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After a one day rest post Buckskin Gulch / Paria Canyon adventure, we decided to head to the Grand Canyon. I had never been there and Deb was there last as a young child. Our plans were to camp near…

Ever since reading a small blurb somewhere, about a hike through one of the longest, most scenic slot canyons in the world…I just couldn’t get it out of my head….I must do the Buckskin-Paria Canyon… The first challenge was securing…

Fun day doing what I believe was the first full descent of the Elkhorn Mountain Falls drainage. Still 3-4 feet of snow on the road above the drainage, which provides for a nice (cold) water flow. Literally a brain-freeze on…

Went back to this one hoping for a lower flow than last March…The flow was perfect! Just enough to get your attention. Today’s group…Luca, Tiffanie, Michelle, Dan, Kevin, Kaitlin, and Karl Upper slots with enough flow to give you a…

Tiffanie was in town so she picked the drainage….Munra Creek, one of her favorites. Deb and I had never dropped this one, so ok! Nice creek with 9-raps including a 150′ drop. Karl, Deb, and Tiffanie… How they always start……

This time of year we choose a hike like this as a conditioner for the up coming climb season. After the night before’s fresh dusting of snow, the forest was beautiful…as always. Deb, ready to go…all in black today 🙂…

After being reminded of the Elkhorn Mountain Falls, Deb and I decided to go and have a look at not only the Falls, we explored the whole drainage, from 3200’ down to the Little North Santiam River. This wasn’t a…

Sunday….still too early to hit the main creeks…so we looked for the seasonal drainage. Found one that that’s still not quite ripe, but almost doable. Had to skirt a couple of long drops, but fun day overall… Today’s team…Karl, Luca,…

Did an early season drop of Stafford Creek this past Saturday with Keith, Luca, and Tiffanie. The flow was extreme so we stayed out of the main flow and skirted all the falls. Another fun day in the creek… We’ll…

Early Sunday drove to Smith Rock’s backcountry to go check out the area called The Zoo. Several good doable routes for Deb and I, and a whole lot of hard shit. Mark and Natasha showed up out of the blue…

Third year for our annual trip to Hyalite Canyon (Bozeman, MT.) The ice was fantastic. We hooked up with Bud Martin, a local climber from Bozeman, to show us the fat ice. We left Portland Thursday after work, lodged in…

Another descent of the Angora Cliffs. 1100’ of elevation loss in 6 tenths of a mile. 6-rappels… Unfortunately the fog never lifted so no views. Today’s team…Karl, Keith and Kendra. Very Fun Shit!!!   Looks like we’ve been spotted… Drop…

I’ve had my eye on this rock I named Sasquatch Rock (SR) for a couple of years now…ever since logging has exposed it. From a distance I could never tell whether it is an outcropping, pinnacle, or a large chunk…

2.5 days of Ice climbing in Ouray Ice Park in Ouray, CO. This was the second year in a row…and hope to make it an annual event. Fun to go with a group as this park is basically an ice…

This year Whistler won the coin toss…. Fun drive up on a Saturday, including a wander around Vancouver, BC. We stayed in Whistler Village, climbed Sunday and Monday, then drove home Tuesday…Woo Hoo, love these mini adventures. Not the best…

Headed out to the icy gorge Sunday…got as far as the Starbucks next to the Gateway P&R. Over a cup of coffee, we discussed options… Icy wind chill in the gorge, deep snow wallow at Mt Hood…or rare sunshine in…

Parker Creek, in the coastal range, just below the summit of Mary’s peak. We knew it would be a little warmer than the frigid gorge, and we were hoping for more ice than we found, but it turned out to…

Well, since it looked like it was going to rain all over the PNW, we thought we’d take our chances at Smith Rock… “it never rains at Smith”, right? Wrong… Luckily we had a plan B. It was to explore…

Glacier Peak… Deb and I have had this trip on the schedule for a while now. Day one, trailhead to Camp 1…White Pass. Very hot and buggy. Beautiful forest though. Day 2, camp 1 to High Camp…Glacier Gap. Very warn,…

Had three days to play this past weekend…so we decided to do the Fisher Chimneys route on Mount Shuksan, although the weather had different plans for us. With a weather system coming Sunday, we changed our plans for a two…