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Mt Agassiz and The Pursuit of North Palisade 31 July 2015 ‘He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his…

Mt Brewer 11 July 2015 Eric has already done such a nice job writing this one up, I’ll point you over his way: Eric’s Mt Brewer trip report I don’t have a whole lot more to say but I definitely…

Celebrating America’s Birthday: Tower Peak, The Watchtower, Panum Crater, and Dunderberg Peak 4 July 2015 I’m taking a different tack on this ‘trip report’. It would be difficult to describe how much fun we had on this one. Or mostly…

Red Slate Mountain 28 June 2015 This is a supermini, so small, trip story. Jonathan and I climbed Red Slate Mountain via the north couloir. In fact the only way to truly make this outing deserving of the Sierra Club…

Banner Peak 31 May 2015  

Mt Shasta: The Lonely Mountain 19 April 2015 A quake went down my spine as I gazed for the first time upon the bulk of Mt Shasta. This is a very large mountain. The familiar thought fired through my dizzied…

Scenes from the Mexican Border: Baboquivari Peak and Kino Peak 5 April 2015 Scene I: Baboquivari Tohono O’odham Nation Reservation. A high-mileage Hyundai Elantra. 85 miles per hour. Arizona State Trooper. Four hikers. And a dream – Baboquivari Peak. ‘You…

Matterhorn Peak 30 March 2015

Mt Russell: Mountain of a Thousand Truths 12 October 2014 I was pleasantly surprised when it came to my attention that I had an extra day off work for that honorable holiday, Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus was a great explorer…

Mt Goddard: The Spineless Mountain 14 September 2014 ‘Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the east.’ Not even Gandalf could save me as the sun rose over the mountains; there I…