A quick layover in Colorado on the way home to Seward

This will be my fifth season up in Seward, and I cannot wait to be back. Since graduating from college, Seward as been the place I feel most at home. In the last four years I have lived in many places, from upstate New York to New Hampshire to...

Ice Climbing in the South Fork

As has become a tradition for me in the past several years, I spent my Christmas winter camping and ice climbing in Cody, WY. This year I was especially stoked to be there for two reasons. First, the ice climbing conditions were incredible, as the...

Back to Work... or is it play?

This fall I have been back in upstate New York working for Colgate University's Outdoor Education Program. Back in my college days, I was a student staff member of the program, and now I'm the Interim Assistant Director of Outdoor Education...

An Unlikely Adventure

Last week I had the privilege of guiding an amazing overnight trip up to the Unlikely Valley. We had perfect weather, got to see a bear within five minutes of landing the helicopter and climbed a previously unclimbed sub-peak at the top of the...

The Meticulous Marmot Tackles Tiehacker

Though the summer has been incredibly busy here at EGG, we make sure to go hiking on our days off as well! On our last day off, the Meticulous Marmot and I headed out to Tiehacker Mountain. The last time I went up Tiehacker was three years ago and...

Mount Huntington

I just got back from a climbing expedition to the Central Alaska Range with a college friend of mine and figured a quick blog post was in order! It will be a short one, as guide training for the summer season has begun and is keeping me pretty busy...

Winter Update... Its Ice Season Again!

As you may have guessed by the cold temperatures outside (unless you're from down south... I'd bet its still pretty warm in Florida right now) it is winter! Being a glacier guide winter is my favorite season. One reason for some is that the...

Yosemite Climbing

After a great season up in Seward, it was time to drive back south for the winter. Along the way, I decided to stop in Yosemite Valley and try my hand at big-wall climbing. After a quick stop in San Francisco to pick up my main climbing partner,...

Spring update, Desert Climbing in Utah!

My winter job finished up giving me some time off... time to go climbing! While the ice has been melting up here in Montana and mud season is beginning to set in, down in Southern Utah the weather is perfect for some desert climbing. Along with two...

A winter update from the Canadian Rockies

Just returned from a six day trip to the Canadian Rockies for some waterfall ice climbing. Probably one of the best climbing trips I have ever done, as the routes were spectacular and the conditions were perfect. While I was there, along with my...