A scathing criticism of a place I truly love. View this post on Instagram The view out the windows while I sit at home and get work done. A post shared by James Bultitude (@bultitudeclimbs) on Mar 18, 2016 at 11:14am PDT Boulder, Colorado is the kind of town where one can always find a … More Boulder, The Town America Left Alone
The Eskimo may or may not have 50 words for snow, but there are plenty in English as well. Experienced backcountry travellers seek out the best snow to be found every day, like surfers looking for the best wave every morning, or climbers looking for least chossy rock. Everyone’s heard of powder, but there’s other … More 50 Words For Snow
Whitewater kayaking is one of the trickier sports to get into in Australia. There is a ton of new gear to use, a bunch of weird language getting thrown around and heaps of hard to learn safety skills. One of the worst parts however is not knowing which rivers are safe for beginners and what … More Whitewater Kayaking Progression: Getting Started in Sydney
A couple of years ago now, some brave Norwegians exposed members of the UNSW Outdoors Club and myself to a simple ritual they called ‘Ice Cream’. Whether this game was played across the oceans at their previous alma mater, whether it was made up to encourage someone, or if the game was passed to them … More The Ice Cream Game
Note: I’m a bit behind on all the blogging, so here’s chapter two of my American Adventures, back in October. Â After cruising around Southern California for a bit, it was time to head north and get serious. We were headed to Yosemite Valley to climb some of the most famous routes of all time. … More Tuolumne Meadows aka Telemetry Meadows
With last week’s cold snap and this weekend’s sunny forecast, I was very keen to go down again. After many rejections from potential partners, I finally persuaded my old aquaintance Anthony to come down. Easygoing, and with a wealth of experience in every adventerous outdoors activity under the sun, he came well equipped with a … More Sam’s Not-so-great Sentinel Sunday
So I gave notice to my job and booked tickets for a two-month overseas trip. First, I’m going back to Japan in February, late winter this time, with a good chance of some pow, but also hope of actually seeing the sun for more pleasant touring. First things first, I’ll be spending some time in … More Japan 2016 and Beyond
In case you don’t know, I have left sunny Sydney on an extended sabbatical. This is the first of my dispatches from the USA. The blog posts that follow, are my attempt to summarize some useful beta for people who wish to visit the USA to climb and shred. (Excuse the american spellings, ive been getting into character over … More Land of the Free (Refill)
‘After this, no other place will seem as beautiful, no other place as wild, no other place as epic, no other place as challenging. All other climbing is now just training for the Darrans’ – Vertical Life Magazine. James – We drove into the Darrans in a snow storm. The snow surged towards our eyes … More The Darrans, Winter 2013
Spring is in the air…nah nah nah, nah nah nah…spring is in the air…and I had time off work! Alexey, Simon and I set off in the Russian Snow Chariot from Sydney, at 4pm on Friday afternoon. In Canberra, we stopped to pick up Ro from his parent’s farm in Williamsdale, where were kindly treated … More Getting A Bit Western on Mt Twynam
Huck & Dyno 