When I was a young lad, I accompanied my professor on a trip to Argonne National Lab to assist with his mission to take pictures of dirt. The lab is home to the Advanced Photon Source (APS), basically the electrons…
Film Photos
Lately I’ve been messing around with a Canon A-1 film camera that I picked up at Dexter’s in Ventura. I walked in their shop one day and said I wanted to monkey around with a film camera, and the owner…
big wall vignettes.
Salathe Wall, “Flying Jumars” Mo and I realized we were missing a pair of jumars down at the belay. Russell 100 foot up on the lead: got em up here! Oh shit! Should I throw em down the line ???…
Vision Questing the Valley
Yosemite Valley September 2021 Climbers of the Allied Expeditionary Force: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you … ” – Warren Harding,…
Great Western Divide peak-stravaganza
This ended up being a very ambitious outing. I’m not sure I would 100% recommend this itinerary to any sane peakbagger but here it is anyway! On Tuesday afternoon Mo and I drove from San Diego to the Shepherd Pass…
Charlotte Dome — South Face
Charlotte Dome — South Face 29 May 2021 Ting and I climbed the South Face of Charlotte Dome to kick off another summer Sierra season. The snowpack was very low this year and we encountered very little on the whole…
Merriam Peak — North Buttress
Merriam Peak — North Buttress 31 July 2020 This isn’t a trip report but just a simple plug to climb this route! It’s so good! Paul had basically been the most solid partner of all time on our traverse of…
Mt Stuart — North Ridge
Mt Stuart — Complete North Ridge with Le Great Gendarme 15 July 2020 Beginnings. One can scarcely tell a good story without starting at the beginning. It may be possible to start later on – at some critical or tumultuous…
White Punks on Dope
White Punks on Dope 14 May 2020 Ting and I completed a trip I’d been dreaming about all winter — a bike tour approach of White Punks in the Needles. It’s something we’d heard about other people doing, just not…
Favorite High Sierra Scrambles
These are my favorite scrambles in the High Sierra! I’ve organized them by class rating, and within each rating, by my favorite at the very top (#1 spot) and on down. Generally the class two peaks will be less committing…