Month: January 2011

Listen. “Listen”, I tell myself. As I close my eyes, I can almost hear the mountain speak.

Sounds in the mountains are more than just sounds. The ice pick swinging securely into hard ice saying you have a sold hold. Crampons against the hard snow in t…

Just a quick update from our Camp 2 at 18,000′.

We made good time after a difficult night of high winds with gusts over 40 mph. But everyone did well on our move to the higher camp.

Tomorrow we do a carry to our High Camp which is the launching point…

As we made the three day trek to the 14,000 Base Camp, my mind has been flooded with memories.

On my first trip here in 2005, I was still working and both my parents were alive. But my mom was showing the signs of moderate Alzheimer’s.

In 2008, my se…