Arc’teryx Academy Returns to Skwxwu7mesh
I came blaring out of the depths of the Coast Range alpine at a hundred kilometres an hour to be dropped off in the woods with a dozen youth. Luckily, these kids and I go way back.
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The Return of the Rad
The 90s are back, or at least some of their best MEC garments are...get RAD!
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Friday Flick: First Ascents on The Edge of the World
Join British climbers Robbie Phillips, Will Birkett, Guy Robertson and Hamish Frost as they venture to the towering (and largely unclimbed) cliffs on The Edge of the World, the mystical Scottish archipelago of St Kilda.
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Friday Flick: Bouldering, Life & Neurodivergence
After receiving diagnoses for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as an adult—and being forced to limit climbing during the pandemic lockdowns and due to injuries—Zofia Reych discovered that perhaps the best way to improve on climbing was to temporarily let it go.
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Behind the Devil’s Glen Climbing Route Closures
New signage attempts to limit routes at a popular Niagara Escarpment climbing area inside an Ontario park. Climbers are not happy.
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Chased by Demons
Are all extreme skiers, paddlers, climbers and riders really chased down the mountain, up the mountain or over the waves by frightful gnomes pulling the puppet strings of their brain…
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Fleeing the Taliban, Afghan Women Find a Home in Climbing
Today’s Friday Flick is the short film Ascend, directed by Kathryn Francis & Campbell Brewer, presented by Patagonia. For Afghan women, Mina Bakhshi, Haniya Tavasoli and Rabia Hussain had a…
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Climber Sean McColl Joins MEC as Latest Ambassador
For more than two decades, North Vancouver–based climbing dynamo Sean McColl has been an unstoppable force in competitive sport climbing.
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Gallery: Fall and Winter in Ontario
With an eye on dolostone crags, terrain parks, hidden waterfalls, colossal Great Lakes ice and deep forest trails, our photographers frame a long goodbye to fall and a big early welcome to winter in Ontario.
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Friday Flick: Inseparable
The new three-part short documentary series Inseparable highlights three Indigenous women who—through their chosen sport—connect with their ancestral homelands, preserve cultural practices and language and advocate for Indigenous rights.
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A Feeling for Rock
A Feeling for Rock is a collection of stories, poems, rants and illustrations by UK climber Sarah Jane Dobner. But make no mistake, this is no ordinary climbing-literature volume.
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Friday Flick: The Scale of Hope
The Scale Of Hope is a new film about climbing, climate and the fight for systemic change.
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Arc’teryx Academy: Best Weekend of the Summer
Words :: Jimmy Martinello. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend more than 35 summers here in the Sea to Sky Corridor and I can wholeheartedly say one of my favourite…
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Friday Flick: Elevated
As the new short film Elevated shows, Sonya Wilson has worked to create a community for other deaf climbers, leaving inhibitions and unreasonable expectations behind.
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Friday Flick: Journey to 100
Jason Hardrath has spent his entire life in motion: whether that was on sports teams as a young boy, as a triathlete through his early adulthood, or in the mountains, through today.
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Full Circle: First All-Black Team Attempts to Summit Everest
As of today, an all-Black team has never summited Everest. But right now, Full Circle Everest—a group of 11 Black climbers—is working to change that.
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Coast Mountains Summer Photo Roundup
“We love the Coast Mountains and the people who live, work, play, and adventure here. It’s not always easy to create a sustainable life in this part of the country,…
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The Summer of Heights: Baffin Island Backyard Adventures
words :: Sarah McNair-Landry // photography :: Erik Boomer & Sarah McNair-Landry. “A re you sure you want to be left here for a month?” My friend Jeremy asks one…
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Des grimpeuses au sommet / Women Climbers Soaring to New Heights
Les doigts ensanglantés d’Émilie sondaient le granite. Le vent fouettait sa corde. Son souffle était court. Perchée une centaine de mètres au-dessus de la Baie Éternité, la grimpeuse se répétait…
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