With a little bit of Italy, Malta, Hvar, and Belgrade mixed in. We spent most of December in a Unesco World Heritage site. Named (in Bosnian) for it’s old bridge, Mostar nestles between three mountains in the southern part of the Balkan country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Mostar is most known for it’s medieval bridge and Ottoman-style old town. […]
Climbing Mt. Alice. 5.8, Grade IV. 13,300 ft. 9 pitches. Unholy loose rock, lichen fest with some quality climbing mixed in…but I’m getting ahead of myself. Approach We approached Saturday afternoon after having decided that morning that we would attempt a route on this rarely visited peak in RMNP. The approach, a little under 9 miles and ~3,400 ft of […]
The day before yesterday, Kiran and I climbed the Aiguille de la Republique via the Voie Normale. Opting to rappel an adjacent route rather than down-climb the route, we were 16 hours camp to camp from our comfy bivvy under a huge boulder 25 minutes from the base of the route. The Aiguille de le Republique is the most curious looking […]
Red Rocks is where you climb. A lot. We have climbed at a few places around the world–Chamonix, the Tetons, Paklenica, Montserrat to name a few. So far, no where we have been offers the “mileage” you can get at Red Rocks. By mileage I mean the ratio of pure climbing to all of the other things that come along […]
This is the fourth and final installment of our June-July Chamonix 2015 trip. Go here to start from the beginning. This installment is shaping up to be a good one! Don’t worry, though, you wont have to go long without a trip report from me – Rose and I are heading back to Chamonix for another week in August with […]
This is the third part of a trip report. Go here to start from the beginning. Things Done L’etagne – Friday 7/3 We were beat! After a week of climbing we wanted to take a 0 day. But this is hard to do in Chamonix with so much to do and a bout of great weather, so we settled for a […]
For the second part of this trip to Chamonix, we capitalize on what we learned from the first few days and then add in some simple ice axe/crampon usage and have a great next few days of the trip! Tuesday 6/30 I wanted to get Rose a guide for a day so that someone with experience could introduce her to […]
What Is Chamonix? Don’t expect to come to Chamonix and be the cool climber guy/irl. Sure, you’ll be the object of amusement for plenty of tourist gawkers amazed that you just climbed ‘that’, but if you catch the first lift up the Aiguille du Midi in the morning, you’ll see that Alpinism is the norm here. “Did he just say lift? I […]