Call me nuts, but I love this mountain…along with all the other piles of junk in Oregon. Third time up 3FJ this year. Twice for Emma and JJ. And first for Chris and Sam. Even though some have been up…

Played hooky from work today…and attempted The South Face Gully on Broken Top with good friend Rob Parker. Weather was perfect, sunny and warm with no wind…perfect. This was my second attempt. It is now an official nemesis of mine,…

The Mystery Trail is no longer a mystery to me… I can see how this trail would be “hard” if one were to come up it…that would also be insanely NUTS! Definitely more fun to go down. It looks as…

Did my first official PNW Canyoneering trip yesterday along with Emma, and Keith. Keith Campbell (The Viking), has done a number of these trips and asked if I wanted to join him…so Emma and I agreed. We decided to drop…

Well, due to too much crappy weather the weeks before, instead of the two Sisters trip that was planned, we headed east, to Strawberry Mountain. We found a great base camp that had a full bathroom, hot water, kitchen, Jacuzzi…plus…