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Attending a wedding, near Bend, this past Saturday gave Deb and I an excuse to get in 5-pitches at Smith Rock on Friday, and a Kayak camp-out on Waldo Lake Sunday and Monday Friday, ready to climb some rock at…

Sunday was a nice day to hike up South Sister…the long way. First time up this route for both Deb and I. Kind of a bouldery scree slog…very scenic though. South Sister from the shore of Green Lakes… Summit shelter,…

Fun climb! A notch or two above Rooster Rock… Fairly clean, definitely have to test holds and steps. I didn’t use much protection but never really felt exposed. I think I used (2) #2 BD cams, (1) #9 BD nut,…

Great canyoneering adventure last Sunday, dropping Big Creek, in the Lewis River drainage. I missed a lot of photo op’s as my camera got wet…go figure! All I can say is…FUN SHIT!Today’s team…myself, Deb (my love), Kevin Clark, and Keith…

Made a quick run up to Broken Top last Saturday. Beautiful day for a hike. Was able to explore the inside of the Cayuse Crater on the way back to the truck….nothing really to report, other than now I don’t…

Went outside with Olson Saturday and climbed the Santiam Pinnacle and The Smokestack. Both fun climbs in the Old Cascades. Santiam Pinnacle is a pleasant 2.5 pitch, well bolted route up the south face. I believe it goes at 5.4…

Might have been the last perfect day to climb North Sister this year…. A great day climb from the Hayden Glacier side (east). Deb, myself, Chris, and Rob. Sunrise 6:40am First sun on Middle Sister, Prouty Point, and North Sister……

Deb and I decided to take a relaxing trip into the Monte Cristo area. We hiked in Sunday PM and set up camp at Foggy Lake. The next day, Monday, we scrambled up Del Campo Peak, then over to Gothic…

Granite Peak… Second time up this peak. First time back in 2007. It all came back to me as soon as we popped out at Mystic Lake. We could see bad weather up on the Froze to Death (FTD) Plateau,…

Grand Teton – Upper Exum Ridge route. Karl, Deb, Chris and Marty…first climb of two, on this Wyoming / Montana trip. Unfortunately we were only able to secure camping permits for sites very low on the route…although made it nice…

Another fun day climb in the Oregon Cascades…with friends Lucas and Joe, and my love, Deb First look at Mount Washington… Scrambling the north ridge… At the top of the first pitch….looking down… Joe climbing pitch one… No time at…

Another trip up Three Fingered Jack….one of my favorite Oregon volcano day climbs. Today was with Deb, Guy, Joe, and Lucas. Great conditions other than the bugs at the summit…must’ve been mating season. Scrambling the south ridge… Looking over the…

The Warrior Trek Iao Valley to Olowalu Valley Maui, Hawaii July, 2015 Eight miles, three thousand feet of elevation gain and a dream since the 80’s. That’ll only take a day, right? Karl has wanted to retrace the path that…

Mount Stuart, via The West Ridge route….Classic! Beautiful chunk of granite. The West Ridge route is a technical scramble with a few pitches of mid 5th class climbing. It’s a long route, especially from Ingalls Lake, although Ingalls Lake is…

WHOA!! A large group of 10 of us dropped the Parkett Creek Canyon on Sunday. Wow! What a blast! 6-waterfall rappels, several swims, a couple of water slides, and even a jump (for those who wanted). It took us three…

The Steeple…a 160’ pinnacle about 13 miles NNE of Prineville, OR. Mike Schoen, Tim Olson, Deb Hill, and I met in Prineville at 7:00am Sunday morning…drove out and parked along the road, just a few hundred yards below this pinnacle.…

Gothic Rock (Five Finger Sentinel), in central Oregon, 35-miles north of Sisters. Not sure when the last time this rock was climbed, but I do know that it’s been a long time since it’s been climbed by the route we…

Camp Creek Canyoneer… A fun 3-4 rap, half day trip, which ends up in the Herman Creek drainage. A very scenic lushly vegetated drainage. Was a fun way to spend the morning with Deb and Keith. Dropping into Camp Creek…

Devils Whisper….a 200’+ waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. Only unique, scary adventures get me into the overly crowded gorge…and this was definitely a unique and scary adventure. We did this, what we believe was a…

Deb and I summited Hood last Sunday. It was a beautiful night to climb with the full moon. No headlamps needed. Lots of climbers on the mountain with the near perfect conditions. I was pleased to see everyone behaved themselves…no…