This lightweight glove packs a punch for as light as it is and as well as it climbs. Had the temperatures been more normal in the Tetons this season, I probably would have squeezed more milage out of the thin Rab gloves, but global warming had most of us stripped to light sleeves–and certainly gloveless–many a day up high.
Welcome to Canada’s best-kept chilly secret, where “the constant northwest winds result in some of the wildest ice formations imaginable: 10-foot umbrellas and fragile curtains waiting to kill anyone foolish enough to try climbing.”
Featuring Britain’s best rock climbers, plus top overseas visitors, and packing in over 200 ‘E’ points of action, Committed exhibits some of the world’s hardest and most dangerous ascents.
Though slightly sensationalized, as most news tends to be, this article does point out something that seems to dovetail rather well with yesterday’s Mont Blanc Thermometer Blog. Climate change, whatever the causes, is becoming more and more obvious in relation to our favorite pastimes.
The Mont Blanc Massif’s enormous expanse, divided into three separate nations, is completely free of protected status. Pro Mont Blanc aims to change that. But first they need to find out what’s going on in the region. Thus, they’re created the The Mont Blanc Thermometer…
