www.PeteWilk.comThe Christmas holiday has bestowed a wealth of climbing goods on me this year. I put out the word to my family that I wanted climbing stuff for Christmas. They were good enough to fulfill my wishes, or just give me money to do it on my own. So as result between my parents, sister, […]
October 18-19 marked the bi-annual backpacking trip for the Sikorsky folk. I started planning the trip in September and had quite a few interested parties at the beginning. This ended up dwindling to a smaller, but more manageable group. Originally I sent out six different hikes I was interested in doing. These varied in length […]
Chrystal and I recently returned from a trip out to the West Coast. Big Sur to be exact. A long time trials buddy Mike Melchior was getting hitched. He lives in Salinas, CA which is only about 45 to an hour north of Big Sur. The invitation, a bi-folded piece of yellow card […]
Pete and I went to Rangeley, Maine for Labor Day weekend. It was my first time visiting Maine and, as it happens, the only state in New England to which I’d never been. We began the 7 hour odyssey to Rangeley from Hartford just before rush hour on Friday and arrived slightly before midnight. […]
Mike D, Ben Hein and I made and assault on Thor’s Hammer 5.9 at East Peak on a hot but beautiful day in August. This was Mike and I’s first time this season on the route. Ben was tackling it for the first time. After the three of us set up the climbing rope […]