Category Archives: Enduring Patagonia

I’ve been staring in slack-jawed astonishment at this adventure footage from Renan Ozturk, especially at the spectacular scenes in Alaska’s Ruth Gorge that start near the midpoint. Looks to me like those scenes were taken high on the SE Buttress … Continue reading →

Amongst a lot of great climbing in the mid- and late- 1990s, my Enduring Patagonia years, Jim Donini and I made the first ascents of what struck me as three truly world-class alpine climbs: in Patagonia we did The Old … Continue reading →

I just discovered this interview with my great climbing partner Jim Donini which was done by Denali Mountaineering in 2000. Lots of fun. Here’s a link to the audio.

Sam Page runs an interesting website called The Mountaineering Review, and he just posted a review of Enduring Patagonia. I’m happy he enjoyed Enduring Patagonia so much, and that he got a kick out of the ball washing stories — … Continue reading →

Here are a bunch of images from the first ascent of A Fine Piece on the west pillar of Cerro Pollone that Jim Donini and I made in November, 1999. They just came back from slide scanning yesterday. [UPDATE, 3/5/2013: … Continue reading →

Strange experience last night. My 12-year old son Ryan and I were reading at the kitchen table last night when he exploded with gales of laughter. Nothing too unusual about that, except for the fact that he’s reading my book, … Continue reading →

These pictures come from the roll of black & white film I took to Patagonia as an experiment when J. Jay Brooks and I tried to climb a route on the west face of Aguja Saint Exupery, an adventure described … Continue reading →

Last week’s post of photos of Jim Donini in Patagonia and Alaska got me thinking of the other great people with whom I climbed during my Enduring Patagonia years:  Alex Hall, J. Jay Brooks, Stefan Hiermaier, Stefan Siegrist, David Fasel, … Continue reading →

From the Enduring Patagonia years, here’s a run of pictures of one of the best friends and climbing partners I’ve ever had. (Still have, on both counts, thank God, which is no small accomplishment, from several perspectives.) Damn, we’ve had … Continue reading →

I’m collecting the images I’ve been posting and some others onto the Enduring Patagonia Pinterest board . I’d be psyched if you’d follow the board and share around the photos you enjoy. Some of ‘em are pretty spectacular.   China’s … Continue reading →