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| Aug 28-29th |
Ellen Crushes |
Ellen will get mad at
me, but this is a way to document what we've been up to... plus
she doesn't know how to update the website, so I can say what
I want.
This weekend Ellen had
a great two days of climbing - sorry, but no photos. She hiked
her latest project, "Millenium" (arguably 13/14a),
then proceeded to "cool down" by lapping a route she'd
done before, "Don't Blame Texas" - arguably 13c/d.
Not a bad day. Then on Sunday she warmed up, and dispatched
with "Pipedream" (14a) like it was a joke. All in
all a pretty good weekend.
Let it be noted that I,
personally, belayed for all sends.
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| Aug 28th |
more Rumple Diving |
and more photos of Rump
working on his entry style points (photos) |
| Aug 27th |
Rumple Diving |
Rumple isn't the best swimming...
but he's a good "diver" into the water. Not to be mistaken
for Ellis' incredible diving UNDER water skills... Rumple is all
about the entry. Ellen and I were headed up to Park City so found
a good diving spot. We forced Rump to wear his lifejacket so I
could get some photos for Ruffwear (photos) |
| Aug 21st -
22nd |
Tetons |
Andy and I head to the
Tetons for a mellow weekend of craggin, yes... craggin. We do
Caveat Emptor, then the wicked good pitch on the Snaz. Head back
to the Climbers Ranch for the festivities involved with the 40th
anniversary of the Ranch - sponsored by BD. Then on Sunday, a
quick jaunt up Guide's Wall before the rain/lightning storm epic
drive home. (photos) |
| Aug 14th |
Maple |
This really is the last
time I'm going to Maple for a while - you can only do the same
routes so many times without going mental. A few more shots of
some cute pups (photos) |
| Aug 8th |
Random Rump |
Some random shots of junior
Rumple - mainly from my iPhone. (photos) |
| Aug 7th |
Maple |
More Maple. Make it stop.
At least the pups have a good time. (photos) |
| Aug 6th |
Rump :& Henry |
Our friends from Colorado
visit, bringing their young yellow pup, "Henry". Rump
and Henry hit it off immediately. A few
photos. |
| Aug 5th |
BD band at OR |
for the third time, the
BD band crushes a killer set of tight covers at the Outdoor Industry
Allstar jam (photos)
And more photos (photos) |
| July 31st |
Maple |
more gong show action at
the pipedream cave |
| July 24 |
Maple |
the start of the endless
Maple season. The only spot to sport climb semi-hard when it's
stupid hot. Ellen gets on a super proj. |
| July 17th |
the Diamond |
I hop a flight to Boulder,
get picked up by my buddy Jon Webb, meet some friends, grab some
chow, rack up, bed at 11pm, up at 2am - on the road to go do the
Casual Route on the Diamond - a beautiful hike, have perfect weather,
take it nice and mellow, send it to the top, hike off, back to
the car, back to Boulder, a party at Timmy's and bed by 2am -
an awesome 24 hour day. Crash out, hang out, hop a flight back
to SLC. Awesome. (photos) |
| July 10-11th |
Lone Peak Cirque |
Garrett and I head up to
Lone Peak for some uber classic routes. We end up hooking up with
a bunhc of friends (Bobby D, Shasta, Shingo and Jesse) and have
a total blast climbing, camping, and trying to not get struck
by lightning. We climbed Undone Book, Out of the Questions, and
HyperForm. Sooooo good. (photos) |
| July 5th |
S. Ridge of Superior |
A lazy morning and an afternoon
hike up the S. Ridge of Superior. Classic. (photos) |
| July 3-4th |
Poptire |
We headed out Friday night
and were totally alone for a day and a half - on a long weekend
- unreal. And then some our friends showed. We had a blast
(photos) |
| July 1st |
Ellen's 40th |
A ton of friends, kids
and dogs show up for Ellen's 40th Birthday celebration BBQ up
Mill Creek Canyon (photos) |
| June 19th |
van swap |
we found a dude from Denver
that buys Eurovans, fixes them up and sells them. So we met at
Rifle and did a van swap - then went climbing. New van is same
as the old van (same year, same color, same everything).... just
with 110K LESS miles on it. (van
comparison) |
| June 2010 |
selling our van |
the time has come... we
have decided to sell our Eurovan. If you're interseted check it
out here - (Eurovan) |
| May 29th -
June 5th |
Italy |
I had to go to Italy
for a conference so decided to tack a few days on the beginning
and end, and bring Ellen along to do some climbing, via feratta,
and hanging out. Trip
Report |
| May 15th |
City of Rocks |
Ellen, the Rump and
I head to the City of Rocks to hook up with our buddy Roger, his
wife Merridy and their new addition - Maya - , as well as Andreas,
Kasi, Tackle and a host of others (photos
by KP and Andreas) |
| May 8-9th |
poptire |
We head out to a
new climbing area for some great camping and awesome climbing
(photos)
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| April 20th
- May 2nd |
the RUTH Gorge, Alaska |
Jack Tackle and I head
to Alaska for 13 days. Some great weather, some not great weather,
an ascent of Ham & Eggs, and a bunch of sniffing around for
long ice routes - unfortunately not a lot was in condition. All-in-all
and incredible trip to the Alaska range. I took 500 photos. Tackle
took 25. Here is a sampler...(photos) |
| April 18th |
packing for Alaska |
time lapse video shot over
a few days of trying to get organized for the RUTH (video) |
| April 11th |
Frary Peak (Antelope Island) |
Crouse and I head out for
a mellow hike to the summit of Antelope Island, and hang with
the buffalo (photos) |
| April 9th |
hiking with Rump |
Rumple is a great hiker.
