East of East Ingalls – rapping with 19.5m of 70m rope.
Type 2.5 fun. Getting a rope stuck on rappel. Finding two previously stuck ropes, moving them down a huge gully a bit. Awesome adventure climbing with Jon. Getting home safe....
Mount Mystery – choss’eneering at its finest.
Full on scrambling. Navigating complex loose terrain with exposure. Dodging unavoidable rockfall by staying out of the line of fire. Steep good snow. Being so grateful, learning & spending 3 days with 5 wonderful people. Viewing Mount Olympus for the first time from an amazing summit vista. 7 hyper...
So you got injured, now what?
A long overdue 9 month catch up on life. Dealing with permanent injuries. Getting back to the mountains and the blog....
Giving back – Three Fingers Lookout & Other Adventures
Alpinism is an inherently selfish activity, it’s a nice feeling to give some time/money/attention to the community many so deeply care about. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sylvester Jakubowski (@p90puma) I had the privilege of being on a Mountaineers stewardship activity benefiting the Friends of...
Summer 2022 Catch-up
Multiple summits, covid, oldest friend coming to Seattle, my parents visiting, etc. Weeks later finally decided to do a short writeup. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sylvester Jakubowski (@p90puma) Successful Rainier summit – unguided – Disappointment Cleaver Marcus and I successfully summited Rainier on August...
Southwest Rib South Early Winter Spire – 5.8 7P
Cameron and I successfully climbed SW Rib of SEWS this past weekend in the Liberty Bell Group in the North Cascades National Park. It was awesome, I have also never been bitten so much by mosquitos in my life. I killed SIX in one slap, well over 100 bites,...
Eldorado Peak & inReach SOS
Our party triggered an inReach SOS and was in contact with SAR after a near miss and a party member with full on hypothermia late on Saturday July 16th very close to the Climbers Trailhead for Eldorado Peak in the North Cascades National Park. Thankfully the team handled the...
Vesper Peak
Great trip out with Anish, Wifey and Doggo. 10.5H C2C, spent a bunch of time on the summit and then rolled the ankle falling 2 feet through a snow bridge that slowed us down. Lots of snow, some sketchy water crossings....
Mt. Rainier Attempt / Catch-up
👋 Been a while, been keeping after it, been telling the same story a few too many times now so time to return to the blog. I helped organize a 4 person team to go for Rainier on June 21st 2022, we made it to Ingraham flats in 10.5...
Guye Peak & return to the blog
Guye peak and general update on last few months of alpinismproject.com...