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Snow Squalls during Ragged Mtn. Hike

  The weather took a turn for the colder end of the thermometer which created some snow squalls conditions this weekend.  After working on our climbing research project, I leave Mike D’s house to do a little hike and photography session at Ragged Mtn.  I parked at the usual dam spot and headed up to […]

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Asia Trip

  The following is a recollection of my trip to Asia with Chrystal from January 7, 2008 to January 18, 2008.  My summary is kind of long and I didn’t mean to make it quite so long when I started writing it.  However, as I got going I just remembered more and more stuff.  The […]

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2007 www.petewilk.com Year-in-Review

2007 www.petewilk.com Year-in-Review It has been a year since I upgraded the site to this nice flashy CMS format with the gallery and the other bells and whistles that you see before you.  The site and especially the gallery have been going almost flawlessly in that time as well.  With the pairing of my Canon […]

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Paul Leads Dol Guldur (5.11)

After months of waiting Paul finally lead Dol Guldur (5.11).  He has been scouting and climbing this route quite a bit.  He made many of his after work sessions on the route, often top roping over ten pitches on the route in a single session.  Paul had been waiting for me to take some shots […]

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October '07 Gunks Trip

After quite a break I took another trip out to the Gunks in New Paltz, NY.  This trip, though planned weeks in advance, lead to much less climbing than Paul, Lauren and I hoped.  Our main obstacle to our plans was the weather.    Our original plan was to leave Friday evening and stay at […]