Stephen Koch

I saw Cory Richard’s short film, COLD, on Saturday at the Adventure Film Festival’s Jackson stop. The rawness and honesty of the writing moved me. I liked how Cory narrated it and told it like it was. This past February 2, 2011, Simone Moro, Cory Richards, and Denis Urubko experienced brutal COLD as they completed [...]

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The venue has changed to the Town Square Tavern. Join us for the Adventure Film Festival World Tour Show in Jackson, Wyoming. Climb. Ride. Slide. Fly. Fight For Your Environment. Inspire. Go Higher Than You’ve Ever Dared To Go. Journey into the imagination. Behold the idealized beauty, carved by unbridled passion, at the first annual [...]

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Well it’s the cold and dark time of year again. Time for ice to form and time to climb the ice. Below is a short video about what I carry in my pack for a day of ice climbing. Enjoy! Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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In this short video I demonstrate and explain the “Burpee,” a wonderful all around exercise that requires only one thing, YOU! No props, no weights, bands, benches, balls or anything else to give you an excuse to not do them! Simple. All you need is a little encouragement and belief that you will be more loved if you do these. You will! You will love yourself for doing this wonderful all around exercise! The Burpee works your legs, core, shoulders, back, chest and face, hands (clapping), and face (from the inner joy that will emit from your being through your smile because you accomplished something that will benefit you greatly!).

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Greg Hill is going for 2 Million Vertical feet of skinning and skiing this year. Greg, a Canadian ski mountaineer, is well on his way to his goal with over 1,600,000′ skied this year! Massive goal! Massive Respect! In this short video Greg explains how he fuels himself, sometimes for 15 10K vertical days in [...]

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I was climbing on the Valhalla Traverse on the Enclosure/Grand Teton when my climbing partner, Michelle Smith, slipped and fell on the challenging terrain. After tumbling 30 feet down the mountain, the rope came taut and she stopped. It was then that she looked down at her misshapen leg and realized the severity of the [...]

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Water bladders are a wonderful invention and they work very well for many uses. There are times that I do not carry a bladder, yet still want water very accessible. My solution to this has been to make my own carrier using a few simple items and a used plastic water bottle. In this short [...]

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This beautiful note and video are from Amy McCarthy. They moved me. May they move you. June 2010 Dearest Friends of Chuck Pratt, Just about 9 years ago, we gathered on the summer solstice, that glorious long day of light, to celebrate another brightness in each of our lives, the grand and radiant spirit of [...]

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I did not snowboard the north face of the Aiguille du Midi while I lived in Chamonix in 1990, although I wanted to. I did make some turns along the north side of the ridge traversing to the glacier on my way to ride the Gervasutti Couloir on Mont Blanc du Tacul. The “Gervasutti,” as [...]

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Grand Teton Climbing and Training Video Trailer Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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