Over the years I've posted reports to several forums and sites. Thus the primary purpose of this page is to align all my personal climbs under a common index. Updates are appended immediately after each trip so the 'edited date' above should remain current.
Trip Reports: I tend to explore several slides in a route on any give outing, first ascending one then descending another based on proximity. Therefore, many of these reports aren't written from a traditional climbing perspective. The following links sometimes connect to a certain 'chapter' of the overall trip report so it may be helpful at times to read the full report for context. Dates are included next to the title since slides sometimes change especially when major weather events move through such as August of 2011. When applicable, links to successive climbs of the same slide are listed.
Albums & Pictures: A picture's worth a thousand words, so the albums are really the heart of this page. Album hyperlinks connect to either a specific set of pictures for stand-alone slides or a specific picture if the album hosts several slides. Simply use the arrows on the picture to move forward through the set in the second case. Mosaics link to an overall image of the slide with smaller pictures inset to reference specific areas of interest.
Thanks for your interest in the page and I'd greatly appreciate being notified of any dead-links or errors that you may run across. That being said, I do realize that certain slide names in trip reports titles don't always match their relevant album titles. They're difficult to amend since title changes tend to break links on various webpages.
Finger Slides ~ Climbed all during same Day in 2010: I've labeled these numerically since each tributary is very unique and several numbers sometimes constitute a 'finger' (reference photo). I explored these as a single route over about 10 hours during September of 2010. Thus some pictures display in descending order.
Great DeRanged Traverse: Dayhike involving Marcy with bushwhack down Grand Central Slide, bushwhack up Haystack. Finish via Basin, Saddleback, Gothics, Armstrong, Upper & Lower Wolfjaw, Hedgehog and Rooster Comb.
In the summer of 2008, I had the honor of introducing my Pastor, Derek Spain of Lake Placid Baptist Church, to slide climbing. He subsequently alluded to the bushwhack in a sermon to God’s Glory. Click here to listen to the excerpt or the full sermon.
Children refers to the set of objects that logically fall under a given object. For example, the
Aconcagua mountain page is a child of the 'Aconcagua Group' and the 'Seven Summits.' The
Aconcagua mountain itself has many routes, photos, and trip reports as children.
Parents refers to a larger category under which an object falls. For example, theAconcagua mountain page has the 'Aconcagua Group' and the 'Seven Summits' asparents and is a parent itself to many routes, photos, and Trip Reports.