Active Mind, Creative Spirit
Mother’s Day Climb
“Does this glissade chute make my butt look big?” It’s been a long time since I climbed over 5000 vertical feet in a day. This year, for Mother’s Day, my family allowed me to escape the city, and spend the day with 5 other…
What’s Left of the Glacier
During the last week of June I led a single overnight to the south foot of Mt Baker in the North Cascades. Anyone who is familiar with the hiking trails in that area is reading the first sentence again. Yes, the trails, usually not…
Photographer’s Climb
“You see that saddle over there? That’s where we’re going.” Note the knob on the left (mostly un-named on trail maps) and the peak on the right (Mt Ruth, 7115 feet elevation) as well as the tiny tuft of trees you can see in the middle….
Tragedy on K2 EK POV
Occasionally my job sends me on fun little non-climbing adventures that are as exciting as my own climbing adventures (almost). Tonight I am going to see an advance screening of The Summit which is the story of K2’s deadliest climbing day. It happened for real…
American Firsts
This weekend the outdoor industry had a local public event. My magazine was there and I gave a talk about Nepal on day two of the expo. It’s mostly business, but I love my industry and the people in it, so it’s also an…