Who Let the Horns Out?

More marvellous multi-pitches in Red Rock! On September 18th, our fabulous journey started with Black Magic 5.8, a very cool, simply fun face climb with lots of exposure,...

Finally, we could use the solar shower again in the morning at the campground! Well, it’s not so easy to find something to attach it too, as trees are very scarce in the desert....

The first day we arrived in Red Rock Canyon, we were amazed by the scenery. The name says it all, as the rocks consist mostly of bright red sandstone. But it’s even more...

The evening before, we arrived at Alabama Hills, because we read it should be a nice boondocking site. But it’s not only good for boondocking – it’s an amazing landscape with...

Our first stop along the highway 395 was Mono Lake. It’s a strange, but very interesting and astonishing place. Because of the lack of an outlet, the lake water is extremely...

We were a bit exhausted from the last climbing adventures, so we rested most of the day and used the time for planning. It was also good timing weather-wise, because there were...

Yosemite National Park is bigger than we thought! When you look it up or read about it, of course the valley comes up at first. But there’s another great area northeast of it,...

In Yosemite National Park, we had a bit of bad luck in general. When we drove into the valley for the first time in the morning, we almost couldn’t see anything except smoke. We...

The evening we arrived in San Francisco, we stopped at the Golden Gate Bridge viewpoint before driving over it. It was a fantastic view of the city with the iconic bridge in...

We travelled further south, stopping first at the nice, small town Trinidad. In the harbour, I even saw a seal swimming by for a few seconds. On the scenic Avenue of the Giants...

On August 31st, we spent the day at Redwood National and State Parks. At first, we did some small hikes to the Stout Grove and Grove of the Giants. Entering the redwood forest...

Looking up our further route, I saw something called “lava cave” coincidentally on the map. We didn’t have high expectations but it sounded interesting, so we decided to quickly...

Well, we weren’t eaten. But there was indeed a Monkey Face! That’s the name of THE rock tower at Smith Rock. The day before, we could already admire it from far away. It’s...

First, let me tell you something about our newly discovered love for pumpkin spice. At our AirBnB in Portland, there were some leftover cookies from the travellers before. Well,...

We spent the first night “boondocking”, which is free, self-sufficient camping legal in the US (not everywhere, though) and it worked perfectly well. After having breakfast at a...

The drive from Seattle to Mount Rainier took longer than we thought. We were happy to still snatch a campsite, so we could take our time for the Burrough Mountain trail. It’s a...

On August 20th, we took the bus from Squamish via Vancouver to Seattle. We were excited to travel to the USA, but also a little nervous as it isn’t guaranteed that you’re...

On our last day in Canada, one of the great highlights happened. As we were walking towards the Smoke Bluffs (which is basically still in the town of Squamish), we heard some...

On August 16th, we went climbing at The Malamute area. It is a nice crag directly above the water of Howe Sound. Plus, there weren’t as many people as in other areas of...

After the last 7 days of non-stop climbing, we felt quite drained. Finally, we rested for a couple of days, washed our laundry and spent time working and planning in the public...

In Vancouver, we met a nice couple from Germany, Anna & Jannik. It was great we could meet again in Squamish and spend two days together. First, we went sport climbing in...

Well, the title says it all! Initially, we only planned to climb the two multi-pitches Rambles and Diedre 5.8. As we did so, we met again a Canadian couple we chatted with some...

Time for our first multi-pitches! Again, we woke up at 04:00 am to be the first at the AMO Wall. It is basically a big wall with only friction climbing, sport-bolted routes. The...

On August 2nd, we took the bus to Squamish, the climber’s paradise in Canada. When the massive Chief comes in sight, you can already imagine why it’s so popular. We also got...

On July 31st, we rented a bike and did a nice tour through Vancouver. We started at the harbour and drove around Stanley Park. The little detour to Beaver Lake was nice,...

The journey from Pentincton to Vancouver was the longest drive so far. It leads through a beautiful scenery with plenty of fruit and vegetable plantations and you can buy fresh...

On July 26th and 27th, we went sport climbing in the Skaha Bluffs. It’s really fun there! The gneiss rock is solid featuring a lot of small ledges and it’s well protected with...

Why bothering flying to Australia when you can pet kangaroos at Kangaroo Creek Farm in Kelowna? Even the temperature (>35°C) fit. At the park, almost all animals roam around...

The drive from Clearwater to Kamloops takes you directly from the green mountain forests to a desert-like landscape. It is such a striking change, we barely could believe we...

On July 23rd, we drove trough Canada’s “waterfall park”, Wells Gray Provincial Park. All the waterfalls are kind of different as they vary in height, width and surroundings. The...