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This was taken on an attempt to traverse from Big Bear to Whitehorse Mt. a few years ago. As far as I know we would have been the first to do it if my crampons hadn't given me a terrible blister on the 2nd day. This was late on the 1st day as we raced the setting sun to the summit of Three...

It seems like I may be one of the few climbers participating on this site, and likely the only NW alpinist. What follows is an insight into the hardest part of climbing many peaks of the North Cascades - the off trail approach through brushy complex terrain. Climbers in the Rockies and Sierras...

A beautiful little peak with a funny name. Hidden away in a back corner of the central Cascades it presents a tough challenge because no trail gets very close. I tried climbing it on a beautiful fall day a few years ago, but got turned back by slippery snowy conditions. The peak in the...

Orient Final 1 by Jim Dockery posted Feb 13, 2018 at 9:57 AM Pat climbing into The Orient Express couloir on our last attempt. We only make it half way up the rib to the right (avoiding dangerous wind slab snow). Note the spindrift blowing off the top. Jim Descent 1 by Jim Dockery posted Feb...

Denali (241) by Jim Dockery posted Feb 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM Cruising around the 14,000 ft. plateau on an acclimatization day. Denali (236) by Jim Dockery posted Feb 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM Ice chunks the size of houses that fell from an ice cliff. PatSki1b by Jim Dockery posted Feb 13, 2018 at...

Most of the climb up the West Buttress is snow slogging with heavy loads. We would carry a load of food and fuel up to the next camp a few thousand feet higher, ski back down with empty packs, then pack up everything the next day and bring it all up to that next camp. This not only makes each...

I'm going to break this into 4 threads because I got a lot of shots on a 19 day trip up the standard West Buttress route in 2005. This was my first expedition using a digital camera. I went with a Canon Rebel XT for it's light weight with an 18-125mm Sigma lens. I brought a solar charger which...

Back in the 80s I spent a month in Kenya on a climbing trip where I ended up soloing Mt. Kenya after my partner had to go down due to acclimatization issues. I spent the night on the summit just to watch sunset & sunrise. We ended the trip with a low budget self-directed safari in the Maasai...