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18th May 2013

Olympians and Speaking, Physical Literacy, New Blog Policy, Travel

It's been a while since I've posted on here. Twenty plus speaking engagements, some life turmoil, travel, climbing, writing, moving, etc. etc. it all put a crimp in the time I had for this b... Read more »

4th March 2013

Ice Breaks: Don’t be in the way of it as it falls!

I'm on a bit of a "negative" blog posting pattern lately, but I keep seeing some rather, ah, well, stupid behaviour out there that I feel the need to comment on because it's just so totally ... Read more »

27th February 2013

Careful at the top…

Everybody thinks it's the bottom of the free-hanging or free-standing ice features that you have to be the most gentle with, but they almost always break catastrophically at the top, where t... Read more »

26th February 2013

Hanging belays on ice quick notes

Be careful sending me emails, you may get turned into a blog post, ha ha! Here's an interesting "hanging" belay on ice, maybe done to practice hanging belays? It has a few interesting thing... Read more »

31st January 2013

X vs. T: Why the old X technique is inferior

I recently received the following email: "Dear Will, I read your book, and found it quite inspiring and full of good tips. I just wanted to ask you one question. In your book and videos, yo... Read more »

16th January 2013

Falling On Ice and Mixed Belaying

A few friends sent me links to this video a while back: Now, as most readers likely know, I firmly believe falling on ice is generally a very bad idea. This video shows a guy test... Read more »

26th December 2012

How to Hold an Ice Tool: Three grips.

How to hold an ice tool: Three grips. note--I just shot a little video of this, I'll try to add it shortly, having issues. Until then here's one I shot two years ago--it doesn't have the ni... Read more »

17th December 2012

Newtown Shootings: It’s the mix that’s toxic.

Newtown Shootings: It's our whole North American culture that's sick, and that likely includes you and me. Let's top blaming segments and look at the whole: too many kids sitting around alon... Read more »

14th December 2012

Bozeman Ice Festival “Learnings”

Bozeman Ice Festival "Learnings" A friend of mine calls lessons learned while out doing mountain sports, "Learnings." "Learnings" are things gleaned from intense experiences and pensive ref... Read more »

5th November 2012