Tuesday, January 14, 2014

A Brief Overview of my Adventure Log for 2013

A brief review of what I did in 2013.


January:

  • Mount Aire, UT
  • Ice Climbing in Ouray, CO
  • Lone Peak, UT hiked nearly 6000 feet
  • Joe's Valley, UT ice climbing Donorcicle, Deadbolt, Baby Steps, CCC Falls
  • Mount Olympus, UT ice climbing


February:

  • Cody, WY for Ice climbing in the South Fork
  • Mount Superior, UT via South Ridge in the middle of a snow storm





March: 
  • Red Rock, NV climbed Johnny Vegas, Solar Slab, Birdland, Frogland
  • Pheifferhorn, UT via North Ridge in a whiteout
  • Moab Area, UT climbed Castleton Tower and Ancient Art Tower
  • Mount Olympus, UT climbed Guert's Ridge with a solid 2 feet of snow on the ridge

April
  • Shinglemills Peak with attempt on Freedom Peak but snow was too deep
  • Red Rock, NV climbed Crimson Chrysalis, Cat in the Hat and Couldn't be Schmooter
  • Red Rock, NV drove all the way back next week to climb Epinephrine

May
  • Triple Traverse, UT a spring snow climb that climbs up Sunrise Peak, Dromedary Peak, and Broad Fork Twin Peaks
  • City of Rocks, ID
  • North Thunder Mountain, UT via up the Hypodermic Needle
  • Mount Olympus, UT via Kamp's Ridge free soloed all but one pitch of climbing

June
  • Mount Meeker, CO via Dreamweaver mix climbing
  • Longs Peak, CO via the "Notch" and continue mixed climbing to the summit
  • Mount Timpanogos, UT via Timpanookee Trail
  • Mount Vestal, CO via Wham Ridge-free soloed
  • Mount Arrow, CO via North Ridge- free soloed
  • Haystack Mountain, WY via the Minor Dihedral 
  • Steeple Peak, WY via North Ridge
  • Pingora, WY via South Buttress
  • WolfHead, WY via East Ridge
July 
  • City of Rocks, ID
  • Grand Teton, WY via the Petzoldt Ridge and soloed the Upper Exum


August
  • Lone Peak Cirque, UT climbed The Center Thumb and Triple OverHangs 
  • Bugaboo Spire, BC free soloed Kain Route
  • Pigeon Spire, BC free soloed West Ridge
  • Schweitzer Moutain, ID via ski resort trails
  • Mount Shuksan, WA, via Fisher Chimney to South East Rib
  • Mount Stuart, WA via the complete North Ridge
  • Dragontail, WA via Backbone Ridge
  • Prusik Peak, WA via West Ridge
September
  • Mount Olympus, UT via West Slab- free solo
  • Temple Crag, CA via Sun ribbon Arete
  • Temple Crag, CA via Venusian Blind Arete
  • Box Elder Peak, UT via Deer Creek Trail
  • Francis Peak, UT via Farmington Canyon on Bike
  • Thurston Peak, UT via road and trail from Francis Peak on bike and foot
October
  • Mount Nebo, UT via north peak trail 
  • North Peak, UT via north peak trail

November
  • Red Rock, NV climbed Black Dagger, Nightcrawler, Dream of Wild Turkeys, Triassic Sands, Great Red Book and multiple sport climbs
  • St. George/Zion NP, UT climbed a ton and summited a Small Utah Volcano
December
  • Great White Icicle, UT  free solo
  • Provo Canyon Ice, UT climbed White Nightmare, Bridal Veil Right
  • Mount Olympus, UT hike standard trail 



Year End Statistics (2013):

  • Mountains summited: 44
  • Pitches of Climbing (per MountainProject.com): 464
  •  Estimated nights in a sleeping bag/camping: 47
  • Nights spent driving to a climb: 13
  • Miles traveled to climbs: Ha ha like I'm going to take the time to figure that one out! I think my Canada/Washington Trip used 3,100 miles alone.
  • States that I traveled to for climbing and how many times I visited- Nevada x4, California x1, Colorado x3, Idaho x3, Wyoming x3, Washington x1,  Bristish Columbia x1
  • Injuries: none
  • Miles hiked: countless
  • Days spent backpacking (Backpacking = Carrying everything needed for multiple days of Camping/Climbing): 26
  • Pairs of Climbing Shoes Worn Out: 5
  • Best Picture of the Year: ..... hmmm not sure
  • Most popular climbing video of the year: It was hands down my video of climbing the Bugaboo Spire free solo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtgRAHyheLQ 
  • Days actually spent climbing on rock or ice (per Mountainproject.com): 79
  • Different routes climbed (per Mountainproject.com): 155
  • Vertical elevation gained in route to the summit of a mountain only: I estimate 126,000 feet.. conservatively 


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