Mountain Climbs
It is often the other climbers, guides and Sherpas, as well as
the mountains, that make this sport so wonderful.
* Carstensz Pyramid (16,023'/4884m) Indonesia - Highest
mountain
in
Oceana. Summit 11/2/2011
* Vinson (16,067'/4897m) Antarctica - Highest
mountain
in
Antarctica. Summit 12/26/2010
* Everest (29,035'/8848m) Nepal - South Route.
Highest
mountain
in Asia and the world.
Summit 5/23/2009
Lobuche East (20,075'/6119m) Nepal. Summit 2009
Nevado Juncal (20,163'/6110m) Chile.
No
summit, sick and injured - 2008
Everest (29,035'/8848m) Tibet - North Route. No
summit,
climbed to the
Second Step
(28,230'/8,600m)
before descending - 2007
* Aconcagua (22,841'/6962m) Argentina.
Highest
mountain
in South America
and the
Southern Hemisphere -
Ascended
to 21k'
before turning around in a
storm - 2003.
Summit 1/29/2006
Dufourspitze (15,203'/4634m) Highest mountain in
Switzerland - Summit 2005
* Elbrus (18,510'/5642m) Russia. Highest mountain in
Europe - Summit 7/25/2005
* Denali (20,320'/6194m) Alaska, US. Highest mountain in North America - Summit 6/23/2005
Rainier (14,410'/4392m) Washington, US - Summit 2004
Illimani (21,201'/6460m), Huayna Potosí (19,996'/6094m), Pequeño Alpamayo (17,618'/5370m) Bolivia - Summits 2004
The Dolomites, Italy. Various rock and via ferrata climbing - 2003
Mont Blanc (15,771'/4807m) France. No summit, poor weather, got lost - 2003
Shasta (14,162'/4317m) California, US, via north side - Summit 2003
Tocllaraju (19,790'/6032m), Ishinca (18,143'/5530m), Urus (17,880'/5450m) Peru - Summits 2002
Cotopaxi (19,388'/5911m), Illiniza Norte (16,818'/5126m) Ecuador - Summits 2001
* Kilimanjaro (19,335'/5895m) Tanzania. Highest mountain in Africa - Summit 12/29/2000
Everest Base Camp (17,998'/5486m) & Kalapattar Treks (18,192'/5545m) Nepal - 1999, 2009
Annapurna Circuit Trek (17,764'/5416m) Nepal - 1999
Whitney (14,494'/418m) California. Highest mountain in contiguous US - Summit 1996
I've also done some rock climbing in the Alps, Red Rock and the Eastern Sierras, but I prefer the snow and ice.
* Summit of one of the 8 Seven Summits
