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    Fast & Light or Fast & Lit?

    Fast & Light or Fast & Lit?

    Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice

    Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice

    TR - Michigan Ice Fest 2020

    TR - Michigan Ice Fest 2020

    Fast & Light or Fast & Lit?
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 5 min

    Fast & Light or Fast & Lit?

    No matter who you talk to - from sponsored climbers hawking the latest tech to the guy spraying you down in the Index parking lot - it...
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    Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice
    Eva Kloiber
    • Aug 11, 2020
    • 13 min

    Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice

    "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." The motto of my home state of Michigan seems very apt in describing a peninsula...
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    TR - Michigan Ice Fest 2020
    Eva Kloiber
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    TR - Michigan Ice Fest 2020

    2020-02-11 through 14 With many fine folks! Day 1 "Say 'ya' to da UP, eh?" The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is not an easy place to reach....
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    The Ideal Climbing Pack
    Eva Kloiber
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Ideal Climbing Pack

    What makes a good climbing pack? What is a climbing pack?? What even is climbing??? All very good questions that I've been thinking about...
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    TR - Golden Horn and the Tower of Rain
    Eva Kloiber
    • Aug 26, 2019
    • 5 min

    TR - Golden Horn and the Tower of Rain

    2019-08-24 & 25 Golden Horn via Standard Route With Amelia & Adam Route quality: Views: 👁👁👁 the views were lovely... during the brief...
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    TR - Ego Check on Kent
    Eva Kloiber
    • Aug 5, 2019
    • 6 min

    TR - Ego Check on Kent

    2019-07-03 McClellan Butte, Mt Kent, and a lot of bushwhacking Solo Route quality: Views: 👁👁 pretty standard Snoqualmie Pass views...
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    TR - No Sloan Us Down
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jul 28, 2019
    • 4 min

    TR - No Sloan Us Down

    2019-07-29 Sloan Peak via Corkscrew Route With Nastassia & Westy Route quality: Views: 👁👁👁👁👁 spectacular views of the North...
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    Injury & Recovery
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jul 25, 2019
    • 8 min

    Injury & Recovery

    Injury I didn't really know anything was wrong until I was safely on the ground. "I think that was a bad idea, you should go down a...
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    TR - Kautz Glacier C2C
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 5 min

    TR - Kautz Glacier C2C

    2019-07-13 Tahoma via Kautz Glacier With Nastassia & Westy Route quality: Views: 👁👁👁👁👁 undeniably spectacular Snow: ⛄⛄⛄mushy in...
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    Alpine Lakes Wild-ness: A Vision
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 10 min

    Alpine Lakes Wild-ness: A Vision

    It all started with an attempt to climb Bears Breast... which was under a permanent rain cloud. And you don't want to be down-climbing...
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    Triple TR - Eldorado, Eggplant, and Lil' T
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jun 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Triple TR - Eldorado, Eggplant, and Lil' T

    Over a long weekend I made my way up 3 (or perhaps more realistically 2.5) peaks. On Saturday 2019-06-15, I cruised up Eldorado (8,868')...
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    TR - Das Toof
    Eva Kloiber
    • Jun 2, 2019
    • 5 min

    TR - Das Toof

    2019-06-02 The Tooth via South Face With Maggie Route Quality: Views: 👁👁 Snoqualmie Pass is lovely, but not the world's best views...
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    TR - Sunh-a-do (Mt Olympus)
    Eva Kloiber
    • May 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    TR - Sunh-a-do (Mt Olympus)

    2019-05-24/25/26 Sunh-a-do via Blue Glacier With Amelia & Adam Route Quality: Views: 👁👁👁👁👁 rainforests + glaciers = heaven on earth...
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    TR - Mt Shuksan via Sulphide Glacier
    Eva Kloiber
    • May 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    TR - Mt Shuksan via Sulphide Glacier

    2019-05-18 Mt Shuksan via Sulphide Glacier With Nastassia Route Quality: Views: 👁👁👁👁 so good! Kulshan in the background was a lovely...
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