Hiking, Mountaineering, and Climbing Adventures
The high route above Whatcom Pass has been on Jim and my list since we met. Neither of us had ever been in the area. The high route has the benefit of being directly across from Challenger, one of the prettiest mountains in the North Cascades.
Since I was still getting over jet lag from Europe, Jim and I decided to do a 3-day trip into Del Campo and Gothic peaks. Jim was able to work until early afternoon on Friday. We were on the trail just before 4pm and arrived Foggy Lake just before dark. We enjoyed a quite dinner…
Our first really hiccup of the trip happened when our airlines changed the time of our flight leaving Seville, Spain making it impossible for us to catch our connection to Geneva, Switzerland. After being on hold for 20 minutes, the airlines got things fixed by sending us to Munich and then back to Zurich.
Bergen is the 2nd largest city in Norway. It is the gateway to the fiords. And Goretex rain jackets are a necessity. We quickly learned just to leave it on when going outside. If it isn’t currently raining, it will be soon. We never did figure out the difference between a 0% forecast of rain…
Enjoying a high snow year, Jim and I were excited to try a 6 day trip into Gunsight and Sinister. The area is most famous for it being on the Ptarmigan Traverse near Dome Peak. We had originally planned the trip for Memorial Day weekend but we feared the snow pack would be too much.…
For Derek’s 20th birthday, we headed out to Tamanos peak in the Mt Rainer National Park. Erika joined Derek, Jim, and I.
After spending years admiring the Gardners from Sun Mountain Lodge, I was finally heading up valley on a 3 day climbing trip with Fay, Deb, Steve, and Sandra. We were two groups. Deb, Steve, and Sandra headed up valley in the morning. Fay and I followed a few hours later. The trail was in pretty good shape though…
With a 2 day weekend and a decent weather forecast, Jim and I headed out with Deb and Steve to attempt Whitehorse. It has been on our list ever since we watched “High Ice” together. “High Ice” is a very cheesy movie done in 1980 which involved a mountain rescue on Whitehorse. The movie does…
With a forecast for 4 days of sunshine, we headed out to climb Silvertip in the Canadian Cascades. We were a party of 5 with Kevin, George, and Fay joining Jim and I. It was great to have a few more guys on the trip. With a 5000 foot assent to get into camp, the…
Back in February, I received a text message from Erika, my niece, asking if I wanted to join her on a camping trip through Utah’s National Parks. It took me about it a minute to say “Yes”.