Vertical Ventures Rock Climbing & Wilderness Programs

02/11/2025

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Excitement is building in the Upper Peninsula as trail conditions are looking promising for the UP200 dog sled races.

The last two years, all three races that are part of this event were cancelled due to poor trail conditions. February rains caused the cancellation in 2023 and above-average warm temperatures halted the 2024 races.

02/11/2025

Let it snow

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Excitement is building in the Upper Peninsula as trail conditions are looking promising for the UP200 dog sled races.

The last two years, all three races that are part of this event were cancelled due to poor trail conditions. February rains caused the cancellation in 2023 and above-average warm temperatures halted the 2024 races.

08/26/2024

For those of us of a particular era he was an inspiring and larger than life soul and spirit. Cut from a different cloth than most of the rest of us. He will be missed and we wish him godspeed on his next journey.

Tom Brown Jr., who was considered the country’s foremost authority on wilderness survival, and who taught thousands of people how to track deer, fletch arrows, forage for food and generally thrive in the great outdoors, died on Aug. 16 in Neptune, N.J. He was 74. His son Coty confirmed the death, ...

08/19/2024

No right answer but lots to consider.

Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “It’s a wonder more people haven’t died.”

08/09/2024

There's a lot of stupid in the field of rock climbing these days and sometimes land manages contribute to it unwittingly. This might be one of those instances although it's curtsy only up for debate. What isn't up of debate is that a young woman died while ascending a nontechnical cable climb of El Cap in Yosemite. She did o while her father washed helplessly unable to do anything. This is a thoughtful read and we wanted to share it with you.

Jonathan Rohloff is still reeling from the horror of watching his 20-year-old daughter slide to her death off Yosemite's Half Dome. He said his request for more safeguards on the century-old climbing cables that lead to the summit has met with "deafening" silence from park officials.

06/20/2024

Posted again kidlings, it's still hotter than your high school english teacher out there.

09/26/2023

We'll take good news when we find it and this surely is some.

A longtime fixture on the Grand River Ave. stretch between MSU campus and East Lansing is shuttering next month. Moosejaw, 555 E. Grand River Ave., has been on the strip for 28 years. Sarah Cassell…

09/06/2023

Well, hell, yet another significant and irreplaceable passing.

Owner Rod Johnson says the store will close in October. But first, they're having a liquidation sale.

04/06/2023

Spring has sprung. Time to get your morels on.

01/26/2023

URGENT WARNING!!!! I post this video every year around this time. The Massive amount of snow that is still falling will only serve to insulate barely frozen pond and lake ice and keep marginal iced over surfaces, even more so. They are treacherous and not to be trusted under any circumstances. Keep your dogs off of em too. Watch this video and please share. Great snow does not equal good ice. In fact it is just the opposite. Stay safe, stay off of the ice. No ice is safe ice right now.

BAD ICE II - Jake, Boo and I were back at West Park today doing our thing and I went out to the pond and tested the ice. O M G. Please watch this video, com...

01/26/2023

URGENT WARNING!!!! I post this video every year around this time. The Massive amount of snow that is still falling will only serve to insulate barely frozen pond and lake ice and keep marginal iced over surfaces, even more so. They are treacherous and not to be trusted under any circumstances. Keep your dogs off of em too. Watch this video and please share. Great snow does not equal good ice. In fact it is just the opposite. Stay safe, stay off of the ice. No ice is safe ice right now.

02/28/2022

Ontario’s canoe country isn’t confined to Algonquin—escape portage trail traffic and discover incredible paddling at these parks less travelled.

02/17/2022

02/17/2022

A very very dangerous storm is afoot and if you go out in it you are vulnerable and seriously at risk for frostbite or death. This is the most serious storm I've seen in some years. STAY HOME.