Khan Tengri (22,993ft/7010m) Highest mountain in Kazakhstan Aug 1, 2021 Eric and Andreas July 25 drive Bishkek to karkara July 26 helicopter to south inylchek, climb to 5300m, unplanned open bivy July 27 summit attempt to 6500m, bail in storm, return to BC July 28 rest July 29 rest July… Continue reading
Lenin Peak (23,406 ft) Second Highest Mountain in Kyrgyzstan July 20, 2021 Eric, Andreas, and Andrew July 1 Fight to Osh July 2 Shuttle to BC 3600m July 3 Climb Peak Petrovsky 4800m July 4 Hike to C1 4400m July 5 Climb Yuhin Peak 5100m July 6 Rest at c1… Continue reading
Packrafting the Headwaters of the Kern Matthew and Eric Gilbertson June 16-22, 2021 85 miles, 15kft gain We were looking to hike into some remote areas of the Sierras in California and maybe involve a little bit of packrafting. The funnest rivers to packraft are those that are far from… Continue reading
Nine WA Top 300 Peaks Car to Car – Armstrong (8,140ft), Windy (8,333ft), Arnold (8,091ft), Topaz (7,785ft), Haig (7,865ft), Caprock (7,858ft), Chopaka (7,881ft), Hurley (7,808ft), Snowshoe (7,818ft) Eric Gilbertson 48 miles, 15kft gain June 12, 12am – 9:30pm (Results summary: Highpoint of Armstrong summit massif is unnamed point in Canada,… Continue reading
Buck Mountain (8,534ft), Mt Berge (7,914ft), and Berge North (7,948ft) 47 miles (23 biking, 24 hiking), 10kft gain June 6, 2021, 12am – 7:30pm (Summary: Buck Mtn true summit is middle summit, and Mt Berge true summit is north summit, both incorrect on peakbagger as of June 2021) I’d recently… Continue reading
Ingalls Creek Backpacking May 30-31, 2021 Eric, Katie, and Lily Sunday afternoon we started at the Ingalls Creek trailhead and hiked up about five miles to an excellent campsite on an island in the creek. We had a big campfire and Lily didn’t get too scared. I got to test… Continue reading
Devils Peak (8,081ft) and Wallaby Peak (7,995ft) May 29, 2021 26 miles, 10kft gain I had one day free this weekend and was interested in visiting the Pasayten. I had a remaining top 200 peak, Devils Peak, near Slate Pass that I still needed to get, so that was a… Continue reading
Isolation Traverse in a Day Eric and Duncan May 22, 2021, 1:45am – 1:45am May 23 29 miles, 14kft gain This spring I’ve been wanting to do one of the classic ski traverses in the cascades to mix things up a bit from my standard peakbagging trips. I would say… Continue reading
The Temple (8,292 ft) May 16, 2021, 5am – 7:15pm 16 miles, 8,000ft gain Eric, Fred, Andrew I was packrafting the Yakima River Saturday and looking for a top 200 peak sort of nearby to climb Sunday. The Temple is a top 200 peak in the enchantments that sounded like… Continue reading
Yakima River Packrafting May 15, 2021 Eric, Katie, Andrew, Grace, and Lily (the dog). We dropped a car at the Thorp bridge then drove up to the baseball field at Cle Elum to put in around 11am. We had a fun paddle down the river and Lily (the dog) did… Continue reading