Aerospace Engineer, Climber, Splitboarder.
This year I ran safety and filmed on the Clear Creek Black Rock Section Race. It was a great grassroots evening and fun to be a part of. Check out some great and some not so great lines below.
This September, I was lucky enough to get back to Australia for month of ski mountaineering guiding, family catch ups, a wedding and an eventful kayak race. My talented friend (and race partner for the Inaugural Snowy River Extreme) Aidan of escapeaidan put together a couple of rad videos of our time together. Check them out … More Adventures in Australia
In January of 2015, I set out with Micheal, Niels and Bjorn to climb one of the best, most magnificent routes i’ve ever climbed. A bivy the night before, 2 raps, 4 pitches grade 18(5.10a) trad pitches, 24 tim tams and a stack of simul-climbing got us into one of the best (and most sandbagged) … More Pole Dancer
The water is receding in Colorado, and rising in Australia. Grab some popcorn and get ready to pine for the season that is winding down, celebrate the seasons about to start, learn some history of the sport and generally just watch some quality whitewater throwdowns. Duhd Khosi: Canoeing Down Everest (1977) Nothing will ever compare … More Ten of the Best Whitewater Films Online
For James, a powerful winter of ski mountaineering has gone down across the western united states, from Colorado all the way to California. The following post, gives a glimpse of the pow turns, icy jump turns, minor fails and epic wins that have transpired. The winter is over in the US, James will be back in … More A Winter of Ski Mountaineering in the USofA
One of the places that people tend to waste the most time when Ski Mountaineering is in Transition Terrain. Transition terrain is easily defined as terrain where you are neither skinning nor riding. It is often short sections that are too steep, exposed or rocky to allow for either other method of travel. In Australia … More Dealing with Transition Terrain
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
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
Huck & Dyno 