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Past Trips

Africa

  Kili: Western Breach

 Antarctica 

  Shackleton's Crossing

 Asia 

  Everest Base Camp

 Europe 

  Mt. Elbrus

  The Matterhorn

  Haute Route &  Mönch

 North America

  Alaska Mountaineering
  Cascades

   · Mt Rainier

   · Mt Hood Sunshine Route

   · Mt Shasta: West Face

   · Mt Shasta: Casaval Ridge

   · Three Sisters

  Sierras

   · Mt Whitney - Trail

   · Mt Whitney - Mtrs Route

   · Mt Ritter

   · Matterhorn Peak

   · Mt Dana

 Oceana

  Milford Track
  Mt Kosciusko

  The Copland Pass

 South America

  Inca Trail

  Patagonian Ice Cap

 


 

Upcoming Trips

 Asia 

  Everest Kangshung Face

  Annapurna Circuit

  Concordia/K2 Base Camp

 North America

  Cascades

   · Mt Adams

   · Mt Baker/Shuksan

  Sierras

   · Mt Agassiz

   · Mt Conness

   · Mt Morrison

   · Cathedral Peak

 Europe 

  McGillicuddy's Reeks

  The West Highland Way

 South America

  Cordillera Blanca

 

Breaking News: I have joined The Climb to Fight Breast Cancer. It is organized by the Hutchinson Cancer research Center. I will be climbing Mount Adams August 18 - 21, 2011. My goal is to raise at least $3,000. Please donate to the cause! I will match all donations dollar-for-dollar!

I used to be a perfectly normal person.

Then in 1997, after reading Into Thin Air and being extremely burnt out from my high stress job at Yahoo, I decided to take a month off and go to Nepal and trek out to Everest base camp.

Me with Mt Everest in the background

That trip changed everything. Once I returned from Everest, I re-prioritized my life. Besides spending more time with my family, I vowed to hit the mountains from then on whenever possible. So in the spring, of 2000, I took a 6-day mountaineering course up in Alaska with my sister Jamie.

Over the last 12 years, I have traveled to all 7 continents pursuing my adventures.

Click here to see more detail of my past trips.

What's Next?

I've pretty much climbed most of the mountains in the far away places I was excited about. Now I am more interested on focusing more on climbs closer to home in the Sierra Nevada and Cascades and going on high altitude treks

Jamie and I have had a goal to climb the major volcanoes of the Cascade chain. So far we've climbed Mt Shasta (Casaval Ridge), Mt Hood (Sunshine Route) and Mt Rainier (Emmons Glacier Route) and The Three Sisters (normal route).  We still have Mt Adams and Mt Baker in Washington to go.

On the summit of Matterhorn Peak

My plans for 2011 include a walk along the West Highland Way in Scotland, as well as a couple of local trips. One to the Cascades to climb Mount Adams to raise money for breast cancer research, and a trip with Jamie to traverse the Sierra's with our friends Cyrus and Nick (the Elbrus group reunites once again. 2012 is huge with a trip back down to Patagonia to trek the  Torres del Paine Circuit, and a super challenging trek through the Cordillera Blanca in Peru and another climb for a cure, this time of Mount Baker.

Click here to see a list of my upcoming trips.

         

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