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Argonaut Peak - Northeast Gully, May 2004 (Colchuk Peak also)

Austera Peak - Austera Ridge, April 2004 (Part of Inspiration-Klawatti icecap traverse)

Mount Baring - Northwest Ridge, October 2003 (Easy half-day trip)

Big Four Mountain - Dry Creek, June 2006 (Impassible rock in upper-Amphitheater)

Black Peak - South Route, September 2002 (Consolation prize for bailing on NE Ridge)

Mount Blum - West Face, October 2006 (Consolation prize for scrapping North Ridge attempt)

Bonanza Peak - Mary Green Glacier, July 2003 (A classic 9000'er)

Mount Buckner - North Face, July 2002 (Via summit of Sahale Peak)

Burgundy Spire - North Face, July 2007 (Bailed due to loose rock)

Cadet Peak - North Face (attempt), November 2001 (Horrible brush beyond Goat Lake)

The Castle - South Face, February 2003 (Climb and snowboard descent)

Chair Peak - Northeast Buttress, January 2003 (Marginal 'ice' conditions)

Mount Challenger - Wiley Ridge, August 2003 (A classic Pickets odyssey)

Chimney Rock - East Face Direct, July 2004 (Crown jewels of greater Snoqualmie Pass area)

Chiwawa Mountain - Lyman Glacier, August 2001 (First and last climb with Nick Rhodes)

Clark Mountain - Walrus Glacier, June 2003 (Out of time - too much for a day trip)

Colchuck Peak - North Buttress Couloir, April 2003 (Long day, bad sunburn)

Columbia Peak - West Spur, October 2004 (A climb in the rain with Phil Fortier)

Mount Curtis Gilbert - Conrad/Meade Glacier, Nov. 2004 (Early season Goat Rocks tour)

Cutthroat Peak - South(east) Buttress, September 2003 (Descent via West Ridge)

Mount Daniel - East Peak, August 2000 (Snow slog with Chris Rose)

Del Campo Peak - Gothic Basin, November 2001 (Exploratory snowshoe hike)

Dome Peak - Dome Glacier, Aug/Sept. 2002 (Paul and Tom fight on summit ridge)

Dorado Needle - Northwest Ridge, July 2007 (Consolation prize for bailing from Southwest Buttress)

Dragontail Peak - Colchuck Glacier, July 2001 (Because it was raining at Paradise the day before)

East Wilmans Spire - South Face, September 2003 (First alpine rock climb with James Cunningham)

Eldorado Peak - East Ridge, September 2001 (Consolation prize for not attempting Austera Peak)

Forbidden Peak - West Ridge, July 2002 (One of the 50 Classics with Andy Ball and Tom Sjolseth)

Mount Formidable - South Route, July 2005 (First peak bagged on Ptarmigan Traverse)

Mount Fury - Southeast Glacier, August 2006 (Three times a charm)

Mount Garfield - South Route, August 2005 (Not so dangerous enigma)

Mount Goode - Northeast Buttress, July 2003 (Unplanned bivy at 8000ft)

Gothic Peak - West Ridge, October 2006 (And Del Campo Peak)

Gunn Peak - East Peak, April 2004 (Not quite the summit, but close enough)

Guye Peak - South Gully, January 2003 (Easy Winter climb)

Mount Index (North Peak) - North Face, August 2005 (A LONG day)

Ingalls Peak - South Ridge, June 2002 (First rock climb with Tom Sjolseth)

Jack Mountain - South Face, September 2002 (Possible new approach route)

Kangaroo Temple - North Face, September 2002 (Avoided Northwest Face due to other parties)

Klawatti Peak - South Face, April 2004 (Part of Inspiration-Klawatti icecap traverse)

Kololo Peaks- Suiattle Glacier (Via Glacier Peak)

Kyes Peak - South Ridge, August 2002 (Solo outing to Blanca Lake and beyond)

Lemah Mountain - Lemah Glacier, July 2004 (Consolation prize for not attempting Chimney Rock)

Liberty Bell - Beckey Route, July 2002 (First alpine rock climb with Agata)

Mount Logan - Douglas Glacier, June 2006 (Huge avalanche buried notorious brush on approach)

Luna Peak - Southwest Ridge, August 2005 (Rained out on Fury attempt the following day)

Lundin Peak - West Ridge, Oct. 2004 (Via Guye Peak)

Mount Maude - South Shoulder, July 2001 (And Seven Fingered Jack)

McClellans Butte - North Couloir, May 2002 (Fun winter climb with Scott Harder and others)

Mesahchie Peak - North Ridge, June 2005 (Classic line on tallest peak of Ragged Ridge)

Monte Cristo Peak - Glacier Basin, September 2001 (Turned back due to late season conditions)

Mount Phelps - South Route, June 2004 (Desperate to get out and climb something)

Primus Peak - Southwest Face, April 2004 (Part of Inspiration-Klawatti icecap traverse)

Prusik Peak - West Ridge, October 2002 (Classic late season rock climb)

Mount Pugh - Northwest Ridge, November 2002 (Scramble with Jerry Sanchez and Scott Harder)

Mount Redoubt - Redoubt Glacier, August 2003 (And Mount Spickard)

Mount Rexford - Ensawkwatch Enchainment, September 2007 (And North and South Nesawkwatch Spires)

Reynolds Peak - NW Ridge of N & S Summit, July 2005 (Previous attempt thwarted by forest fires)

Sahale Peak - Quien Sabe Glacier, June 2000 (Vehicle troubles almost killed this trip)

