Smoky fun with a Chipmunk-August 24, 2013

Went with Nick this weekend to brave the smoke-filled Sawtooth Mountains and give the Four Horsemen route on Chipmunk Perch a try.

Four Horsemen ascends the obvious east ridge with 4 large towers (horsemen)

Regular Northwest face of Half Dome - October 21, 2012

Quick TR of my trip a little over a week ago to get on the Regular Northwest Face of Halfdome in Yosemite Valley.

Elephants Perch - October 6, 2012

The following is a trip report that my friend Bob put together after we took a climbing trip to the Elephants Perch in the summer of 2012:

East face direct of Mount Idaho - September 22, 2012

Kevin Hansen and I had been talking about getting on a climb together for awhile, but due to various factors didn't manage to make it happen until this last weekend. When Kevin brought up the possibility of doing a first ascent up the east face of Mount Idaho I jumped at the chance! I had looked at the east face longingly last summer when I went up to do the north face, and was excited to find that there was someone else who was also excited to get on it.

My view of the East Face back in July of 2011:

Elephants perch - Astro elephant -September 1, 2012

So I moved to Idaho over a year ago, and somehow I haven't made it to the Elephant's Perch until this weekend. Holy cow, what an awesome chunk of stone!