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It’s always worth it
The potential for first ascents has a way of drawing climbers in like moths to a flame (Pay attention now, that was foreshadowing. Since moths will eventually get burned by the fire they desire, I may be hinting that … Continue reading
Staying Positive Through Injuries
I have been meaning to write a blog entry forever! I have not been climbing as much as I would have liked to be lately due to an injury so I was not sure what I would talk about. Then … Continue reading
Euro Roof Low Start
Euro Roof Low V12 Second Ascent Much respect to Happy J for the first ascent of this beauty.
Ten Year Plan
the ten year plan When I was growing up in Chattanooga my good buddy Matt Sims used to tell me: “Benny Boy…if you fail to plan, plan to fail.” Now, at the time I wasn’t sure what he meant, exactly, … Continue reading
Washington Apples
Sometimes when Chad Parkinson and I go on climbing trips together we don’t climb that much. It’s cool. We think it is funny and relish, in the fact that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Mmmm, speaking of relish, on … Continue reading
Sublime Sending Summer
It’s the Fall Equinox and by all rights the summer should be over, but temps reaching higher than 100 degrees are telling me otherwise. The heat has me uninspired to climb although my body is craving the physical exertion; so, … Continue reading
Magic Ghosts and Science
Located an hour east of Seattle, Index Washington sits on the North Fork of the Skykomish River, just above its confluence with the main channel of the Skykomish a small river that the passing train crosses over on its way … Continue reading
Squamish Days
I know summer in Squamish is long past and I am a little slow at getting certain things done, rather, slow at getting lots of things done, well I even tend to move and climb kind of slow but that’s … Continue reading











