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The Old Breed and the AAC Annual Dinner

2012-01-24T08:25:00.000-08:00

Super proud to share this movie trailer for The Old Breed. Freddie and Rufus/CBN have been working their tails off to have the full film ready to premier at the American Alpine Club Annual Dinner on March 3 in Boston. That is one reason you should buy a ticket and be there. Other reasons to spend the first weekend in March in Boston with the AAC: Help raise money that makes the American Alpine

Pendulums and Permaculture

2011-12-20T05:41:00.000-08:00

) and jumped over chairs and tables, up and down staircases, just like horses: ‘front legs’ first, back

Please Help Kismet

2010-05-30T10:58:00.001-07:00

I sometimes think about how selfish climbing is. An addiction that is taking up too much of my time. The weddings and other events I have missed while on expedition...the time and resources I have used to 'feed the rat' over the years... Then I think about what it has done for me...learning of an eyeopening new lifestyle based on simplicity and functioning at the actual geographic fringes...

'For Climbing'

2010-04-17T06:10:00.000-07:00

A feature article about climbing in Cuba that I wrote was just published in Rock & Ice magazine. The article explores the threatened Cuban climbing scene, and the extraordinary efforts being put forth by a few Americans and Cubans to make climbing there possible. The lovely and talented Anne Skidmore took all the killer photos.You can pick up the June 2010 issue on news stands now, or download

Love From The Road

2010-04-05T06:00:00.000-07:00

Freddie, Tagger and I started our spring break road trip at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. The steep sandstone is a perfect way to get the winter muscles back in rock climbing shape. I've spent 7 of the past 10 March breaks at the Red, climbing both my first 5.11 and first 5.12 there over the years. No big breakthroughs climbing-wise this time; seems I need more than a week to get the required

Landslide Gully, Mount Webster

2010-02-23T14:38:00.000-08:00

Ducked out of the office for a fabulous morning on Mount Webster with the one and only Sarah Garlick on Thursday. I put one of these images up on my Facebook page and it went wild with comments - there must be something about chicks on ice...Gear:Polartec test fabric hoody fleeceMountain Hardwear Barisian jacketMountain Hardwear Scrambler PackLa Sportiva Women's Nepal TopPetzl Vasak

What Would Beryl Do?

2010-01-31T14:52:00.000-08:00

"We fly, but we have not 'conquered' the air. Nature presides in all her dignity, permitting us the study and the use of such of her forces as we may understand. It is when we presume to intimacy, having been granted only tolerance, that the harsh stick fall across our impudent knuckles and we rub the pain, staring upward, startled by our ignorance." Beryl Markham (West with the Night)Whenever I’

From the Archives

2009-12-08T11:15:00.000-08:00

Tis the holiday season, which for me brings a lot of reflection and often sadness. Writing this piece for Climbing Magazine helped me through some of the grief of losing one of the people I looked up to most, on Christmas. Posting this is not intended to be a downer for readers, but simply a reminder to celebrate what really matters this season. Nothing Lasts for Long By Janet Bergman(Published

Roshambo, Newfoundland

2009-09-20T05:02:00.000-07:00

Just home from an amazing trip to Newfoundland (that is pronounced by Canadians with an emphasis on the LAND part by the way). Here is a clip from our first day, a wicked game of roshambo between Sarah and Kirsten before heading up what was to become the Squid Cracks. More soon on this fun adventure...

Polartec's New Athlete Advisory Board

2009-08-01T06:38:00.000-07:00

I am really excited to be part of this new advisory group for Polartec, the Boston-based insulation guru:Link to original releasePolartec® Creates Athlete Advisory BoardTen world-class athletes will consult on performance fabric development.07.30.2009 – Polartec, LLC, the developer, manufacturer and marketer of Polartec® performance fabrics, announces the creation of a new athlete advisory board.

When It Rains...

2009-07-17T08:06:00.000-07:00

When it rains it pours here in New Hampshire it seems. And that it did for about a month straight in June and early July. So what are we climbers to do? Just when the forecast had us ready to relocate to California or Australia, Sarah Garlick and I decided we needed an attitude adjustment, and some time outside to clear our heads of working too much (another outcome of all the rain). So we headed

New River Rendezvous - tug of war and more

2009-05-22T11:27:00.000-07:00

Freddie and I made the LOOONG drive down to the New River Rendezvous in Fayetteville West Virginia last weekend. Being an Ohio girl, I have many fond memories of white water rafting there with my family, and, years later, of hot summers learning to climb on that world famous sandstone. The highlight of this most recent visit, however, was a a whole new sport: tug of war.The fabulous folks at

Cuban X-ray Machines

2009-04-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

I clipped gear to my harness while Pat put me on belay. I complained jokingly about getting the only slab pitch on the route as I clipped the first bolt and traversed a slabby face to start. The terrain almost immediately got steep and juggy. I remember reaching with my right hand into a big hueco, looking down, stepping high up to a small nubbin for my right foot, and then flagging my left foot

Happy birthday C9

2009-04-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

I miss you my friend.A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham

Thinking Spring: Community Supported Agriculture

2009-03-07T08:13:00.000-08:00

It took me ten years of living in New Hampshire to realize that CSA's are not just for people from Vermont!Check out two local options for buying farm shares for Mount Washington Valley area residents:A new CSA provider, with options of veggies AND meat at the Alma Farm in Porter, MEA very successful CSA has been in existence for years at the Community School in TamworthA CSA membership is a

Peak 5394

2008-10-04T17:25:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Dharamsala:I am writing with scabs on the backs of my hands and legs still sore, so the short of it is, yes, we did get to climb! As luck has it, I don't have to get into all the nitty gritty details of the account, because Pat already did, for the backcountry.com blog (who supplied us with oodles of freeze dried dinners and gu's!): Check out Pat's story and photos about Peak

Don't leave home without your whisperlight

2008-09-14T16:43:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Manali, India!Here is the play by play on our three day journey:September 10: After a late night at the Mahoney's, Freddie and I had success making it to our bus in Newburyport, then into Boston, then to Chicago. Freddie picked Ben Ditto out of a crowd while we sat at a bar waiting for our overnight flight to Delhi, and the group was 3/4 complete. Ben, though, was on his way to the

India plans

2008-09-09T02:24:00.000-07:00

Packing now for a climbing trip to India. Final destination: the Manikaran Spires, outside the town of Manikaran, in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Manikaran may be best known for its hot springs, woo hoo!It's the first time I've traveled with three dudes since 1998 when Justin, Tim, Mike and I drove to Alaska for the summer! I might be missin' the girls pretty quick, but I am ready for