A Personal Blog
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A Fun Scramble Up Libery Bell
September 28 2024 I kept telling myself that I’m bad at navigation. But I’m really not that bad at it. I just repeatedly haven’t been studying the beta well enough. I told this to myself as Miles and I set up a belay at what we thought would be the start of the Liberty Bell…
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Finding Solace on South Ingalls
[9/19/2024] Nighttime Escape to Esmeralda Trailhead The night before I had dreamt that I was at the house I used to live in the University District. There happened to be a huge river bed or glacial silt area in the backyard. It was filled with cascading granite and fallen trees. A young man, who was…
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Climbing ‘Orbit’ at Snow Creek with a Snow Lake Finale
September 14th I’ve slept at the Snow Lake trailhead before, and I should’ve remembered I’d be kept all night by the constant sound of car doors slamming. Nonetheless, the day started around 6am, with some green tea from my favorite tea shop in Seattle, the Vital Tea leaf (much might I say than instant coffee). …
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Climbing The Brothers on the Olympic Peninsula
9/7/2024 Climbing to The Brothers basecamp Past Lena Lake, we walked by the little waterfall cave. We’d later find ourselves swimming in this same cave as we descended the mountain the next day. My cousin and I were heading out this weekend to climb a mountain he had always noticed from his place in Ballard.…
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Trekking Mt. Rainier “Northern Loop”
Seattle to Ranger Creek Airport 8/30/2024 We left Seattle at 3pm, having made up our minds about which entrance we’d start the Northern Loop. We contemplated starting from the Carbon River Ranger Station since there would be more dispersed camping. However, the road from the ranger station to the nearest front country campsite, Ipsut, was…
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Overnight Trip from Mowich Lake to Observation Rock
Hiking into Observation Rock 8/17/2024 It’s always interesting doing alpine starts because you get glimpses of dreams you usually wouldn’t remember. This morning, I had a couple innocuous dreams; one in which I was skiing with a friend and kept catching glimpses of my girlfriend through the trees. And another, where my uncle and I…
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Ice Climbing Crevasses on the Nisqually Glacier
The goal today was to explore crevasses on the Nisqually glacier and practice our ice climbing technique. Aleesha and Lucas asked that we group up at the Longmire Ranger Station at 7am. No Bueno. I picked Miles up from his place at 4:35am this morning. Arriving at the Mt. Rainier Park Entrance at 6:35am. There…