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OfflineA Little About Me
"Hypoxia is my favorite form of dementia"
Scotty Strachan
Live it up, fill your cup, drown your sorrow
And sow your wild oats while ye may
For the toothless old tykes of tomorrow
Were the Tigers of Yesterday"
As sung by Tom Patey, from "The Last of the Grand Old Masters"
"It is not the goal of grand alpinisme to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of crawling grubs"
Lionel Terray
“The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.”
Thomas Carlyle
"Maintain thy airspeed, lest the earth rise up and smite thee."
Unknown, possibly attributed to Wolfgang Langwiesche, author of Stick and Rudder
"Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority."
Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President
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My Mountains & Rocks (23)
- Black Mountain Virginia Lakes Trailhead
- Blacksmith Peak Yosemite National Park
- Cleaver Peak Yosemite National Park
- Daff Dome Yosemite National Park
- Eagle Peak California 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Hawksbeak Peak Sonora Pass Area
- Incredible Hulk
- Kumiva Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Lovers Leap Lake Tahoe Basin
- Mount Carillon Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
- Mount Lincoln (Nevada)
- Mount Maclure Yosemite National Park
- Mount Mills John Muir Wilderness
- Mount Tom John Muir Wilderness
- Nevado de Colima (Zapotepetl) Mexican Volcanoes
- North Shoshone Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Pyramid Lake Range (Nevada)
- Pyramid Peak (Little Lakes Valley) John Muir Wilderness
- Royal Arches Yosemite National Park
- South Peak Virginia Lakes Trailhead
- Tamarack Peak (Peak 11,778)
- The Dragtooth
- Tule Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
My Routes (35)
- Bear's Reach Lovers Leap
- Corrugation Corner Lovers Leap
- East Couloir Mount Mills
- East Crack Lovers Leap
- East Slope Variation Mount Morrison
- East Slope/Northeast Ridge Tamarack Peak (Peak 11,778)
- East Wall Lovers Leap
- Elderberry Canyon Mount Tom
- Haystack Crack
- Lapon Canyon/Southwest Ridge Mt. Grant
- North Face Mount Mills
- North Ridge South Peak
- North Ridge Pyramid Peak (Little Lakes Valley)
- Northeast Ridge Black Mountain
- Northeast Ridge Incredible Hulk
- Northeast Slope/Ridge Hawksbeak Peak
- Northwest Ridge North Shoshone Peak
- Northwest Ridge Mount Morrison
- Nugent Canyon to East Face/Ridge Pyramid
- Regular Route Fairview Dome
- Royal Arches Royal Arches
- Ruta Normal (Normal Route) Nevado de Colima (Zapotepetl)
- South Ridge Hawksbeak Peak
- South Slope/West Ridge Mount Carillon
- Southeast Face Eagle Peak
- Southeast Ridge Dunderberg Peak
- Southeast Ridge Mount Maclure
- Traverse from Job Peak Mount Lincoln (Nevada)
- Traverse from Thunderbolt
- Traverse from Tohakum Pyramid
- Underhill Couloir, Right-Hand Thunderbolt Peak
- West Couloir The Dragtooth
- West Crack Daff Dome
- West Ridge Nevado de Colima (Zapotepetl)
- West Slopes Direct King Lear Peak
My Trip Reports (8)
- Banner Peak, East Corner Banner Peak
- East Face in a day Mount Whitney
- Mt. Russell, Mt. Muir, Mt. Whitney, and Mt. Carillon in a Day Mount Whitney
- North-Conness Trifecta - A Day of Moderates
- Redemption on Ritter Mount Ritter
- Snake Dike with my 10-year-old twin boys
- Snake Dike with my 11-year-old son Snake Dike
- Whitney Winter Dayhike
My Gear Reviews (3)
- Patrol Glove Gloves - Mittens
- ProTrek PRG 60 Altimeters
- Exum Ridge Approach Shoes
Climber's Logs I've Signed (109)
Mountains & Rocks (85)
- Lee Vining Peak Tioga Pass Area
- Pigeon Spire Bugaboo Climbs
- Bugaboo Spire Selkirk Range
- North Peak Yosemite National Park
- Pingora Peak Cirque of the Towers
- Black Mountain Virginia Lakes Trailhead
- South Peak Virginia Lakes Trailhead
- Clouds Rest Yosemite National Park
- Tenaya Peak Yosemite National Park
