I was getting the itch again to get back into some altitude and summit a peak. Enter the stratovolcano Pico de Orizaba (or Citlaltépetl). At 18,491 ft it is the highest mountain in Mexico, highest volcano in North America, and…
Snakedike is a very popular climbing route in the Yosemite area. Popular because the climb allows you to access the top of Half Dome without a permit, and I had basically given up over the years on trying to get…
I was getting the itch to climb Mount Shasta in northern califonira. The stratovolcan lies in the Cscade Range, covered in about 7 glaciers, and stands a little over 14,100 ft. I flew up to Sacramento, rented a car and…
Believe it or not you can actually enjoy some snow and even do some mountaineering training a short distance from Los Angeles. It was a gorgeous sunny day at Mount Baldy, which had received a decent amount of snow so…
Stok Kangri is a high altitude mountain located in Hemis National Park in the Stok Range of the Zanskar Mountains, near the high desert town of Leh, Ladakh. It stands at 20,187 ft, but not too technically demanding, making it…
I’m not sure how Kilimanjaro got on my radar. Probably because it is a bad ass mountain, one of the most prominent in the world, and a relatively easy and gradual climb. What’s kinda funny is that I attempted this…
