Congratulation to Hans Sari Memorial Fund recipients for their first descent of Mount Shkhara (17,063′) in the Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of Georgia. Earlier this summer, Jason Thompson, Seth Waterfall, and Tyler Jones spent 15 days waiting out weather and skiing it’s South Face. For more on the descent, visit Climbing.com. That’s all I [...]
Archive for August, 2008
First Descent of Mount Shkhara
by August 8th, 2008TetonAT Milestone
by August 7th, 2008Well…I don’t know about biggest fan, but Tri Roberts from Kentucky helped me pass my first milestone…and I’m trying to not let it go to my head. He asked for my autograph…and on a TetonAT visor he bought over the winter no less. Thanks for stopping by the shop Tri! And thanks to all those [...]
Guest TR: Teton Circumnavigation in 6:29
by August 6th, 2008For all you endurance geeks out there (myself included), Matt Hart has set the standard for a new trail running challenge in Grand Teton National Park. Seems just running up the Grand Teton just isn’t enough anymore. I recently moved here to Driggs from Seattle to work with DreamChasers and ultra legend, Lisa Smith-Batchen. I’m [...]
Guest TR: Summer Turns on Once is Enough, Corbet’s Couloir
by August 5th, 2008Rappelling into Once is Enough I got an email with some photos from Jackson snowboarder, Randy Shacket, from a summer adventure riding the OB at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in July. Some folks just never give up! As I stood on the service road, a bead of sweat dripped into my eye. Down to [...]
Tragedy on K2 Bottleneck, The Savage Mountain
by August 4th, 2008Dotted lines indicate the route through “The Bottleneck” on K2. Photo courtesy of www.Horolezci.cz. For those unaware, a tragic event is unfolding high on K2 (aka, Chogori, The Savage Mountain), of the Karakorum in Pakistan and the second highest peak in the world. Some reports say at least 11 people have died resulting from a [...]
Holy Rockslide!
by August 3rd, 2008Rockslide on the Sea to Sky Highway connecting Vancouver to Whistler/Blackcomb, where they have been doing massive improvements for the upcoming winter Olympics in 2010 Click here for more on the rockslide.
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