Let me first state the obvious: last year’s winter (2013/2014) in the Pacific Northwest was a bizarre one. In December..
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The Patagonia M10 jacket is their lightest waterproof/breathable hardshell. My production version of the jacket, in size Medium, weighs in..
The moment I picked up the Arc’teryx Nuclei hoody, I realized that Arcteryx had made my other belay jackets obsolete...
The typical question: “I will climb Rainer this summer…next Orizaba, Kili, then Aconcagua! What do I need for clothes?” Here..
- [TR] Mount Hood - North Face Right Gully Solo 11/21/2020 November 23, 2020Trip: Mount Hood - North Face Right Gully Solo Trip Date: 11/21/2020 Trip Report: X-posted from PNW Mountaineers on FB for those not on there. Stoke: The gullies are in! Skied to the bergshrund with Evan and Andrew and then solo'd the R gully. Hardest climb I've done both physically and mentally, but it was […]
- [TR] Mount Jupiter - East Ridge (standard) 05/08/2020 November 23, 2020Trip: Mount Jupiter - East Ridge (standard) Trip Date: 05/08/2020 Trip Report: My trip down 2020 memory lane continues! We've moved up to May now. The pandemic is still slowing unfolding but people are going back to work and the lockdowns are easing. Public land is open in some instances (Olympic National Forest) but closed […]
- [TR] Pakistan - K6 Central 10/09/2020 November 20, 2020Trip: Pakistan - K6 Central Trip Date: 10/09/2020 Trip Report: Dear CC friends, Sorry we haven't been on here much, but we've been working a lot on our blog. It's more of a diary for us since we don't care about hits or ad content. We really don't want to just post a link to […]
- [TR] Diobsud Buttes - Standard 04/16/2020 November 20, 2020Trip: Diobsud Buttes - Standard Trip Date: 04/16/2020 Trip Report: How has it been 8 months since I posed a TR??!! Can I blame COVID? You may think that I am now 300lbs, into gaming, and sitting on my basement couch. Oh no! I'm just the same old punter, a bit older and a bit […]
- [TR] North Six Shooter & South Six Shooter - Lightning Bolt Cracks & South Face Direct 11/03/2020 November 10, 2020Trip: North Six Shooter & South Six Shooter - Lightning Bolt Cracks & South Face Direct Trip Date: 11/03/2020 Trip Report: I've been down in Utah/Colorado since the beginning of the month on a climbing trip and vacation. Managed to climb two towers that have been on my mind for some time via some pretty […]