My First Time in Squamish
I was visiting Montana and my friend Conor and I made a somewhat last-minute trip up to the town of Squamish for 4 days in June of this year. Such a beautiful place with some marvelous granite. Can’t wait to get back there.
Indian Creek Thanksgiving
Managed to get 8 days or so on the rock at Indian Creek over 2 long weekends and the week off for Thanksgiving. There were some cold nights but the days were marvelous.
Featuring a rescue of someone who fell a long ways and could have easily died along with me doing a first ascent and installing my first anchor ever. Richard got the first free ascent of the route (named ‘Pizza Party’) and said the anchor looked `perfect’. I was pleased.
Thanks to Richard, and Anna for the lovely company and all the climbing inspiration. They know how to get after it.
Climbing the Maroon Bells
This was in late September. The Maroon Bells are Maroon Peak and North Maroon peak. They are two of the 58 mountains in Colorado that are above 14 thousand feet tall. Thanks to Juddson for the plan.
Although we didn’t have ropes, I would call this a climb as there were quite a few places where you were on very steep terrain doing 4th and 5th class moves.
Visiting John and the Maine Coast
Mom and I drove up from NJ to Maine to visit John Bisignano, a long-time friend of our family. John lives on the coast of Maine in Owl’s Head, a small town just south of Rockland. We spent a few days up there enjoying the slow pace of rural life. Thanks to John for being such a fantastic host!
Climbing at City Of Rocks With Cole
After about 10 years of relative consistence, I have fallen out from making new posts. This is the first update covering any event from the last 2 years of my life. Since that time I’ve been living and teaching in Denver, CO.
The last several weeks I have taken two separate trips to the City of Rocks National Reserve, in southern Idaho. I had heard good things but never been. It is a sea of endless granite spires in the middle of nowhere. I thought it was awesome. These pictures are all from the first visit.
