climbing

Based on the car rental web site, I expected a Dodge Caliber. Instead we got a PT Cruiser. I'm not sure in what reality this can be correctly considered an "or equivalent" vehicle. But if I photograph it from a low angle, it looks a little

Off to the Grand Canyon again for Death March, Part 2. We clocked in at 23:41 last time. Sporting a vastly improved understanding of water availability and renewed understanding of the importance of not neglecting to tape my heals before walking nearly fifty miles, we're hoping for

(1) I'm all set to head out to the Grand Canyon on Oct 1 for the Second Annual Curtis-and-Bridger Death March. As I recall, we came in around 23:41 last time. Possessing a greater assurance in the frequent availability of water, we should be able to cut

After summitting we set up camp in "the saddle" - the "low" (13,500' elevation) area between Liberty Cap and Columbia Crest (the true summit). It was flat, spacious and protected from the wind - which is all that I could ever really ask for.

I bought this South Col pack after a friend recommended it - and I needed something smaller than my full-size expedition packs for the up-coming Liberty Ridge climb. I stuffed about seventy-three pounds of rope, climbing gear and weights into it for a stair-climbing session. I liked that the suspension

Google finally added some higher resolution imagery of Denali, but only this little strip ... which conveniently misses the summit by not much more than a couple of miles. Stupid. Why bother, if they're going to miss the summit? What else could they possibly have been aiming for in

Call me hopelessly optimistic, but since 1) I love my watch and 2) I forgot to leave it in Talkeetna, I figured I'd take the opportunity to photograph it on the summit - and send the photo to Tag Heuer, since, you know, they'd be inclined