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Mount Triumph: The Northeast Ridge (Grade III, 5.7)

A summer of smoke, permit failures, and a crisis of alpine confidence, then a knife-edge ridge 6,000 feet up with a sheer drop on both sides.

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 last-minute send to the Olympics, a pothole that took out my truck's brain, and a cloud inversion that made all of it worth it.

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

Sand, hurricane swells, sea bass, and a pool table full of overconfident locals. Sometimes the mountains can wait.