This is a 1974 film of Johnny Cunningham soloing some routes on Ben Nevis in Scotland. It was shot by Charles Grosbeck and produced by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Cunningham died four years later in a tragic accident when a wave swept him into the sea below the cliffs of Anglesey. I love the stocking hat instead of a helmet and all the leather straps. The guy goes fast and light from his motorcycle to the summit.

via The Mountain World

A dead tree knocked over a power line in rural Northwestern Montana. No one complained about losing power so the company didn’t know about it for several months. When they finally arrived on the scene, more than a dozen animals had been electrocuted and cooked by the power line. The first were likely a couple [ more... ]

A rad Shane McConkey tribute film. Thanks Kyle

Another floating human foot was found along British Columbia’s coast by two men walking on the beach this week. If you haven’t heard about this twisted phenomenon, there’s either someone with access to a morgue and a twisted sense of humor, or there are a lot of runners losing feet and not calling authorizes about [ more... ]

Congress approved a new budget for the NPS that leaves them with $130 million more than they had last year. The money was added specifically to help them address climate change issues. Hopefully we’ll see a lot of those solar cars that MIT students race around replacing the old NPS 4x4s. The bill snuck through [ more... ]

I love these videos. Kids in Utah and Colorado with their Macs, digital video cameras, and no concerns about using licensed music. This is a full-length movie filled with loads of swearing teenagers alternately bashing their skulls into rails and flicking off the camera. There’s also some rad riding and lots of 80s music. They weren’t born when these songs came out, so the music probably seems kitschy and funny to them. Poor kids.

via Yo Beat

The company that makes a lot of auto-belay descenders used in climbing gyms has issued a stop-use order. The MSA auto-belay descenders allow friendless people to do laps at the climbing gym. They’re not usually used on very difficult routes since they keep the rope taunt and actually pull you off the wall a bit. [ more... ]

So you’re laid off, sick of sending resumes for jobs you don’t even want, and you’ve decided to chase the dream west and be a dishwasher in Jackson for a winter. Well, not so fast. Turns out that ski resorts haven’t come out of the recession quite as quickly as Wall Street, and they’re not [ more... ]

A pair of coyotes killed a 19-year-old Canadian folk singer who was hiking in Cape Breton highlands National Park in Canada. Other hikers heard her screams and ran up the trail to chase the coyotes away. She was airlifted out but died at the hospital. This is an extremely rare case. Coyotes have charged and [ more... ]

What’s that? You sat next to someone with really bad B.O. during a flight. Must have been a real nightmare. The passenger who sat next to this smuggler heading to Norway will be able to beat any awful-flight story. Norwegian customs officers arrested the man for smuggling rare animals into the country. He had 14 [ more... ]