I have only climbed with Tim Blaney a handful of times and every one is a story. This climb, in particular, is a terrific one because it is also one of the very few climbs I’ve ever roped my twin brother, Ryan, into joining! We decided […]
This was my first attempt at Mount Hood. I had never done any sort of back-country skiing before and thought it would be cool to rent this weird set of skis that clipped directly onto my plastic mountaineering boots. Me, Dave Welles, and Parker pulled the […]
The white buffalo. Shuksan. Fischer Chimneys. I hear Mike Daly had the same problem. Two previous attempts, two perfect windows of weather and snow conditions, two completely kid-free weekends. Le sigh. Attempt one was a fun, if not short go at it. My partner this time: […]
I was taking a late start, but didn’t really care. It was early season and I had the climbing itch which meant no amount of excess suffering seems insurmountable. An avalanched out road adding six round trip miles to my summit? Whatever. Climbing!
Tim and I started this a little later in the day. Tim and I also have an unwritten understanding that it is my job to provide the motivation. Usually this involves lying. First day was just for approach and it didn’t look too difficult from the […]
I had just completed the WAC Basic Climbing course earlier in the summer so the obvious next step was to do a solo trip into the Pasayten Wilderness Area to summit a dozen 8000′ peaks in half as many days. Naturally, this was going to be […]