windy windy

it's good to be back out

it's been a while since i have been out. doin a lot of rock climbing in and outdoors. there was quite a bit of snow on the trail but lucky for snowshoes. we went from no wind to 50mph gusts on the summit. temperatures were extremely cold, easily in the low teens with the wind chill. thanks for watching!

thanks bad weather

This weekend everybody was set on climbing rainier but the weather decided to change, so we had to cancel it. welp, kyle and i just climbed mt ellinor in the olympics for a quick evening hike. went up to 6000' hung out and glissaded down. mt baker is this coming weekend, so i hope to report back with a summit.

To the Top

I'm really excited for this weekend. I met up with the team to finalize and plan our trip. We are climbing Mt. Rainier via emmons glacier route. We will start at the trail head at 4400' then hike to camp schurman at 9400'. We will have a group meeting to see if everyone will be ready to summit that night. If everything is good, even the weather, we will leave camp around 12 midnight and go to the top! 14,411' We can expect temperatures to be around 0-10 degrees with winds from 25-35mph.....cold much?haha I will take as many pictures as I can. Wish us luck and safe climbing!

MT. Baker field excercise crevasse rescue

Another day in the mountains, this time i decided to take a couple of photos. we met up with the mountaineers(well just our group) and headed for Mt. Baker. It was my first time to the cascades and all i can say is that i love the olympics but wow! this place makes them look like rolling hills. Some mountains looked like shark fins from the wind, just absolutely breath taking views. we camped just below mt baker at 6000'. First day was sunny, next day was sprinkling. The highlight and main purpose of the trip was to experience what it is like to drop into a crevasse. I didn't want to drop the picture taker, so i didn't take any photos, but i can try and describe. It was about 60'-80' down, all the shades of blue you can imagine, jagged edges, and over hanging lips. just hanging there about 20' in listening to the drops of water was cool. We learned how to set up anchors and pulleys to rescue someone if they did fall in....oh boy is it technical. it all comes down to just little details, like the gates of the biners have to be facing up and toward the initial and main dead man anchors. well, that's enough typing for me, next week we go to ingals peak for rock climbing, week after is rainier, then baker. thanks for reading!

Wow..it's been too long since I've been out. Mt. Ellinor today was easy to get up, considering I've been working out almost everyday. Glissading 1500ft was the best part. Summit was a complete whiteout. A lot of people.

Mt. Walker

So today me and pappy decided to go up Mt. Walker.It's rare that he wants to hike, so I thought I'd take him on a fairly steep one.2miles up, 2000' elevation gain.We got attacked by killer birds demanding tuna crackers.First time a bird has ever ate food out of my hands.I thought it was cool.Well here's something that I threw together.