
Peru 2024 Pt 8: Shacsha Sur Trip Report
This is part of a series of blogs about a group of dudes on a mountaineering trip to Peru. You can read more here . Due to our work...
Peru 2024 Pt 7: Finding Grit and Moving on
This is part of a series, the rest of the story can be found here . Mountaineering is a sport dependant on good conditions. Many outdoor...
Peru 2024 Pt 6: Nevado Pisco Trip Report
This is part of a series. You can see all the post and catch up here . After acclimatizing, we finally set out for our first mountain!...
Peru 2024 Pt 5: Getting High in Peru
To read the previous posts about our Peru trip, click here . Ayahuasca is a psychoactive plant, crushed and drank in a ceremonial style...
Peru 2024 Pt 4: Climbing for a Cause
This post is part of a series of blogs. To read all the posts in this series, click here ! Let's talk about our other mission (besides...
Peru 2024 Pt 3: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
This builds off of Peru 2024 Pt 1 and Peru 2024 Pt 2 so go read those if you haven't! Gear is a major part of mountaineering. As cliche...
Peru 2024 Pt 2: Growing Up
This builds off of Peru 2024 Pt 1 , so please go back and read that first… or don’t. What’s life without a little whimsy? Our group of...
Peru 2024 Pt 1: Making the Band
Alright, so we’re more of a band like Robin Hood’s band of merry men than a group of instrumentalists (although Nate’s wife is in a...
Adventure in the Lost Sierras! Trip Report
Much of the specific location information is being purposefully left out. With so much going on in the Yosemite and Tahoe areas and with...
I Took My Kids Mountaineering On Mt Shasta And They Didn't Die!
TR Mt Shasta (Clear Creek) w/ Kids When I talk about my kids climbing or hiking, most people picture playground rock walls and trails at...
Trip Report: Mt Rainier (Disappointment Cleaver)
Climbing Mount Rainier is on every list of mountains to climb before attempting Denali, so it was for sure a big goal of mine to climb in...
Trip Report: Mt Shasta (Hotlum Glacier Left Ice Gully)
Last year I missed my mountaineering group’s Mt Shasta trip because it was over my daughter’s birthday. They climbed the most commonly...
Mountaineering Gear: Layering like an Ogre
Refining your layering system is a life-long pursuit. Working toward both the general goal of being more efficient in the mountains and...
Gear Review: Norrøna Trollveggen Down850
Made for the Arctic and high altitude mountaineering, this just may be the best parka ever made. Have you ever wanted to go to the top of...
The Five Best Books I Read in 2021
Yes, I know it's now June 2022... At least I got to it... In 2021, I set a reading goal of 12 books. As always, it’s hard to know what...
Trip Report: Mt Shasta (Avalanche Gulch)
A group I mountaineer with had planned a trip to climb Mt Shasta in mid-May. I had a small procedure in April that I was recovering from...
Trip Report: South Sister
Last Spring was a rough time for me. I had a pinched nerve that basically stopped most of my mountaineering goals as my left side was not...
6 Thoughts on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo (Which Really Happened in 2021)
1. NBC missed out on their greatest opportunity to promote their new streaming platform Peacock. They failed miserably. They could have...
Trip Report: Crescent Couloir, Round Top
This Winter was about the worst one to try to get into mountaineering, especially on the cheap! I heard someone say we only got 60% of...



















