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Patagonia 2006 Report
On Christmas eve – just as a four day high pressure system set in — I found myself drinking vino tinta and trying to recite ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’ in the Polacos Bivouac with eight awesome...
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Patagonia 2008 Report
Day 1 of the Carebear Traverse, leaving the summit area of Guillamet. We arrived on the summit of Mermoz (middle background) the same afternoon, and reached the summit of Fitzroy (far background) two...
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Alaska 2008 Report
Please note: the following report was written by my friend Ben Gilmore and originally published in the 2008 American Alpine Club Journal… Our shopping and packing had gone as smoothly as possible, and...
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Patagonia Unplugged: an unofficial and incomplete guide to the western...
Like most first-time visitors to Argentine Patagonia, I was lured south by the legendary reputation of its two greatest peaks, Cerro Torre and Fitzroy. Beyond them, I knew next to nothing about the...
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A Hard Freeze Away
On the first ascent of the Swamp Donkey Express, the South Face of the Moose’s Tooth. Photo: Renan Ozturk. Talkeetna in June feels like a slow afternoon at a forgotten country fair. The sky is...
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Antarctica 2012 Report
I was very fortunate to visit Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, last year, while on assignment for National Geographic. Many thanks go to the National Geographic Expeditions Council, the Polartec Challenge...
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Alaska 2013 Report
Alex Honnold on the summit of Mt. Dickey after making the first one day asent of the 1974 Route (Roberts, Rowell, Ward). photo: Renan Ozturk “I just simply say – don’t spend your time doing something...
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