Orizaba

A trip report from climbing Mexico’s Orizaba, 8,880 feet/5,754 meters in 2008.

Denali 2007 Trip Report

This is a very personal, detailed and sometimes graphic report. It chronicles my attempt on Denali in June 2007. My intent is to bring readers into my world of high-altitude mountaineering by showing the incredible rewards, the obvious dangers and what happens when the human body hits the wall. Remember to click on any picture […]

Mt. Hood

U.S. Oregon 11,237 feet 3,426 meters Trip Report July, 2004 Mt. Hood is one of several volcanoes on the west coast of the U.S. It is located fifty miles east of the city of Portland, Oregon, in the Mt. Hood National Forest near the windy town of Hood River. It is very easy to reach […]

Denali 2001 Trip Report

Denali is in central Alaska – 300 miles South of the Arctic Circle and 200 miles East of the Bearing Sea. In July 2001, I flew from Denver to Anchorage, drove to Talkeetna, and took a bush plane to land on the Kahiltna Glacier to begin the climb using the West Buttress route. Denali offers […]