Trip Reports

Jackie and I had planned a week of climbs in the Canadian Rockies. Among the various objectives we discussed, the Northwest Ridge of Mount Sir Donald in Glacier National Park stood out as the one we both wanted to climb the most. Originally, we intended to climb it over two days by bivying at the base. However, the plan became complicated due to summer rains. It was raining the evening before our scheduled climb, making it uncertain whether we could stick to our initial bivy plan....

July 22 — Hiked over to east camp to prepare for climbing the BC. We saw Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell hanging out at camp. Alex popped his head out of the tent to see who was walking into camp. When arriving someone on the film crew told us that a helicopter would be landing soon “in 20 minutes or 2 hours” they said. When the helicopter did land, they picked up some gear and dropped off others....

Day 1: Biking: 15miles, +5000ft elevation, Skis: 11miles, +4300ft Sarah and I had finally set out on the high sierra route, a trip that had been years in the making. We’d hoped to do it the prior couple years, but between covid and low snow, the stars never aligned. With a monstrous snow year and lack of employment 2023 seemed like the year. Logistics seemed like the crux of the route, despite only being 50 miles apart driving trailhead to trailhead would take 6 hours, meaning a car shuttle would take 12 hours extra hours of driving....

Sarah and I have been talking about doing the east buttress of Mount Whitney for a long time. In 2018 when we did the mountaineer’s route we saw all climbers topping out at the summit and scoffed at the idea of climbing so much technical terrain at 14000ft. None the less we had in the back of our minds and this past January when we were planning out some trips for the summer we decided it would a nice goal to try and climb the east buttress of mount Whitney two years later....

The Sugar bowl to Squaw valley tour is a classic tour in north lake tahoe. It takes you along a beatiful part of the sierra crest with sweeping views and solitude, despite staring and ending at two of the most popular ski resorts in the area. Sarah and I have had this tour on our bucket list for a couple years now. We had always thought that it would be a awesome hut trip in the winter or a good chance to practice some snow camping skills in the spring given that its over 10 miles of rolling terrain....