He listens, goes just in front, stops when called, and every time
once we're at the top, he finds a stick to bring ALL THE WAY back
to the car (video) |
| April 6th |
pool |
time lapse of me crushing
Ellen in a game of pool (video) |
| April 6th |
more rock and roll video |
a promo video for
the Outdoor Retailer All Star jam - starring our band (video) |
| April 3-4th |
the Swell |
Ellen, Rump and I head
to the Swell for a weekend in the desert. We hook up with Andy
and Jo-Fo for some climbing, hanging, and the boys shooting some
guns (photos) |
| march 27-28th |
Ibex |
a fun crew of us head to
the Ibex to climb long routes, hang out, and celebrate Andreas'
birthday. (photos) |
| march 2nd |
Angel of Fear |
Belcourt and I get up at
4:30am to go try Angel of Fear before it falls down (photos) |
| Feb 24 - 28th |
Canmore |
Doug Heinrich and I head
back to Canada for 5 awesome days of climbing ice (trip
report and photos) |
| Feb 22nd |
Remembering Ellis |
three years ago we lost
a legend (Ellis
Memorial Page) |
| Feb 14th |
Redrocks |
A fun 10 pitch outing with
Tom Nay. Myster Z to Armatron. On the summit we found a note with
2 beer - a pleasant surprise (photos) |
| Feb
4th |
Yukon's Birthday |
The big headed
Yellow pup would have been FIFTEEN today. I don't think he would
have liked getting old. |
| Feb 1st |
Remembering Yukon |
It's hard to believe it
was four years ago today that we suddenly lost Yuke. We miss him
every day. Yukon
Memorial Page |
| Jan 23rd |
the BD Band |
This was the 2nd Outdoor
Industry Allstar jam - 6 bands, one night of rock and roll at
a downtown bar. The BD band rocked the house (photos
by Nick Rueff)
Videos
My buddy Mike Call put
together a video of one of our tunes (MC's
Video) |
| Jan 21st |
Rumple is famous |
Last year during the Outdoor
Retailer show, Rumple demonstrated a new dog harness by Ruffwear.
He was on the Cover of the Outdoor Daily Magazine (photo). Well
this year the good folks at Ruffwear wanted Rump to model again.
So he did. And this time he was on the local news (video) |
| Jan 16th |
Maple Canyon Ice |
Doug Heinrich, George,
Logan and I decided to check out the ice conditions at Maple.
We met up with Jason Stevens who was kind enough to shuttle us
and our gear all the way up the road on his four wheeler. Photos
from the ground suck (KP
photos) but Jason set up a line and snapped some great ones
(Jason's photos) |
| Jan 10th |
Teton Ice Park |
The day after Erik and
Laura's wedding, Ellen and I decided to check out the newly opened
Teton Ice Park. Though not quite Ouray, we still got enough in
to get pumped before our 5 hour drive home (photos) |
| Jan 9th |
Erik & Laura's wedding |
Ellen and I headed to
the Grand Targhee ski resort for our good friend's, Erik &
Laura's wedding. They got married at the top of the ski hill
on a beautful clear day with amazing few of the entire Teton
range. Before the celebration everyone skied and snowboarded.
