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- Dec 3, 2017
- 2 min
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...
- Jul 19, 2017
- 4 min
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...
- May 8, 2017
- 4 min
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...
- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min
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...
- Dec 16, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Jul 8, 2016
- 8 min
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 5, 2016
- 7 min
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 ___...
- Jun 11, 2016
- 4 min
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...
- May 7, 2016
- 6 min
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...
- Apr 16, 2016
- 1 min
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...