Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, August 6th 2010. I had wanted to climb Athabasca for more than a decade. For one reason or another potential climbing partners became fewer and fewer, either having given up climbing mountains or had already been up this one. This year I wanted to make a big effort, not knowing if I […]

A big thanks to Scott Romans who made for two very enjoyable days out in the Mountains. Scott wanted to take his hiking skills up to the next level, so it was off for a couple of days of instructional scrambling. The two days that we had together we decided to scramble up Mt Whyte […]

The weather had been threatening to unleash it’s power, at least that was the forecast for Saturday afternoon. I suggested we climb Ha Ling and Robert was game. We met at 6:00am on main street, by 6:20 we were in high gear on the approach to beat the crowds, and the weather. Little was I […]