Four weeks later we came back to rap Purdy Falls. Good thing we got here before the water completely stopped flowing. As you’ll see from the map, we dropped from the road above…thrashed down the ridge, rapped a dry gully…

Another high mileage Sunday, training for our backpack, coming up in Canyonlands. This time we did an 18-mile loop in and around Silver Falls State Park. First time I have hiked at SFSP…Wow, those falls are incredible. I think the…

Did a Pringle Creek scout today despite the creek’s high flow. A bit too much water in the creek today to rap the falls but got a good look at all of them for next time… We came in on…

Getting ready for a 6-day/night backpack in Canyonlands in a few weeks, Deb and I decided we need to get some mileage in… The weather has been pretty sucky lately and this Sunday didn’t look much different. We decided to…

Deb and I took another trip out to Indian Ridge, behind Smith Rock, to climb Squaw Rock. Always a fun trip. Took the new Crosstrek and had a fun time on the road in. Fun ride… Smith Rock’s backcountry, Sherwood…

Keith has been trying to get us up on Triangulation Creek in the coastal range for a while now. Well Saturday looked like a good day for it. We were stopped by snow about a mile in front of the…

Was surprised at how much snow was up on Angora Cliffs. This my third line I’ve taken down the cliffs. Today we got in 4 raps (180’, 140’, and two 125’) as well as a first ascent of Sasquatch Rock…which…

For the lack of something better to do, I set out with Keith to explore the east ridge of Kings Mountain. We slogged to the summit, hitting solid snow near the summit. The wind was blowing and the rain was…

Beautiful day for a hike in the Table Rock Wilderness. Started at the Old Bridge trailhead and got as far as Chicken Rock, near Rooster Rock. Snowshoes went on at about 3600′. Had the ridge to ourselves… Deb and her…

Back in April of 2016 I explored the upper narrows of Arch Cape Creek, and last Saturday I explored the lower narrows. I call them “narrows” because if you look at the map, you can see topo lines signify narrow…

Well, my original goal of Ice Climbing in four-months after my last back surgery…turned into 5-months. No Hyalite this year but we did manage to make it to Ouray for a few days. Conditions were great, and the crowds were…

It’s been almost 8-months since the last time I rappelled a waterfall and almost 6-months since my last back surgery. It felt good take that first step into the cold water with my canyoneering shoes, neoprene socks and wetsuit…. Last…

Deb and I both had a rare three day weekend together. It took until Friday to figure out what the weather was going to do, and where it was going to do it. With a 40 percent chance of rain…

Day three, Weaver’s Needle. So happy we decided to follow through with our plans to climb to the summit of Weaver’s Needle. We knew this was going to be a long day, and considered not doing it and doing another…

Day two, The Flatiron hike…and beyond. This hike is a steep one. It gains about 3000’ in about 3-miles…most of it in the last mile. The Flatiron is a large sloped flat area w/ 1000’ vertical walls and incredible views…

Day one of our mini vacation to Phoenix, AZ. We set out to do two short canyons, although we were only able to complete one…due to this time of year the days are so short… Had a fun time in…

Snowshoe hike from Santiam Pass to Lower Berley Lake. Still enough snow to keep the snowshoes on all day. Another fun day with Deb… Still good snow coverage for snowshoeing… Lower Berley Lake… Three Fingered Jack with a lenticular forming…(very…

Set out for a four-summit day and got two…and that’s ok. Late start and a bit slower on snowshoes. Got a little cross-country in due to the snow and being able to cut off some of the BIG switchbacks. Snowshoes…

It was nice to get back to this playground, it’s been nearly a year since the last time… While I’m not back to climbing the pinnacles (yet), I did tag the base of each one making the days total 8.5…

Just thought I’d let whoever visits my blog, know why I haven’t entered anything lately…. A couple of major medical happenings have gone on in my life in the past 11-weeks. A severely herniated disc led to two Discectomy surgeries,…