By Jess Turtur I have always been a passionate person. Just obsessed with snow, and willing to give up everything else in pursuing the call of the mountains. I have chased them since I was old enough to ski away from my parents, chased them to Alaska with helicopters and trained as a […]
CONFRONTING THE BRO BRAH by Rob Shaul With the exception of Alpine ski racing, there is no tradition of gym-based for the mountain sports. Indeed, gym training to prepare for alpine and rock climbing, ice climbing, snowboarding and free skiing, is seen by many in these sports to be “uncool.” Until we […]
Rob, It has been close to a year now since my injury and I wanted to say thanks for your help and programming. It was hard getting back into the groove of working out and not being afraid of re-injuring myself, but your low back training plan allowed me to get back to doing the […]
By Jessica Baker As a young girl, I was slow to learn how to ride a bicycle. My training wheels were attached to my two-wheel for two years longer than most of my peers. Although devastated, I was determined to make it work. Hours, days, months, were spent trying to balance on two wheels, […]
WORK FUELS MY TRAINING By Meredith Edwards, 3.25.14 Hard day at work yesterday. Cindy (not her real name) is nine, tiny, and from an abusive house hold. When I arrived she was standing in front of a wall, repeatedly head butting it as hard as she could. Three of us alternated restraining […]
By Meredith Edwards This summer will be my second year of real training at the Mountain Tactical Institute. I first trained at this facility in the summer of 2008. Back then I was a scattered, ski bum, unsure of what I wanted. I was afraid of lifting heavy, and still searching for my athletic […]
By Mattie Sheafor Fear and I have an uneasy alliance. The sick feeling in my stomach is uncomfortable, but facing it has always proved beneficial, even productive to me, in the long run. Climbing is the sport I use to shine light in the dark corners. There is a familiar cadence to this sport […]
AMBITION By Christian Santelices It was an audacious plan – to climb twenty of the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, a list of the fifty best climbs based on aesthetics and history compiled by Allen Steck and Steve Roper. My good friend Hans Florine got a hold of the book and originally thought […]
PROFESSIONALISM By Andy Bardon Climbing was a major part of my life for a number of years before I was asked to join a guide service. I would hit the road for weeks on end pushing myself both physically and mentally to attain personal goals with only intrinsic rewards. No money, sponsors, or recognition. […]
EFFORT By Angela Hawse Imagine the effort it takes to climb Mt. Everest. Weeks of acclimatizing in ever thinning air above Base Camp at 18,000’. Going up and down. Deteriorating physically from too many days at altitude and mentally taxed from the hazardous Khumbu Icefall and covering the same terrain again and again. Wondering […]