I know i've shared this photo before, but after a little tweaking and more thinking about it, I had to share it again. It was late August, but you wouldn't know that by looking at menagerie of snow and ice that surrounded me. The temperature was in the high twenties, and the winds, light and
It was late afternoon when we pulled down the long dusty road to Mount Sunflower. It was dry out, I mean really dry. Tumble weed drifted in the wind, and our car kicked up so much dust that you could not see more than ten feet behind us. After nearly 20 miles of driving off
By - Bill Urbanski EDITOR’S NOTES: All teams on Denali are required to register their team names with the National Park Service. Stickers are provided to identify gear caches on the mountain. Our team name was TZT2 (“To Zee Top 2” – the first TZT team made an unsuccessful summit bid in 2007). TZT2 consisted
Daily Photo - Sunrise At Columbia Crest After hours and hours of marching up the glaciated slopes of Mount Rainier, we had arrived at the crater rim. In total darkness we now sat within the caldera of an active stratovolcano. Still glowing with the excitement of a kid on Christmas, I through my down jacket
This year, I got the wonderful opportunity to climb Mount Rainier in Washington. I chose to climb with the Big City Mountaineers Summit For Someone program. I met a lot of great people, summited a magnificent mountain, and helped some teens out. it was a fantastic experience. Here is a short video encouraging everyone to
If you ask me to climb a mountain the day before your birthday so we can camp on the summit to watch the sunrise on your birthday, as has been your tradition for a number of decades, I'm inclined to say, “Yes”. If you're cute and female, I'm legally barred from saying, “No”. And that