It had been a while for Ellen, but she picked it back up quickly
(ellen snowboarding). Early in the afternoon it was time for
the official celebration. See a short video of Laura walking/skiing
down the aisle (Laura
walks), and Erik and Laura getting organized (Erik
& Laura). And finally, introducing the new Husband and
Wife (Husband
& Wife)
Everyone was snapping
pictures like crazy. Here are a few (select
photos)
and here are unedited
185 shots I took (all
photos) |
| Jan 1st |
summary of 2009 |
Kolin & Ellen's
archive of the website for 2009 (2009)
the year in review - early
2009 started off with lots of trips to Southern Utah, some ice
climbing, lots of getting Rumple accustomed to our lifestyle,
and of course remembering Ellis and Yukon. I had to have knee
surgery in February which definitely put a damper on things,
but we still managed some souhern Utah climbing and hanging
out trips. Our friends Smooth Rick and Theresa had a great wedding
in Moab, we headed back to Calgary for Ellen's parent's 40th
anniversary, the annual City of Rocks trip, some climbing in
Rifle, Rumple getting fixed, and I managed to hobble my way
up Mt. Elbrus in Russia. I headed to San Diego a few times to
go surfing, the BD band played the OR show and an American Alpine
event, Ellen's sister's family came to visit, another trip to
Canada for the N. Face of Temple, I flew a plane over the Wasatch,
Rumple turned one, I saw some bands in SLC, Portland and Vegas,
we surprised my mom in Toronto for her 70th birthday, Ellen
went to the RED, Ellen and I went to China for 2 weeks to climb
adn then back to the fall season of Welcome Springs and the
VRG, and several Christmas gatherings at our place. Whew. Once
again, we tried to pack it all in.
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| Jan 1st 2009 |
summary of 2008 |
Kolin & Ellen's
archive of the website for 2008 (2008)
the year in review - lots
of snow early in 2008, the house is lonely without the boys,
my shoulder still hasn't healed and I head to China for work.
We do lots of hiking and standard climbing. I have a great trip
to the Sierra's with Alex Honnold, the Cathedral traverse with
Crouse and a great 40th birthday party. Ellen and I head to
Canmore to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary and have
9 days of incredible weather and make the decision to get another
pup (born on our 10 year wedding anniversary). I head to Prague
for work, then a quick trip back to Calgary to see Ellen's fokds...
Great fall climbing at LCC, Rumple arrives, Welcome Springs
for Thanksgiving with Earl, Glenna, Howard and Kate, the boys
head to Vegas and I win $500 in a poker game, we get a pool
table for the house for Christmas then head to southern Utah
for more climbing. |
| Jan
1st, 2008 |
summary of 2007 |
Kolin &
Ellen's archive of the website for 2007 (2007
)
the year in review - we
sadly say goodbye to the amazing Ellis at the age of over 15
1/2 years old in late February. It's brutal, losing both boys
within a year. We are crushed. We try to stay busy with lots
of sport and trad climbing and taking lots of photos. A trip
to the Valley, some local adventure climbing out our door, an
incredible trip to the Bugaboos, some mountain adventures, and
extreme hiking. Kolin has shoulder surgery and is out for months
while Ellen goes to Spain and keeps climing through the winter.
Our first trip back to Ontario at Christmas to visit the family
and meet the first Junior Powick ever, and a winter of snow
to remember at our house.
Approx 100 outdoor climbing
days for Kolin, over 130 for Ellen in 2007. |
| Jan 1st, 2007 |
summary of 2006 |
Kolin & Ellen's
archive of the website for 2006 (2006)
the year in review - We
unexpectedly lose our wonderful big yellow-headed Yukon to what
was most likely a brain aneurism - a crushing blow - lots of
climbing at the VRG, and Maple, our Yukon tree is planted, many
many weddings, a few trips to Yosemite - Kolin goes to Canmore
to alpine climb, Ellis turns FIFTEEN, - Kolin gets Santa off
his bike to the Tetons and the Perch, Kolin goes to Italy to
climb in the Dolomites, to the desert with the big cheese, and
to Canmore to climb ice, all fall spent going to Welcome Springs
and the VRG. Alonely Christmas and New Years without Yukon.
Ellis is still hangin' tough.
over 125 outdoor climbing
days for Kolin & Ellen in 2005 |
| Jan 1st, 2006 |
summary of 2005 |
Kolin & Ellen's
archive of the website for 2005 (2005)
the year in review - Yukon
turns 10, lots of backcountry skiing and going to southern Utah
- Kolin goes to Chamonix to alpine climb, Ellis turns 14, lots
of climbing at Maple, we have our dream home built, all fall
spent going to the VRG
over 130 outdoor climbing
days for Kolin & Ellen in 2005 |
| Jan 1st, 2005 |
summary of 2004 |
Kolin & Ellen's
archive of the website for 2004 (2004)
the year in review - Ellen's
company's SLC office closes, Ellen goes to France for 5 months,
Kolin stays at home and works though gets to go over and visit
twice. Ellen comes home and finds a job in a matter of minutes
K13 Filmfest at Brewvies
is a huge success that raises $1000 for the SLCA (K13
2004 Setlist)
over 120 outdoor climbing
days in 2004 for Kolin, more for Ellen |
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