https://openhand.press/trip-reports/ Recent content in Trip Reports on Openhand Press Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://openhand.press/trip-reports/red-rocks-2025-2026/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://openhand.press/trip-reports/red-rocks-2025-2026/ <p><img src="https://openhand.press/images/rrtrip/RR1.jpeg" alt="Black Velvet Canyon"> </p> <p>In December 2025, after spending the winter holidays with family in Oregon, I reconnected with my friend Adam—who I had met during my first climbing trip to Bishop—and drove down from Las Vegas. This time around, we set our sights on a week of bouldering in Red Rock Canyon.</p> <p>I arrived carrying a quiet concern: between Bishop and this trip, I had started to feel like I was plateauing.</p> https://openhand.press/trip-reports/bishop-2025/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://openhand.press/trip-reports/bishop-2025/ <p><img src="https://openhand.press/images/bishoptrip/IMG_5020.jpeg" alt="Bishop Skyline"> </p> <p>In March 2025, I made the impulsive decision to take my first climbing trip outside of Canada. I spent seven days bouldering in Bishop to connect with friends and get my first taste of Sierra granite.</p> <h3 id="three-things-that-defined-the-trip">Three Things That Defined the Trip</h3> <p><img src="https://openhand.press/images/bishoptrip/IMG_4763.jpeg" alt="Peabody"> </p> <ul> <li><strong>The Scale of the Landscape:</strong></li> </ul> <p>Coming from a region where boulders are sparse, the density of Bishop was hard to process. Standing under the Peabody Boulders for the first time, I didn’t pull on right away—I just walked the field, looking up at line after line stacked on the same formations.</p>