Category Archives: Climbing

Eye candy in the desert SW

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Megan, Ferda, and I took off in Megan’s little red car and visited three national parks on the way from California to Colorado.  We spent longest at Joshua Tree where we did a little climbing.  The sun might make it … Continue reading →

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A week in Aladağlar, scrambling and climbing

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Bryan Keith

Perhaps the mountain that I hear Turks talk about the most is Demirkazık.  A few weeks ago in the Kaçkar Mountains when someone was trying to convince the leader that he had enough experience to attempt Verçenik, he said that … Continue reading →

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Classic Route on Sivri Dağı

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Bryan Keith

It seems that the easiest route on any mountain in Turkey is called the “Classic Route”.  In addition to being the easiest, it also tends to be the route that gets climbed the most even if it’s not the best.  … Continue reading →

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Snow climb on Tunç Dağı

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Bryan Keith

I think the activity I miss most from Colorado is the snow climbs.  The easy access to say, Skywalker Couloir on South Arapaho from Boulder, is pretty incredible.  And that’s one of many choices from Boulder.  The mountains around Antalya … Continue reading →

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Matterhorn preps: Geyiksivrisi-Sarp Katran Ridge

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Bryan Keith

The ridge from Geyiksivrisi to Sarp Katran is another of the super fun scrambling ridges near Antalya.  Like the Sivri Dağı ridge traverse, this was also one of our training days for the Matterhorn.  We were even the same five … Continue reading →

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