SEEKING SANFORD part three
Day Eight The alarm goes off at 1:30 and I lay there wondering if I really slept at all. It’s summit day and the suck of the now will all...


SEEKING SANFORD part two
Day 5 (con't.) We rope up and head out to tackle the icefall proper. I take the lead, snowplowing back down icefall camp’s entry spine...


SEEKING SANFORD part one
Sometimes a mission takes longer to pull off than you originally think. Such was the case with Mt. Sanford, a 16k+ peak in Alaska’s...

Born in the Backcountry
I'm fond of reminding folks that snowboarding is a sport born in the backcountry. When I started riding back in the winter of 1986-87,...
