Tragedy on the Mountain

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“Falling!!!”.  When I heard this word shouted from my climbing companion who was falling downhill headfirst into a massive crevasse on Mt. Baker in September 2006, I had a couple of seconds to get my ice-axe jammed into the ice above me into a classic self-arrest position that we had just learned a few days [...]

Mount Aconcagua – Highest in South America

Aconcagua was by far the hardest mountain so far.  At almost 23,000 feet (and without oxygen of course), this trip took almost 3 weeks to complete.  Starting out in Mendoza, Argentina, we endured almost 10 days above 14,000 base camp and several nights at almost 20,000 feet (higher than Kilimanjaro).  Though not difficult from a [...]

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