It was late August and I had just finished a climb of Mount Rainier a few days earlier. I had left Portland recharged after the exhausting climb. I was ready for some more exploring. When I talked with a friend about my road trip a month prior, they had mentioned Crater Lake and suggested I
Returning to Scandinavia After some planning and consideration it looks like I'll be heading back to Iceland this year, and in addition, I will be continuing on to Norway to explore a whole new country, and Emalee will be joining me to help build memorable and exciting content for all to enjoy. Tentatively we plan
Last June, after a disappointing shutdown by Mount Hood, we departed Government Camp Oregon, and headed south into California. We figured if Hood was going to shut us down, we still had to climb a mountain, it was in our blood, it was what we came so many miles to do. Shasta had been an
Two years ago, I took on the challenge of Mount Rainier, the most glaciated mountain in the lower 48 states. I always wanted to climb that mountain, and my dream was about to be realized. Since not everyone is fortunate enough to achieve their dreams, I decided that I would climb this for charity, thus
Not many people get to travel very far beyond their home town, let alone far off lands, for this, I am grateful for the life I am building. Last week, I returned from a ten day trip to Iceland, full of stories to tell and photos to share. Over the course of ten days we
Last week, I stepped on to the snow covered slopes of Mount Shasta in N0rthern Califoria, and didn't look back. We ascended to 9500 feet the first night and set camp on a snowfield under a blanket of stars. The next day we made our summit bid. Here is video montage of our summit day.
I stepped off the paved trail, my boot plunged into the sun ripened snow of the Muir Snowfield. Standing majestically, miles above me the glaciated slopes of Mount Rainier called to me. After months of training, fundraising, and traveling to smaller mountains to test my mettle, I had arrived, It all came down to this
Daily Photo - Primordial Soup This is it folks, this is the very pool where life began... Well, I actually have no evidence to substantiate that claim, but it very well could be true, who knows. Regardless, Yellowstone National Park is full of all kinds of magnificence that makes one question the universe and all it's powers.
Daily Photo: Purple Magic Skyline Seattle is one of those places I dreamed of for many years, but for one reason or another, I just couldn't get out there. That was, until last year. I had signed up to do a Summit For Someone climb of Mount Rainier. Rainier was the driving force behind my
Daily Photo - On A Long And Lonesome Highway After an epic and enjoyable summit of Mount Rainier and a restful night in Portland, Oregon, I continued my 5 week pilgrimage south. This time I departed for the day with an unexpected goal in mind, that goal was Oregon's Crater Lake National Park. The deeper