Vertical Nomads

Mt Rainier via Liberty Ridge Ice, Snow, Alpine 10500′, Grade IV Cascade Range / Mount Rainier National Park, Washington 14,411 ft (4,392 m)   Mountains

American Alpine Club: 20 of 20,000 A United Community Of Competent Climbers And Healthy Climbing Landscapes ~ American Alpine Club   To read my story

Solar Slab, 5.7 Trad, 13 pitches, 1220′, Grade III Red Rocks Canyon, Las Vegas, Nevada   What makes the desert beautiful, is that somewhere it

    Mt Whitney via the East Face, 5.7 Trad, Alpine, 13 pitches, 1000′, Grade III Sierra Nevada/ Inyo County, California 14,505 ft (4,421 m)   For

  Rock Climbing Wish List   The best climber in the world is the one having the most fun! ~ Alex Lowe A list of

Alpine Climbing Wish List     The architecture or look of a line is really important to me, and often ice can add something to

Mt Rainier via Kautz Glacier Ice, Alpine, 9000′, Grade IV Cascade Range/Mount Rainier National Park, Washington 14,411 ft (4,392 m) Getting to the top is

The North Face of Mt San Jacinto via Snow Creek Ice, Alpine, 10000′, Grade V San Jacinto Mountains/Riverside County, California 10,834 ft (3,302 m)  

An Ice Climbing Trip to Northern New England North Conway, New Hampshire  (January 2016)    I look at climbing not so much as standing on

Mt Baldy via the South Face/Baldy Bowl The story of a Big Wall climber in Southern Californian’s Alpine! Snow, 4000′, Grade II San Gabriel Mountains/Los