Written on December 27, 2011
Guide to climbing Wheeler Peak in Nevada during the winter. An isolated summit in the Great Basin wilderness with a technically easy climb. Its not often that one can claim they are writing anything new on a mountaineering route but it seems that both literary and online information regarding winter climbing on Wheeler Peak are...
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Written on May 16, 2011
Day: 30 Miles: 6,666 (exactly) Location: Gorham, Maine Love that quote… One adventure ends and another begins… I’ve arrived safely in Maine after traveling 6,666 miles exactly through some of the wildest parts of America. I couldn’t resist squeezing one more adventure out of this trip; the climbing of Mt Greylock. It was a v...
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Written on May 7, 2011
Day: 19 Miles: 3,560 Location: Harney Peak, Black Hills, South Dakota Harney Peak, the highest mountain in South Dakota Another day, another State Highpoint climbed! If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am trying to climb the 50 state highpoints of the United States. This is another one of my life long goals...
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Written on April 28, 2011
Day: 10 Miles: 1,900ish Location: Panorama Point, Nebraska elev. 5,424ft The tricky last 5.10d section of the ascent of Panorama Point Every climber has a couple of stories of climbs that simply went all wrong. I’ve had some good climbs and bad climbs, but this one takes the cake. Panorama Point is Nebraska’s high point....
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Written on April 23, 2011
Day: 7 Miles: 1,394 Location: Mt. Elbert, 14,440ft, Colorado (Highest Point in the Rockies and Colorado) The insanely rugged summit of Mt Elbert! My goodness, the Rockies are a whole new ballgame for me. Three years ago when I bought my mountaineering boots, the biggest decision point the salesman asked me was “Well, do you...
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