A New and Better Ski Pole Strap After some 55 years of various kinds of skiing, I recently realized…
This summer, one of our members was killed near the top of Mt. Assiniboine. It was August 12, a beautiful…
Thirteen years has passed since the death of 2 ski campers in a snow shelter on the Wapta Icefield in…
Occasionally while climbing ice, skiing, snow shoeing, etc., you may be plagued by one hand that just won’t warm up.…
Do you get cold hands in the winter mornings? — either hiking in to a climb, or skiing, or do…
Rope handling is one of the most basic groups of operations in climbing, as we use ropes everywhere for their…
I still often see people knocking around in the mountains, cliffs, bush, and boulders with bare hands where they…
A False Pillar is a ‘pillar feature’ that seems to be standing on terra firma but is actually on an…
Pulleys and Knots for Hauling A pulley or two can be very handy for a vehicle extraction if anchors…
Call for Donations of Knot-Testing Items Al Dunham of Campbell River, a previous Section member and keen climber, is…