boycesammyAug 8, 20225 min“Castle in the Sky” First Ascent of the South Buttress of Whatcom Peak IV 5.10b TDLani and I have been using our friend Kyle as one of our check In people in the front country on personal trips. He is a rational human...
Sam BoyceJul 27, 20229 min"Spirited Away" First Ascent of the South Ridge of Spectre Peak 2000' 5.8The Profile of the Upper Ridge From the East In early July 2022, Lani and I climbed Mongo Ridge deep in the northern pickets. From this...
Alana ChapkoJul 17, 202214 minMongo Ridge and The Pole of Remoteness 7/09/2022-7/14/2022Looking down at Mongo from the Summit of the Pole of Remoteness Beta Mongo ridge has been written about by Wayne Wallace and Jeff &...
Alana ChapkoMar 3, 20225 minFrigid Air Buttress to NE Arete of Bridge MountainThe namesake bridge This link up has been on my mind for a long time. It's something everyone talks about doing, but I’ve never actually...
Alana ChapkoJan 15, 202211 minFree Climbing The Freerider, 512d 31 pitches El CaptitanLani on the final real pitch before topping out The Captain! Okay here we go, the story of how two 5.9+ climbers freed the Freerider....
Alana ChapkoJun 7, 20219 minA Journey To Bring Bigwalling to Washingtion: JotnarWhen the world shut down in March and our hopes for international travel were squashed, we quickly realized we were going to have to look...