Sentinel Peak - Southwest Route, July 2005 (Second of three peaks bagged during Ptarmigan Traverse)

Seven Fingered Jack - Southwest Slope (And Mount Maude)

Sherpa Peak - West Ridge, August 2002 (Rock climb with Dan and Tom Sjolseth)

Mount Shuksan - Sulphide Glacier, October 2001 (Failed attempt with Andy Ball)

Silver Star Mountain - Silver Star Glacier, June 2001 (Solo)

Sloan Peak - Corkscrew Rte (via Bedal Basin), Aug. 2003 (Bailed on West Face route)

Snowfield Peak - Neve Glacier, Nov/Dec. 2002 (Winter climb with Paul Klenke)

Snowking Mountain - Kindy Ridge, November 2002 (Approach not suitable for lowered VW Golf)

South Early Winter Spire - Southwest Buttress, August 2005 (Unintentionally bypassed 5.8 handcrack)

Sperry Peak - South Ridge, October 2007 (A casual autumn ridge ramble)

Mount Spickard - South Ridge, August 2003 (And Mount Redoubt)

Mount Stuart - Cascadian Couloir, July 2001 (Big day)

Mount Terror - West Ridge, July 2006 (Disorderly conduct)

Mount Thomson - West Ridge, July 2003 (Super secret shortcut)

Three Fingers - South Peak, October 2001 (Solo)

The Tooth - South Ridge, June 2002 (First alpine rock climb with Andy Ball)

Tomyhoi Peak - Yellow Aster Meadows, August 2003 (Short climb with great views)

The Triad - East Ridge (middle summit), Sept. 2004 (Two dicks on three dicks)

Tricouni Peak - West Gully, April 2004 (Part of Inspiration-Klawatti icecap traverse)

Mount Triumph - Northeast Ridge, September 2003 (Classic climb with Paul Klenke and Eric Hoffman)

Twin Sisters - West Ridge North Twin, Northeast Ridge South Twin, July 2006 (Fun loop in Twin Sisters Range)

Vesper Peak - North Face, September 2002 (Ledge bypass to avoid glacier)

Welch Peak - South Ridge, September 2006 (Solo, after visiting uncle at Harrison)

West McMillan Spire - West Ridge, September 2004 (Classic Southern Pickets scramble)

Whitehorse Mountain - Northwest Shoulder, November 2000 (Wallowing in snow to not quite reach the summit)

White Chuck Mountain - Northwest Route, June 2006 (Consolation prize for bailing on Northeast Ridge)

Mount Athabasca - Silverhorn, August 2006 (Classic snow and ice climb off of Icefields Parkway)

Bugaboo Spire - Kain Route (South Ridge), August 2004 (A Bugaboo classic)

Mount Robson - Provincial Park, August 2006 (Mount Robson reconaissance)

Mount Sir Donald - Northwest Ridge, August 2004 (turned back due to late start and slick lichen)

Uto Peak - Southwest Ridge, August 2006 (Good warm up for Sir Donald)

Wapta Traverse - Bow Lk. to WLL, March 2006 (Classic hut-to-hut ski traverse)

Mount Garibaldi - Northeast Face, June 2002 (Lost my skis)

Mount Matier - NE Spur, June 2004 (Too mushy for Northwest Face)

North Ear - Panorama Ridge, July 2006 (Day trip from North Vancouver)

Mount Seymour - Standard Rte, January 2002 (Chairlifts help with the approach)

Spearhead Traverse - Blackcomb to Whistler, April 2004 (Classic Coast Range ski traverse)

Wedge Mountain - Wedge Couloir, May 2003 (Should have climbed the Northeast Arete instead)

The Brothers - South Face, November 2001 (Second time's a charm)

Mount Constance - West Arete, September 2005 (Classic Olympic rock climb)

Mount Olympus - Blue Glacier, August 2003 (Crown jewels of the Olympic Mountains)

Mount Washington - Winter Direct, April 2007 (Wallowfest)

Mount Adams - Adams Glacier, July 2004 (Classic north-facing glacier route)

Mount Baker - Easton Glacier, September 2001 (First climb with Andy Ball)

Mount Garibaldi - Northeast Face, June 2002 (Lost my skis)

Glacier Peak - Sitkum Glacier, Summer 1998 (Snowboard descent)

Mount Hood - Palmer Glacier, March 2002 (First climb in Oregon)

Mount Jefferson - Jefferson Park Glacier, May 2007 (Failed attempt with Tom Sjolseth)

Mount Rainier - Ingraham Direct, August 1998 (Turned back by strong winds)

Mount Saint Helens - Monitor Ridge, May 2001 (With snowboard descent)

Half Dome (Yosemite) - Cable Route, August 1996 (Horribly out of shape)

Krakatoa - Sunda Straits (Indonesia), 1992 (High school field trip)

Mount Swinica - Tatras (Poland), July 2001 (Day hike from Zakopane)

  Rock
    Darrington - 2005 - 2007
    Eerie (Mt.) - 2004 - 2005
    Exit 38 - 2002 - 2007
    Index - 2002
    Leavenworth - 2002 - 2007
    Lighthouse Park - 2006
    Mazama - 2002 - 2007
    Squamish - 2003 - 2004
    Tieton - 2007
    Vantage - 2002 - 2003

  Ice
    Alpental ice, March 2002
    Big Four Ice Caves, December 2001
    Mount Baker ice cragging, November 2002
    Observation Rock - North Face, October 2002