Looking toward Johannesburg near Cascade Pass.
People climb for different and often very personal reasons. I climb primarily for sport, fitness, and life balance. It provides an outlet completely separate and in some contrast with my sedentary and analytical professional life. I began climbing with the Everett Branch of the Mountaineers in 2013 when I enrolled in the Basic Alpine Climbing Course. Initially, I was simply seeking the skills to reach higher points on volcanoes such as Mt. Rainier. Over time, rock climbing overtook my focus especially gym and sport climbing. I find the emphasis on gymnastic ability appealing and enjoy training for ever more complex moves. Ice climbing is a more recent fascination with an emphasis on physical endurance.
Summit block of Unicorn Peak near Mt. Rainier.
Freeze gopher! Crevasse rescue training, Mt. Baker WA.
Looking down the second pitch of Rambles, Squamish BC.
Klahanie Crack, Squamish BC.
Waterfall ice in Lillooet BC.
Leading a crack route in Smoke Bluff, Squamish BC.
Leading ‘The Relish Route’, Squamish BC.
WI4-5 in Ouray CO … during a blizzard.
Hag Crack, Index WA.
Treading nervously as I make an exposed traverse on the descent from Calculus Crack, Squamish BC.
Squamish, The Chief. My favorite place to climb.
More Ouray CO. ice, WI2 – 3ish.
An interesting ‘bulging’ waterfall ice structure in Lillooet BC.