Climbing with Nuts and Bolts: Holiday Memories
As this holiday season draws to an end, I am reminded of the new and old memories that comes with this time of year. Have you ever heard of “nuts and bolts”; also known as Party Mix? It was a holiday tradition as I grew up. It marked the official beginning of the holiday season […]
Taking Photos of the 7 Summits
As I prepare to leave for the first of my 7 Summits climb – all to raise awareness and research funds for Alzheimer’s, ment recording my climbs is a serious consideration. Taking photos in extreme conditions is often as challenging as the climb itself. So I asked 2010 Everest summiter, Brad Jackson, his thoughts. This […]
Gear Review: SteriPEN
If you have ever had bad water on a long backpacking trip, or even a trek, medical you know it can be the end – literally! In my time, I had come to depend on filtration pumps or iodine to bad water so when SteriPEN came out with a small, lightweight device that used ultraviolet […]
Gear Review: Tents, Poles and Packs oh my!
One of the benefits of climbing is it requries gear. As they say, the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. This goes for the ladies but it doesn’t rhyme as well. Anyway, ed I really don’t a lot of gear anymore since I have my favorites but when I do […]
Gear Reviews: Ice Tools, Base Layers and Gloves
One of the great things about climbing after Christmas is chance to try out all those new toys you got over the holidays as gifts or on . And I am guilty as charged! I recently went ice climbing in Ouray and then made the summit of Colorado 14er, Quandary Peak in temps well below […]
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2010 Digital Photography
Welcome to a new decade! And as you would expect, technology leads the way with cameras at the center stage. Most hikers, trekkers and climbers love to take pictures from their perils so picking the right camera is important. I have updated a long time section of my site for the latest technology now available […]
New on www.alanarnette.com
When I started this website almost a decade ago, my vision was to simply share my experiences through introspective and candid reporting. That has not changed however the site has evolved over the years so let’s take a brief look back before we look forward. All of my 16+ big climbs including Denali, Aconcagua and […]
A Month with a Mac
It has been about a month since we replaced our Windows PCs with iMacs so I thought a quick report was in order. I am glad to report – all is fine. As I posted on November 19, we replaced an HP and Dell PC running Windows XP with two iMacs. The installation and data […]
Alan to Blog for Outside Magazine
I am extremely excited to announce that starting today, cheap I am a regular blogger for Outside Magazine’s Online website. After watching my annual coverage of the Everest climbing season the past few years, plus the content on my own site from my own adventures I was approached by Editor Joe spring to join their […]