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Why Wilderness Medicine is Cool (and why you should take a class)
For years, my more 'educated' outdoorsfriends have been trying to persuade me to take my Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course. For...
Dec 3, 20172 min read
Nap Time on the Kautz Glacier
Last weekend we attempted to climb the Kautz Glacier on Mount Rainier in a single-day push. We had good maps uploaded to GAIA GPS and a...
Jul 19, 20174 min read
May: Long Weekend #1
The title 'long weekend' has nothing to do with the number of days I spent enjoying my time off from working. It's simply a descriptor of...
May 8, 20174 min read
Lessons Learned: Devil's Kitchen Headwall
Happy Birthday to me! After our very educational/humbling/frustrating attempt a couple days prior, we set out to make the most of the...
Jan 16, 20172 min read
Skiing Helens in Photos
We left Marble Mountain Snow Park around 8:15am and were, thankfully, able to step into our bindings right out of the parking lot. We saw...
Dec 16, 20162 min read
Glacier Peak: Desperate for Sweet Turns
After a grueling drive out of Portland, we finally rolled into the TH at 830pm on Friday night. The winding road leading out of...
Jul 8, 20168 min read
Mount Rainier: In a Day
When the alarm went off at 9:45pm, my first instinct was to throw my phone out the open truck window. It was too early, too late, too ___...
Jul 5, 20167 min read
Mount Hood: North to South
Andy and I have been talking about heading up Cooper Spur for months now. With the weird weather we’ve had in the PNW this year, getting...
Jun 11, 20164 min read
Mount Baker in a Day
It’s become a bit of a theme this Spring that the weather gods choose only to bless those who are able to take time off during the week...
May 7, 20166 min read
Hood in April
We got the chance to climb Mt Hood again a couple of weeks ago- this time with a friend who’d never been up there. It was an incredible...
Apr 16, 20161 min read