alisa's beautiful birthday weekend:
piegan pass, electric koolade lake and the alderson-carthew trail in canada

the misnomer "yellow mountain"
a grueling 15 hours above the treeline, boxed wine at the summit, epic views of chief mountain

otokomi mountain

bushwhacking and
cold water therapy

the highline trail and swiftcurrent mountain
with the Slovak and the southerner

Mt. Siyeh
my first u.s. peak over 10,000 ft.
the higher you get, the better you feel.

cracker lake. august snow.

a scramble up the side of Mt. Wilbur in 90 degree weather, looking down on a still-frozen Shangri-La, the inaugural journey of my new banana guard

waterton provincial park with mumsey and pops
strolling through town and then up the Bear's Hump
sweet potato fries from the miraculous "wieners of waterton"
cocktails in the wind at the prince of wales hotel

divide mountain and a friendly bighorn

i found this sweet thing at Rising Sun

internet-free summer.
these are from may.