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You travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. -Ella Maillart- Off we go by snowscooter with loaded down pulks full of gear. The 4hr ride was pretty cush and the seals, reindeer, fjords and endless peaks kept the…
Spring means 2 things, spring expeditions! The past several years have been to Alaska and I was planning on returning to do a sea to summit expedition with Nick Devore and Andy Jacobsen. We kept an eye on conditions and…
Some very unexpected and upsetting news last week. Kip Garre died in an avalanche with Allison Kreutzen while they were on a day trip to ski Split Mountain in the High Sierra. I spent a few days with Kip waiting…
On April 1st 2011 I skied the NE Face of the Pfeifferhorn with Andy Jacobsen and Andrew McLean. This closes the book on a 13 year project to ski all the lines in Andrew’s skiing guidebook ‘The Chuting Gallery’. I…
GREAT? As an ice climb, yes. WHITE? Not really, more yellow and brown at this time of year. ICICLE? Yes there was still some ice and a tiny bit of snow. When Andy Jacobsen was 17 or so, he climbed…
The quest to finish the Chuting Gallery continues with the classic Lightning Bolt on Cardiac Ridge. Rating-S6+, Pitch-60 degrees, Vertical 450ft Some great quotes from the book- “hopefully avoided all together” “seldom in good shape, lots of rocks in it…
My last post on the Ribbon at Alta got me focused again on the Chuting Gallery. I’ve had plenty of excuses lately, some good and some not. I guess I’ve been waiting for ‘ideal’ conditions after being shut down so…
The original post on this outing was deleted in the transfer of servers, so here is an updated version. When I first saw Andrew Mclean’s book ‘The Chuting Gallery’ I was dumbfounded. I was peacefully enjoying the powder bowls of…
I’m not really sure who is out there reading this, but my guess is it’s folks who love the mountains like I do. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy this, the 100th post!! When I started blogging a…