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Death in the mountains

Climbers have been pushing the limits in the local mountains for over 130 years with a lot of success. But sometimes things go wrong, and climbers...

16.01.2024 5

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

Hard climbs and dead bears

The Bow Valley has some of Canada’s most famous rock climbs and every year, climbers from around the world come to push themselves on the local...

16.01.2024 2

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

Heads up

There’s been a lot of rockfall around the world over the past few weeks, likely because of record-breaking hot temperatures. In France, a famous...

16.01.2024 3

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

Exercise is king, nutrition is queen

A couple of startling statistics. If an older adult (over 65) suffers a hip fracture in a fall, 1 in 3 will die within a year (Australian data). In...

16.01.2024 2

The Crag and Canyon

Dr. Andy Reed

Let’s get moving

A couple of great papers in the British Journal of Sports Medicine caught my eye last week. Both were looking at modifiable lifestyle factors –...

16.01.2024 1

The Crag and Canyon

Dr. Andy Reed

MLA Rosin - Long live the king

London Bridge is down. It is with painful remorse today that we learned of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. There is no individual,...

16.01.2024 5

The Crag and Canyon

Mla Banff-Kananaskis Miranda Rosin

Don’t die this winter

A big congratulations to Grant Statham on receiving this year’s Summit of Excellence Award from the Banff Mountain Festival. As one of Canada’s...

26.10.2023 3

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

Try drytooling

It’s drytooling season in the Bow Valley, so if you’re going to get into it or pick it back up, this is the time. Why? Because once the ice starts...

26.10.2023 4

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

Get your WI6 game on

If you’ve been waiting all summer to go ice climbing, then you’re probably bummed about all of this nice rock climbing weather we’ve been...

26.10.2023 2

The Crag and Canyon

Brandon Pullan

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