To get right to the point– it hasn’t snowed in a while so we went ice climbing.

We love the Ouray Ice Park.
Once a season, in an effort to change things up, we make a trip down to the San Juans, to the town of Ouray, Colorado and its one-of-a-kind playground for big kids. This trip was a reunion of sorts, Christy and I were meeting Adrian, Lissa, Joe and Larry from [...]

Ted Wins the Lottery
The results are in, and the news is good. With nearly 350 people vying for some 150 or so spots in this year’s Hardrock 100, my odds of getting a number weren’t all that great. Well, the lottery was held today and I got in.  I suppose the hard part is over.
Well [...]

Gettin’ Ready
With our depature for Nepal on Wednesday, we had time for a little last minute trip prep. Our planned route on Ama Dablam is the SW Ridge. As a true hand and foot climbing route, it won’t have any significant “jug hauling”, that is, pulling ourselves up a fixed rope with mechanical ascenders, or jumars. [...]

If the number of visits from UPS in recent days is any indication, something’s going down.
Our departure for Nepal and Ama Dablam is next week and with the steady stream of new gear deliveries it feels like Christmas around here. New boots, backpacks, crampons, gloves, overboots, down layers, base layers, sleeping bags and pads, one freshette(google [...]

One of the best things about having some big goals on the horizon is getting prepared.
Friday evening we went up to Turkey Rock for an easy two pitches of rock climbing.
The next morning(Saturday), we headed over the pass towards Twin Lakes to Monitor Rock where we had a climb of the ‘Trooper Traverse’ planned. At 5 [...]