Left PDX Saturday morning at 7:00am and got to the trailhead by 12:00 noon (few stops in between). Bugs were bad so we were on the trail by 12:20pm. After a 4-hour x 3400′ gain, we got to a good…

  Tom Kline has been bugging me for a long time to go caving with him…. so I finally agreed. We left for northern California after work on Wednesday 7/3…and rolled in to the trailhead at about 1:00am Thursday morning,…

 Well, about 4-weeks since the first time we thought about climbing 3FJ, we finally got a perfect one day weather forecast. Saturday turned out to be a great day for a climb. Six of us had a fun day on…

Took a couple of friends up to Mount Beachie, and Battle Ax. This is one of my favorite places in Oregon. It’s a very unique place on the western slopes of the old Cascades. The figure-8 loop is only 9-miles…

Emma has been wanting to get up Hood ever since graduating from BCEP this spring. We finally found the perfect day for me to take her to the summit. After a couple of warm weekend days, where lots of climber’s…

This was my second successful Mount Shuksan climb. First time on this route… I read all sorts of horrible stories in regards to the bushwhacking this approach has, but I found it less hellish than some of the thrashing I…

Took a couple of friends on this great conditioner hike…rain or shine. This day it rained! We tagged Whetstone Mountain, then followed the rarely used trail leading east along the boundary line, then dropped down to Battle Ax Creek…which posed…

An old-school Smith Rock classic. This spire stands out on Indian Ridge in Smith Rock’s back country. The old-school’rs used to climb this rock all the time, in fact these pinnacles out here on Indian Ridge and Mendenhall Ridge were considered Smith…

Well, didn’t get any takers on this climb so I went solo. My intentions were to get to the summit of Broken Top via the South Ridge Route. Even before going I was a little mystified on how I was…

This is one of my favorite area’s in the Oregon coastal range. It has several pinnacles to scramble, awesome rock outcroppings, and stunning views. On this trip I decided to tag the summit of two pinnacles…Angora Pinnacle, and Revenge of Angora Pinnacle. I…

  Big Horn was on Brian and Ron’s list, but i didn’t know much about it. I did a little research, and it looked quite interesting, so the three of us set out to tag it. This is the second time…

So, I first noticed this cave on the side of Battle Ax, as I was hiking the French Creek trail over to the Beachie Saddle…mid 90’s. The gray color of the rock, along with the ripples in the formation around…