- Mount Conness Yosemite National Park
- Lembert Dome Yosemite National Park
- Split Mountain California 14ers
- Unicorn Peak Yosemite National Park
- Half Dome Yosemite National Park
- Mount Whitney California County Highpoints
- Mount Muir California 14ers
- Mount Tom John Muir Wilderness
- Matterhorn Peak SPS Emblem Peaks
- Crystal Crag John Muir Wilderness
- Pywiack Dome Yosemite National Park
- Mount Haeckel Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
- Dragon Peak John Muir Wilderness
- Mount Gould Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
- Banner Peak Ansel Adams Wilderness
- Dozier Dome Yosemite National Park
- Lassen Peak California County Highpoints
- Pipsqueak Spire John Muir Wilderness
- Pyramid Peak (Little Lakes Valley) John Muir Wilderness
- Bear Creek Spire John Muir Wilderness
- Tule Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Mount Williamson California 14ers
- Mount Humphreys John Muir Wilderness
- Sonora Peak California County Highpoints
- Excelsior Mountain Yosemite National Park
- Mount Ritter Ansel Adams Wilderness
- Tamarack Peak (Peak 11,778)
- Ehrnbeck Peak Yosemite National Park
- Hawksbeak Peak Sonora Pass Area
- Tower Peak Sonora Pass Area
- North Shoshone Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Desatoya Twins Nevada County Highpoints
- Mount Limbo
- Lovers Leap Lake Tahoe Basin
- Royal Arches Yosemite National Park
- Mt. Grant Nevada County Highpoints
- Montgomery Peak California Desert Peaks
- The Dragtooth
- Cleaver Peak Yosemite National Park
- Arc Dome Ultra-prominence Peaks of the 48 States
- Blacksmith Peak Yosemite National Park
- Incredible Hulk Sierra Nevada
- Eagle Peak California 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Dunderberg Peak Sierra Peaks Section (SPS)
- Job Peak (NV) Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Mount Lincoln (Nevada)
- Donner Peak Lake Tahoe Basin
- Pyramid Lake Range (Nevada)
- Tohakum Peak Lake Range (Nevada)
- King Lear Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Kumiva Peak Nevada 2,000 ft Prominence Peaks
- Mount Mills John Muir Wilderness
- Mount Carillon Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
- Mount Maclure Yosemite National Park
- La Malinche Mexican Volcanoes
- Pico de Orizaba Mexican Volcanoes
- Mount Rose (Nevada) Nevada County Highpoints
- White Mountain Peak California County Highpoints
- Starlight Peak California 14ers
- Sentinel Dome Yosemite National Park
- Nevado de Colima (Zapotepetl) Mexican Volcanoes
- Mount Sill California 14ers
- Mount Shasta California County Highpoints
- Thunderbolt Peak California 14ers
- Mount Tallac Lake Tahoe Basin
- Sierra Buttes Sierra Nevada
- Longs Peak Colorado 14ers
- Devils Tower Black Hills SD
- Mount Russell California 14ers
- Polemonium Peak California 14ers
- North Palisade California County Highpoints
- North Dome Yosemite National Park
- Mount Morrison John Muir Wilderness
- Middle Palisade California 14ers
- Mount Langley California 14ers
- Boundary Peak (Nevada) Nevada County Highpoints
Routes (24)
- Kain Route Bugaboo Spire
- West Ridge, II, 5.4 Pigeon Spire
- Southeast Ridge Dunderberg Peak
- Northeast Ridge Clouds Rest
- West Ridge Mount Conness
- NW Buttress Tenaya Peak
- Elderberry Canyon Mount Tom
- Zee Tree Pywiack Dome
- Northwest Books Lembert Dome
- North Couloir (aka Bloody Couloir) Bloody Mountain
- June Lake, California
- West Face Cockscomb
- Horton Lakes-Tungstar Mine Mount Tom
- South Ridge Crystal Crag
- Great White Book, Stately Pleasure Dome Tuolumne Meadows - Logistical Center
- The East Corner III 5.7 Banner Peak
- South Ridge off of Kearsarge Pass Mount Gould
- Traverse from Mount Gould Dragon Peak
- Holdless Horror Dozier Dome
- Summit Block Pipsqueak Spire
- North Ridge Pyramid Peak (Little Lakes Valley)
- Northeast Ridge Bear Creek Spire
- Northwest Ridge North Peak
- North Ridge Mount Conness
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