Author: Ben Osborne

“THIS IS ME, FOREVER”: A Love Letter to Argentina

August 31, 2023

Words By: Matt Spohn Say what you will, but nature transforms us. Move slowly, and it changes what you notice…. Read more

Climbing as Community: Arct’eryx Youth Academy in Squamish, BC

July 19, 2023

A friend of mine once asked me what the point of climbing is. “So, you just go up to come… Read more

A Search for Connection

May 29, 2023

“As seen from the top of Mt. Baldy or from the porch of the Round House, the sight of this… Read more

Izzy Lynch’s Life in Flowers

March 24, 2023

“I’ve done a lot of different things in my life,” Izzy Lynch tells me as she scurries about a bright,… Read more

Rumbling Noise: Eric Carter Climbs Kwékwetxwm

January 25, 2023

The Squamish Nation name of this waterfall is Kwékwetxwm, meaning “rumbling noise”. This seems especially appropriate as I’m standing on… Read more

Chris Benchetler Comes Full Circle

January 9, 2023

Chris Benchetler is lucky to have help with the kids today. First of all, his wife Kimmy Fasani is prepping… Read more

The Sounds of Creation: Goth Babe and the Music of ‘Creation Theory’

December 1, 2022

With the sound of breaking waves in the background, Griff Washburn of Goth Babe was composing music on an antique… Read more

Creation Theory: Finding Beauty in the Chaos with Ben Sturgulewski and Ben Moon

October 11, 2022

The work of creation is rarely a smooth or straightforward thing. More often, it’s unruly, unpredictable and tumultuous — much… Read more

One Is Not Enough: NEXUS is Coming to Shift the Paradigm

From a distance, the green helicopter looks like a dragonfly. It buzzes back and forth until it descends towards us…. Read more

Cole Richardson Has Arrived

October 6, 2022

Cole Richardson shouldn’t be. That is to say, the skier he is doesn’t make sense—not when you consider where he… Read more

Off The Beaten Path

To honour World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2022, we had Arc’teryx athlete Pauli Trenkwalder, a Mountain Guide &… Read more

Climbing, Growing, and Eating Ice Cream with Tylie Mills

September 26, 2022

Tylie first saw climbers in the Skaha Bluffs on a family trip to the Okanagan when she was seven. On… Read more

Pete Devries Was Built for Island X

September 6, 2022

  There’s a lot of justifiable reasons to invite Pete Devries on surf trips and it isn’t just due to… Read more

The Motherload Returns

August 15, 2022

How do you lose an entire living cow the first day you own it? That’s the question Tessa Treadway wears… Read more

Catch Up: Michelle Parker & Katie Holden

July 27, 2022

When Michelle Parker got invited to Alaska on her first trip to film more than a decade ago, it was… Read more