2018 Trips

Mt Clarence King 2 September 2018 We got a solid crew together for this trip. The plan was to hang out in Sixty Lake Basin and have a go at Mt Clarence King, Mt Cotter, and Mt Gardiner for a…

Tahquitz — Coffin Nail + Traitor Horn Linkup 20 July 2018 Welcome to the laziest trip report evah. Garrett and I climbed this hella sweet linkup the other day. Funny enough, we had each got wind of it independently and…

Mt Conness 6 July 2018 This climb really knocked my socks off — I was not remotely prepared for the level of fun we were to have this day. Garrett had come up with the interesting idea to approach the…

Devils Crags 23 June 2018 From the pangs of fear and freedom writ large on backwoods mountain ridgelines — this should be pretty easy for any climber to understand. Garrett’s infectious enthusiasm for climbing all the big peaks as soon…

Mt Adams 1 May 2018 I had some time off work (contract stuff for Navy) recently, and decided to spend two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, bagging peaks and visiting old friends. You gotta make time for old friends. Because…

Mt St Helens 30 April 2018 The clouds rolled in this sweet spring morn. And they never did burn off which was just fine by me. Over the years I’ve come to accept the mountains as they are, just like…

Mt Baker 26 April 2018 Every now and then something comes along that you’ve really really been looking forward to. The kind of thing you plan months or years ahead of time and now it’s finally here. And you’re so…

White Mountain Peak 15 January 2018 Every now and again I experience a fit of pent up rage / energy to such an extreme degree that its release requires an equally severe and prolonged bout of unadulterated physical exertion. No…