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9/18/15: Mount Jefferson
For me, Mt Jefferson was the ultimate trip- varied terrain, supposedly interesting climbing, and a beautiful alpine environment all added...
Oct 31, 20155 min read


8/1/2015: North Sister
As my experience and knowledge base has built, North Sister seemed more and more to be the true “test piece” for mountaineering in the...
Aug 12, 20154 min read


Part 2: Broken Top 7/12/2015
Over the last year of this project, we’ve both grown in a number of ways, our mountaineering skill level being a massive factor in that...
Jul 27, 20154 min read


Faith, Hope, Charity
(from the summit of Broken Top)
Jul 17, 20151 min read


Three Sports
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” - Ernest Hemingway
Jun 17, 20151 min read


Jun 11, 20150 min read


Middle Sister 6/6-6/7/2015
This trip started off lazy and got better…. Although, we still felt a little lazy at the end. Leaving Portland was the first “lazy” point...
Jun 11, 20156 min read


Shastina and Mount Shasta 5/22-5/25/2015
Andy and I rolled out of Portland as soon as we were able to on the afternoon of May 22, aka, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. I...
May 29, 20157 min read


May 29, 20150 min read


Mount Thielsen 4/18/2015
Going into this climb, I was psyched. Not only does this mountain have a short, relatively flat approach, but the summit spire is just...
May 1, 20153 min read