Ian Welsted had been climbing for 10 years before his first trip to the Himalaya. Previously, he had lingered around Canmore, hemmed in by the Canadian Rockies, contenting himself with the loose ...
We were nearly halfway up the longest, most intimidating climb either of us had attempted back then: the 4,000-foot Northeast Buttress of Howse Peak in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Formidable ...