Heading North to Alaska … on a 6,000 mile road trip

August will be a rather sparse month for posts because I’m currently on a very long road trip and am heading North to Alaska … yes really. having climbed Ranier with my son and daughter. we are now all driving into the wilderness … (If curious, the following pictures are mine, I took them all … Read more

Climbing Mt Ranier

The title is literal and not simply a metaphor, I’m off today to start a climb of Mt Ranier, so no postings for a few days. Yes, we are going for the top 14,400ft … so it is ropes, ice axes, and crampons as we traverse glaciers and potentially risk Oxygen starvation due to the … Read more