Turtle mountain sits near Crowsnest Pass just north of Waterton National Park in the Canadian rockies of southern Alberta. It is best known for a massive rock … source
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Let's Hike: Turtle Mountain
April 22nd, 2020 
Larry Beck 
Posted in Climbing 
Tags: alberta, Canada, canadian rockies, climbing, Crowsnest Pass, Frank Albert..., Frank Slide, hiking, Let's Hike, mountaineering, Southern Alberta, Turtle Mountain 
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Piaz Arete – Vajolet Towers – Dolomites
March 30th, 2020 Larry Beck This is (pitch two) one of the five pitches on Piaz Arete. Music by Twenty One Pilots, “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, … source
Posted in Climbing Tags: climbing, Dolomites, mountaineering, Mountains, piaz arete, rock climbing, twenty one pilots, vajolet towers 1 Comment »
Mammut Trion Pro 50+7 2017 review (unpacking)
March 25th, 2020 Larry Beck Mammut Trion Pro 50 + 7 – bought with 100EUR on discounts – Robust backpack great quality – large inside (can load tons of gear – skis / piolets / crampons … source
Ice climbing on Point Five Gully – a day to remember
February 22nd, 2020 Larry Beck Point Five Gully on Ben Nevis is probably one of the most famous ice climbs, if not the most famous ice gully climb in the world. The Scottish ice route on the … source
Will Gadd | Canmore's ice-climbing icon | Alberta, Canada
December 16th, 2019 Larry Beck You’ve probably seen Will Gadd, even if you don’t know it. He’s the guy on your Instagram feed climbing up frozen Niagara Falls in the middle of winter. source
Posted in Climbing Tags: alberta, Canada, canmore, Ice Climbing, ice skating, mountaineering, outdoors, Paragliding, Will Gadd 3 Comments »
Ascending and Lowering Ascenders, Grigri & Croll for wet& icy ropes
December 11th, 2019 Larry Beck Ascending and Lowering with 2 Ascenders, Grigri+ and Croll as a back up Grigri plus =200g Petzl Croll S ascender =88g 2X Petzl Ascension Ascenders … source
Climbing Ben Nevis by Tower Ridge
October 16th, 2019 Larry Beck A terrific day out on this fine climb. We celebrated my last Munro by doing this. The weather couldn’t have been better. A rope was taken but not needed. source
Posted in Climbing Tags: climbing, Lochaber, Mountain, mountaineering, Munro, Ridge, rock, rope, Scotland, scramble, Scrambling, Trail 5 Comments »
Bochlwyd horseshoe
September 8th, 2019 Larry Beck Bochlwyd horseshoe is a scramble over the North Ridge of Tryfan, then descend the South ridge, from Bwlch Tryfan we scrambled up Bristly Ridge to the summit … source
Posted in Climbing Tags: Bristly Ridge, Glyders, go pro, horseshoe, Mountain, mountaineering, POV, Scrambling, Scrambling uk, sno..., snowdonia, Tryfan, Tryfan North ridge, uk mountains 1 Comment »
Dragontail 5-23-15
September 5th, 2019 Larry Beck Awesome day climb of Dragontail Peak with John. Very punchy granular snow on Asgard Pass. We were too far right on the way up, got showered with a small … source
Posted in Gear Tags: 4K, Asgard Pass, Avalanche, Colchuck Lake, Dragontail, Dragontail Peak, Enchantments, glacier, gopro 4, mountaineering, Paul Pottinger 1 Comment »
Trekking Assiniboine – Backpacking from Sunshine Village to Mount Shark
July 22nd, 2019 Larry Beck NOTE * We apologize that this video is not currently available on mobile devices. Located on the Great Divide, along the British Columbia/Alberta border in … source
Posted in Hiking Tags: backpacking, banff, C..., Canada, canadian adventure, extreme, hiking, mountaineering, the rockies, top 10 hikes, tourism alberta, Tourist Destination, trekking 10 Comments »
