Alpine Climbing
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Bad Knees Part 5: Car Camping Crevasse Rescue
Getting rained off of the Liberty Bell Group led to the new key phrase that would define the rest of the trip: weather windows. The morning after our epic bail we drove from camp to Mazama in a light sprinkle… Continue reading
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Bad Knees Pt. 4: Getting Epic’d off South Early Winters Spire
June 26, 2024 It’s Day 4 of our climbing course, following Day 3’s multi pitching at Castle Rock in Leavenworth, we’ve travelled to Mazama, WA to do some alpine climbing of South Early Winters Spire of the Liberty Bell Group.… Continue reading
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Bad Knees, Bad Habits, Good Times Pt. 2: From “Five Year Plan” to Actual Planning
After returning from the Swiss Alps, it was time to take a vague idea and figure out what was actually required to climb the Matterhorn. Step 1 after returning home was a marathon google slog: “climbing matterhorn”, “guided Matterhorn climb”,… Continue reading
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Bad Knees, Bad Habits, Good Times
June 2024 It’s somewhere before 5AM, just outside of Leavenworth, WA. I wake up covered in sweat and glance around the still dark tent. Actually, it’s less waking up, and more giving up on trying to get back to sleep.… Continue reading
Too Broken To Summit 