'm totally into it. My tendons are creaking, my... Read more »

26th August 2008

Climbing, and “Rules”

For the first time in 18 months I don't have any serious injuries, and I'm loving it! Yeah, I still hobble a little on my left knee, but I'm climbing full-speed for the first time in a very ... Read more »

6th August 2008

Kootenay Flying

On Sunday we drove from Chelan, WA to the Nelson area. The sky was perfect the whole way, just insane! I so wanted to get into the air, but we needed to work it home to stay on the schedule.... Read more »

6th August 2008

Last Chelan Task

The last two days of flying have been off the charts fun, just epic!The last day of the Chelan comp was fantastic--a 120K triangle with absolutely rocking conditions. If there was wind I was... Read more »

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