Up rocks and mountains and things!
Kyle and I were practically gleeful with our early morning start. We had gotten up at 4am to climb The Tooth and zooming up I-90 towards it in the early morning dark of summer felt amazing. For our one year anniversary we had decided to do an alpine climb in Snoqualmie Pass. It would be […]
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There is something seductive and smooth about the way you climb crack. Slowly inserting your hand into a long dark crease in a face of granite, twisting and feeling until your hand locks into places and then slowly moving the other hand above it, in line, pulling down softly, feeling the crystals stick to your […]
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We are staring up a human sized hole in the rock and Carl is looking at me, holding a piece of trad gear in his outstretched hand. “Do you want to lead this first pitch?” I responded, taking the piece and clipping it to my harness, “Sure, but what do I do? I mean I […]
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On weekends when Kyle and I had commitments (see work camping trips and fundraising events) we tried to find scrambles that we could accomplish in a day. They don’t quite deserve a blog post all on their own so I am going to squish two of them together into one. Hibox Mountain: We went out […]
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For us, a 5am start was leisurely. The sky was already starting to brighten as we rolled out of our car tent and onto the mile road walk to the Ingalls Peak Trailhead. With us was Carl, who had agreed to lead the rock pitches that would eventually stand between us and the summit. We […]
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Because I am gone most of the week and usually return home Thursday night completely pooped and complaining of new aches and pains in my upper body (all thanks to Mt. Rainier National Park) Kyle and I have been limiting our adventures lately to day climbs in Snoqualmie pass. As an avid outdoorswoman living in […]
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