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Fourth of July in the Wind River 2016

July 1-4, 2016 For a month or two leading up to the Fourth of July long weekend Carly and I had been trying to decide on a destination.  We hemmed and hawed, but when it came down to it we decided on the Wind River Range, otherwise known as the Winds.  Are first we were […]

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Ruth Gorge 2016

April 16-28, 2016 After too long a break I finally went back to Alaska with Matt to attempt Peak 11,300 on the West Fork of the Ruth Glacier.  However, as it turned out we never accomplished much in the way of climbing. Months of training were put in, not just in 2015-2016 season, but also […]

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Sundial Ice Climbing

November 29, 2015 After returning from Creeksgiving a little early to a nice layer of fresh snow, Carly and I went skiing at Snowbird.  Despite the limited trails open it was a good day.  The following day Matt and I headed towards the Sundial near Lake Blanche for what is going to become probably my […]

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Car to car Upper Exum of the Grand Teton

August 29-30, 2015 Over the weekend I did another trip up to the Tetons.  For this second in a month trip up I went with Matt and Patrick.  We’d all been thinking of day tripping the Grand for a while.  Patrick hadn’t summited at all and Matt hadn’t been up in a while.  I’d already […]

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Grand Teton with Carly

August 1-3, 2015 I’d been going on and on about how beautiful the Tetons were to Carly for a while and that we should go up there and climb.  Earlier this year I finally said we should just put it on the calendar and do it.  Luckily weather cooperated and we went up over the […]