Rae lakes loop has been on my list of hikes for a while now, I did part of it few years ago and have always wanted to go back. After a frustrating few weeks of dealing with “life”, I decided to get away to my happy place among the mountains to clear my head so…
I have hiked this trail as day hike in 2010 and have been wanting to go back again to do it as a backpacking trip so this trail has always been on my radar. I had planned it out for new years but had to cancel it so when i had a friday off along…
Since beginning of this year I have really gotten into night photography and Saturday April 7th was a full moon night so I decided it would be a great idea to camp and spend the night on top of mt baldy. In hindsight not such a great idea mainly because of freaking winds on summit…
Day 7: Base Camp on Rainier. We had to get to AAI office by 6.30 in the morning and things got to slow start when we got there but we got moving pretty quickly since there was no gear check or anything involved. Couple of people dropped out for the Rainier part so we were…
Day 4: Ice Climbing We had covered most of the basics required for glacier/snow travel and since we weren’t planning on moving to a high camp for summit attempt, it was decided that we would do some ice climbing. I was really excited by that idea since i have never ice climbed before so it…
I have been wanting to do a formal mountaineering course for a long time but never got a chance to do so, last year i was thinking about going for a 13 day course from Alpine Ascents International but then i got laid off and it was hard to schedule something properly. I wouldn’t have…