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Moved to willgadd.com 25 Nov 2011 | 04:33 am
Moved to willgadd.com as of November 25, 2011. I'm putting this blog along with all my various old websites, blogs, etc. together on willgadd.com, come on over and check it out! New post up on a mixe...
Untitled 2 Nov 2011 | 10:30 pm
Are Ice Tool Leashes As Archaic as Gaiters, Screamers and Third Tools? The picture above is the last one I could find in my photo collection where I have a leash on a tool--Norway 2005. This is anot...
Ice Season Cometh: Q and A 12 Oct 2011 | 11:12 am
First off, sorry for the long delay in blogging. I've been stupid busy with everything from getting my first guiding exam done, family, writing, doing a couple of TV shows and of course climbing, moun...
Quick Review Notes on the Spot 2 and Spot Connect 2 Sep 2011 | 07:37 am
Summary: If you're pondering buying a Spot for tracking and emegencies I'd suggest NOT getting the Spot Connect. To do anything but send an SOS message doesn't work without a bluetooth phone, and the ...
Reflections 26 Aug 2011 | 03:53 pm
I'm finding it hard to finish off the writing about my flying trip from Vernon home. The basic reason is simple: A week after that trip my friend Stewart crashed his glider on Lady Mac as I watched im...
Invermere to Canmore 8 Aug 2011 | 05:36 am
I'm back home after flying the final leg of the whole trip. Yesterday was a really intense flight--windy, powerful air, cool terrain, and a flight I've dreamed of doing for at least ten years. Boom, t...
Invermere from near Revelstoke via the Bugaboos 6 Aug 2011 | 02:10 am
In the last 48 hours I've top-landed in the alpine twice, camped high, had a ton of help from friends in Revelstoke and Invermere, and flown the coolest mountain flight I've ever had. And sunk out int...
Aerial hero to cut block zero? 4 Aug 2011 | 02:33 am
I'm out, ripped to shreds by the alder and cut block debris but stoked for the last two days... Not sure what the next move is but got a ride to revy and planning tactics. Making this up as I go for s...
Aerial Exploring: Vernon East 1 Aug 2011 | 03:10 am
From here to There? Tracking Page Here After two weeks of frustrating delays due to bad weather I'm off at one tomorrow morning on a Greyhound bus to Vernon, BC, along with my glider. The basic idea...
Sport Climbing season done, paragliding, MORE is not safer 16 Jul 2011 | 05:28 am
Buy this book: A great new resource for local sport climbing, thanks to Derek for his work. Yesterday I got out with my least-repressed friend, Mr. Tim Emmett, along with Mr. Slawinski and Mr. K.H., ...
