I love climbing and in my younger years spent quite some time in New Paltz with my brother doing some amazing climbing. As I’ve grown older I’ve taken more to mountaineering and sadly don’t do much rock climbing anymore. This video had me riveted, Dan Osman takes rock climbing to an utterly insane level, check [...]
In a few days friends and I will hopefully be atop Pico De Orizaba (http://www.glaciermountaineers.com/pages/gallerypages/gallery-orizaba.html). Orizaba is one hell of a pretty mountain, and the third hightest mountain in the northern hemisphere. I’m somewhat worried about getting AMS, but I have a stash of Diamox so hopefully all will be well. Seems like some [...]
In a few weeks (7/2/2004) a buddy of mine and friends of friends will be tackling this. Following that we will be diving deep in sunny Cancun. Photos will be forthcoming…
K.
Got some images up on the Sunday climb…
Enjoy!
What a great day! After a full 2 year hiatus (thanks to child), my good friend Mike decided to get back to climbing. We hit the the Gunks early in the morning. After a full winter’s layoff getting back to rock is always a fabulous experience. The day always begins with questions of do I [...]
I finished reading a great new book Tigers of the snow. What makes this book particularly interesting is it tells the history of himalayan climbing from the perspective of the sherpa’s who endured the hardships for food instead of the mountaineers who went for personal glory. I’ve read tons of moutaineering books but this one [...]
I finished reading a great new book Tigers of the snow. What makes this book particularly interesting is it tells the history of himalayan climbing from the perspective of the sherpa’s who endured the hardships for food instead of the mountaineers who went for personal glory. I’ve read tons of moutaineering books but this one [...]
Check out Chris Warner on TV! He will be guiding Everest in a reality based TV show. I got to climb with Chris in South America, he just is an incredible climber and an all-around nice guy! He is also the owner of Earth Treks Climbing, a great place to climb.
I’ve been spending time with [...]