Tag: climbing
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Swell New Routing 12/3
I’ve learned to always say yes when I get the opportunity to adventure with Cass. Any adventure with Cass is probably going to involve some pretty chossy rock and scary climbing, but it always proves to be a memorable and rewarding experience. So when Cass hit me up about trying to do a FA of…
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Bugaboos 7/30-8/6
No write up for this one, just some photo memories from an amazing trip to the Bugaboos.
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West Coast Travels 5/3-5/15
This post is going to mainly be a photo dump in an attempt to catch up to more recent adventures. After the Eklutna Traverse, Taryn and I spent a few days in Alaska waiting to see if any further weather windows would materialize. Unfortunately the warm temperatures continued and the spring shed was in full…
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The Swell – 10/23-10/24
No real write-up for this one. Just some pictures from a beautiful weekend climbing in the beautiful Swell. Climbed at Trojan Wall the first day and Dylan Wall the second. Highlights include:* Questing up an unknown wide pitch at Trojan Wall and fighting through sand, broken holds and self-doubt to reach the top. * Figuring…
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Yosemite Valley – 10/9-10/17
Yosemite Valley. It’s hard to summarize the weight The Valley carried in my mind prior to this trip. For years, Yosemite has felt like a gaping hole in my otherwise fairly well rounded climbing resume. For years, schedules and fitness and partners have never quite lined up and I’ve told myself “next year” as I…
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Tuolumne Meadows – 9/4-9/6
It’s been a full summer since I last posted. This is for a variety of reasons, but mainly due to a summer of not much mountain adventuring. Some nagging Achilles/ankle/foot pain I had been ignoring all spring finally caught up with me in early June, and I soon found myself hobbling around, unable to even…
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Desert Thanksgiving – 11/21-11/29
After 8 months of squeezing adventures into long weekends, I decided to use the week of Thanksgiving to finally take a week off work. I headed down the first weekend for a couple of days of biking with friends. My only other desert biking experience was a heinous day riding Mag 7 last spring where…
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Desert Weekend – 10/10-10/12
No large write-up or grand adventures, just a photo dump from a three day weekend in the desert. Itinerary:* North Face of Castleton Tower * A day climbing in the Creek (Reservoir Wall)* An exploratory evening run in The Needles district of Canyonlands (ended up at Druid Arch)* A morning run up Mt. Tukuhnikivatz (approached…
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North Ridge of Mt. Stuart – 8/28
Facing mid-summer heat and dangerously bad air from the California fires (after spending 2+ hours sheltering under rocks from lightening, I can confirm the phrase “historic lightening siege” is accurate) Taryn and I decided to Seattle for a week to visit friends and check out the Cascades. I took Friday off work and in keeping…
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The Evolution Traverse – 8/16
It’s a lost, or it’s kind of an ignored idea, the idea of magnificent failure rather than a mediocre success Peter Croft Like many great climbing goals, I’m not sure exactly when the Evolution Traverse first came onto my radar, but with a few amazing traverses under my belt (namely the Cirque Traverse in 2018…