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Fishtail Mountain – Nepal

If this doesn’t make you want to hop a flight to Nepal right this second then you must be dead.  Actually, nix that because that is the kind of mountain that gets people dead but damn it is gorgeous.  (click on it to see it fully)

Picture courstesy: Mohamed Inaz

Accident Report – Bad Bolts and Cut Rope

The jist of this very in depth accident review is that incorrect bolts were used which caused them to pop with just body weight on them.  The accident report goes into a lot of detail and is well worth the read.

Simon Carter’s Accident Report

North Carolina Ice Climbing – Highway 215

After an unfortunate hiatus from climbing I finally got back out there this weekend for some ice climbing on Highway 215 in North Carolina.  It was my first time ice climbing in NC and it was some gold ol’ stress free fun.  The approach is non-existent considering you are belaying from the [...]