Jessie Young is a relative upstart in the ski-racing world, and she has been competing for the last few seasons, beginning near her home in Aspen, CO. Jessie’s a new member of the CAMP athlete team. How did you start competitive skiing and why did you stick with it? Ski Mountaineering Racing doesn’t make for a very […]
Archives for March 2016
Meet SkiMo Racer John Gaston
John Gaston is a ski racer based in Aspen, CO who has been competing for 5 years, yet is only 29 years old. He is new to theCAMP team, and competes with fellow athletes Max Taam and Jessie Young in races put on by the United States Ski Mountaineering Association. How did you start competitive […]
YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG: Cord & Bulk Webbing
Backpackers cut the handles off their toothbrushes to save weight. Alpinist just don’t brush. But while we meticulously save grams for multi-day trips, many of us carry far too much gear around on our harnesses for a day at the crag, attempting a hard lead, or an afternoon of multi-pitching. Before leaving the car or […]
What’s in your pack – Cerro Torre’s West Face
Last season, CAMP USA athletes Ben Erdmann and Jess Roskelley tackled what some have called “the best ice climb on earth” with an ascent of the West Face of Cerro Torre in Patagonia. These two are used to climbing big routes together in remote locations, and although Cerro Torre is only a day’s walk from […]
Rob Pizem’s Favorite Desert Day
What climbing day would you like to live over and over again as if it were YOUR groundhog day? How about enduring a surprise bivy on one of the best 5.9s in the world? My groundhog climbing day would have to be an epic of wide open desert proportions. When my friend Rolf and I […]
