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...
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...
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...
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...
Newest Member of AlpinismProject & Adams C2C
This is Meadow. She’s a Vizsla. Meadow came home today, already eager to send the stairs. We’ll work our way upwards from there. I have a feeling she’s going to be the fastest member of the AlpinismProject family by far. Super well behaved and hasn’t barked once yet! Also...
North Ridge of Mt. Baker
Our first foray into technical Mountaineering, aka the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Kasia has similar thoughts for her life. Our 5 day trip to Mt. Baker was a huge success but physically and mentally the toughest battle so far. What a stunning trip with an...
A Most Memorable Week
Wow. What a week. So many firsts. I bought my first house! I climbed my first time outdoors (Marymoor Park), I got my first drone. Went to my first crag, the infamous Exit 38, and sent/flashed/on-sighted my first 5.7 and 5.8 pitches on top rope. Scrambled up Mount Ellinor...