Since climbing Mt Shashta last year on my own i was very keen on climbing Denali and figured this year would be a good time to do so. Once i got the vacation approved i had to go for it after E3 since at that time i was working with G4, it also mean’t that…
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Tips for climbing Denali
This is final post in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. Alpine Ascents has a great 6 month training program and if you want to follow that here is the link. I don’t want to give out a training regimen or some generic guidelines…
Denali: Waiting at High Camp and the return journey.
This is part 4 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. July 9th It was a beautiful day and we could have made a summit attempt but it was a scheduled rest day and rightly so. Everyone including me was pretty beat up from…
Denali: Surviving the Storm and getting to High Camp 17k ft.
This is part 3 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. Jun 30th It was 5am and we decided to take a short nap before waking up at 9am to have pizza for dinner. The wind had really picked up and we were getting…
Denali: Getting to 11K Camp
This is part 2 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. As the day of departure came close i was feeling really confident and wanted to make sure that i had everything booked and taken care of. To my surprise i found that i…
Training for Denali
This is part 1 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. After confirming my 3 weeks of vacation I signed up with Alpine Ascents for Denali guided expedition sometime in October of 2012 so i had plenty of time to train. At that time…
Backpacking to Horton Lake and Climbing Mt Tom
This memorial day weekend i wanted to do a multi day dive trip but at the same time i thought some backpacking trip in the high sierras would be a good training exercise. Sung wanted to go to Horton Lake and climb Mt Tom so i decided to join him since none of the multi…
Attempting to climb east face of Mt Morrison.
I have been skiing at mammoth for the past 4 years and its hard to miss Mt Morrison as you drive by. Alex wanted to climb it as well so we decided to put it on our calendars pretty early in the season but of course it was all dependent on the weather. We decided…
5 years of Scuba Diving.
Five years ago i got my open water certification and it changed my life forever. The ocean is a totally different world in itself and a lifetime of diving won’t be enough to see it all, i am glad that i am experiencing some of it while sharing it as well through photography. Over the…
Hiking North Fork trail, Big Pine Creek
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…