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Park Butte Lookout

An alpine start, a tarn that looked painted, and a front-row seat to the Easton Glacier at sunrise.

Engineer by day, ultrarunner & mountaineer

Field notes from the trail, the rock, and the road.

Trip reports with the conditions and decisions that don't fit in a caption, plus the photography from along the way.

The Summit Log

A week off the clock on the Southern California coast. No summit, no agenda, just the beaches and good company.

A short, steep North Cascades scramble near Darrington, where the real crux had nothing to do with the climbing.

My first day on Index granite, home of Washington's most sandbagged grades. Humbled early, paid back late.