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Posted May 9, 2008 1:15 PM

Peak

You reach the crux, scrub away the myth of "what if" and find fragile footprints, a small voice pulling you up.

Posted May 6, 2008 1:48 PM

You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way the Wind Blows

But I cannot forget how you made it down too by your own navigation of the night sky, or how we embraced in the dark there at the base.

Posted May 5, 2008 1:03 PM

The Plastic Age

Tomorrow, early, he would push with all his strength for the summit, but tonight he would sway under the stars by a thread and ignore the world below.

Posted May 5, 2008 1:02 PM

Beware the People Person

If I end up with another climbing partner who turns out to be a “people person” I’m going to rip their head off.

Posted April 30, 2008 12:00 PM

Cruisin' with Susan

We'd both wanted to do it. We lay there on the ground, shivering in the night air as much from fear as the cold.

Posted April 28, 2008 5:01 PM

Something for the Ski Mountaineers

Instinct darkens my mind, must keep going...

Posted April 28, 2008 4:53 PM

Untitled

Another morning. Another hangover. Another solo journey to second peak.

Posted April 26, 2008 1:46 PM

Free Pitch

From the top you can watch the whole universe below...

Posted April 25, 2008 8:26 PM

First Light

After last night I didn’t think we would see the sun for days...

Posted April 24, 2008 2:25 PM

Untitled

Maybe it was a passage in Siddhartha that made me start listening to rivers speak...

Posted April 23, 2008 4:21 PM

Foolish But Lucky

The jeep descended and ground to a halt on a dusty flat near the riverbed. It was not going well...

Posted April 22, 2008 6:16 PM

The Visceral Game. The Pinnacles of Mt Ruapehu.

Approach The air - grey and misty. The mountain - glued together by dirt. This drives us closer to the edge. We are breathless, speechless and serious. This is Paradise?

Posted April 21, 2008 3:04 PM

Passion

The sun's glow is beginning to rise on the Eastern Cascades, and it's time to go climbing.

Posted April 21, 2008 3:02 PM

The Book

Is this something everyone does? Or is it reserved for the truly pathetic?

Posted April 21, 2008 2:57 PM

The Jukebox

If I had known how intimidating I’d one day find my wife I’d never have asked her out that day at Carderock Cliff...