**Update: This post is slightly out of date. The latest FKTs I am aware of will be stored on my FKT Page accessible in the menu above.*** Chasing speed records is addicting. With the advent of Strava and the exploits of Killian Jornet and others, it is difficult not to get caught up in the[…]
Plan A: Liberty Ridge Skimo Mission Ever since our speed mission last year on Tahoma (Mt. Rainier), Nick and I have been planning to return for another but were looking for a route that would require a bit more actual climbing rather than just running up and down the cow-path on the standard Disappointment Cleaver[…]
Nick and I have had out sights set on Mt. Baker’s North Ridge for a month or two now. The ridge offered good training for a bigger objective coming soon but also an interesting ski mountaineering objective in its own right. Our goal was to climb the NR, cross over the summit, then rejoin the[…]
Taking advantage of a possible break in the forecast over the May long weekend, Stano Faban, Nick Elson, and I drove down to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. We hoped for good conditions to try a speed attempt and had heard that the Disappointment Cleaver route was in good shape, following a direct line[…]
I had several packages to pick up at the PO box in Blaine Washington and had to drive down but figured I might as well make the most of the trip by skiing something so invited Nick along for a short day. We decided on a speed run up the standard route on Mt. Baker.[…]