Distance: ~8 miles Elevation change: ~7,000′ up Weather: Saturday was one of those days that rained, misted, rained, white out, clear blue skys, rain, hail, snow, more rain. Sunday was blue skys and warm! What did I eat: Skratch (strawberry), Gio, Cheese cake, Mountain House. I FORGOT MY PIZZA AGAIN Suffer Factor (out of 10): 6 for Saturday, 2…

Every visit to the Olympics, especially the Olympus area, reminds me of how remote and rugged some mountains can be. 18 miles of trail gets you to the glacier, and 5 more miles nets you a summit. My first summit of Olympus in 2017 taught me many lessons about taking care of myself, how much…

Distance: ~15 miles Elevation change: 7,000′ up Weather: Warm, clear day at the start. Base of the Roman wall was windy/gusty, temps near freezing What did I eat: Skratch (strawberry), Skratch Bars, and Jimmy Johns Suffer Factor (out of 10): 8. This was an awesome day, but altitude sickness prevented a summit for me Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/2342529159…

Apologies for the long gap between posts. Winter is a fairly boring time of year for me in terms of climbing (as in nothing really happens). I spent much of the winter running and training for various objectives. I’d like to highlight some milestones for me this winter/spring…my first trail Marathon in February, and my…

Distance: ~9.3 miles Elevation change: 5,300′ up Weather: Cold, bluebird day. Summit was approximately 12 degrees, but with the sun it felt like 60 What did I eat: Skratch (strawberry), Skratch Bars, and pizza Suffer Factor (out of 10): 6. This was an awesome day Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/2252899435 Mount Hood has been on my list for…

I spent a majority of the week trying to recover from jet lag. I have consistently been sleeping 2 hours, waking up for an hour, then going back to sleep for 2….repeat from 7 pm until 5 am. The larches were splendid at Freedom & Navajo last weekend, but I wanted more. So instead of…

Apologies again for the lack of updates. I completed the marathon on 9/15, with a final time of 4:10:15. It was definitely one of the more challenging things I’ve ever done. I was holding a pretty good pace until mile 23, and then my calves started to cramp, first the right, then the left. Definitely…

Apologies for the lack of updates. I’ve been training for a marathon and did a 20 mile run after Glacier Peak. Turns out my knee didn’t like that so I had to take two weeks for the IT inflammation to subside, and then another week of recuperating. Oh well =( Sahale is my favorite climb,…

Distance: ~53 miles for the approach and descent according to my Garmin (which is very very very wrong. Garmin, we need to talk) Elevation gain: 9,898′  total according to Garmin (I find this one reasonable, good job Garmin) Weather: Hot. Really Really Hot What did I eat: Oh jeez…Roctane, Shot Blocks, Stroop Wafel, Pizza, Probars, Mountain House…

Distance: ~10 miles for the approach and descent according to my Garmin Elevation gain: 2120′ gain on approach, 285′ on the climb…according to Garmin Weather: 60’s, sunny, and windy What did I eat: 3 StroopWafel, GU Roctane, 2 Kind Bars, I can’t believe I left my pizza in the car, gummi bears, chex mix, pizza (at the…