
First Traverse: Spork Valley, Alaska
[Update! I’ve heard that this trip has been done before, or at least the terrain has been covered. Apparently a well known pilot of the
[Update! I’ve heard that this trip has been done before, or at least the terrain has been covered. Apparently a well known pilot of the
[After instructing a 3 week introductory climbing course in Spain I found myself with a few free days and a few free friends. This post
[Some sentences taken from my journal leaving out all the useless stuff. Click on the pictures for a larger version. An amazing journey to the say
The first two rockets go off and I start jogging down the 800 meter track knowing that six 1,100 pound, abusively trained killing machines are
[This post describes the worst day of a recent trip for me personally. Lots of great stuff happened too, but its not all fun and games.
[The following took place during a 10 day trip in the Turnagain Pass area, thus completing the ski course of the Mountain Training School’s Guide School
[The following took place on day 3 of 7 spent camping at Turnagain Pass in Chugach National Forest, Alaska as part of The Mountain Training
[This post describes phase two of The Mountain Training School guide school program: skiing. This 36 day course involves multiple backcountry expeditions as well as
[I just received my Wilderness First Responder Certification from Wilderness Medical Associates. It’s a 70 hour 10 day course on backcountry medicine. I got the first
[I wrote this post and few others for a climbing related website that never got published. Might as well post them here. Tell me what
[This post describes the first section of The Mountain Training School’s guide school program which included a 4-day trek through Cerro Castillo National Reserve and an
Michael Ellsberg, a Brown graduate, is a blogger, author, and public speaker. In his 2011 book The Education of Millionaires: It’s Not What You Think and