Hiking

On Mount Conness, 2007

(Mount Conness, 2007)

Some of my recent hikes:
2009
Mount Ritter & Mount Davis, Ritter Range, September 11
Tower Peak, Yosemite, August 27-28
South Bear Peak, Apache Peak, Longs Peak, Colorado, August 7-10
Red Peak, Yosemite, July 15
Watchtower (in lieu of Tower Peak), June 17-19
2008
Mt. Ritter from the West, August 26
Reversed Peak, June Lakes Loop, August 25
Nailing Iron Mountain, Ritter Range, July 21
Mt. Dana, Yosemite, July 20
Peak 11554, Devils Bathtub Watershed, Silver Divide, July 4
Graveyard Peak, Devils Bathtub Basin, Silver Divide, July 3
2007
Mt. Hoffmann (short hike with classmates, great views), September 8
Skirting Iron Mountain, Ritter Range, August 24
Mount Lamarck, August 23
Duck Lake Peak (Mammoth Lakes area), August 22
Foerster Peak, August 5-7
Mount Conness and Tioga Peak, June 24-25
Half Dome Day Hike (from Palo Alto), June 4
2006
Mammoth Area Hikes, August 28 to September 3
Mt. Goddard, August 9-12
High Sierra Trail, July 21-24 (aborted)
Half Dome Day Hike (from Palo Alto), June 8
2005
Silver Lake to Banner Peak, August 13-15
Volcanic Ridge, August
Mt. Morrison, August
Murietta Falls, Ohlone Wilderness, March 5
2004
Mt. Langley Day Hike, August 30
South Notch (Minarets), Mt. Morrison, August 26-28
Half Dome Day Hike (from Palo Alto), May 24
2003
Chalone Peak, Pinnacles Nat'l Monument, October 26
Gale Peak (10693 ft), September 15-16
Clouds Rest, Yosemite, July 12
Half Dome Day Hike (from Palo Alto), June 13
2002
Mt. Whitney Day Hike (from Lone Pine), July 26
Lake Ediza (Mammoth Lakes), July 24
San Joaquin Mountain, July
Duck Pass Hike (Mammoth Lakes), July
Mt. Hoffmann, July 20
Pinnacles National Monument, March 2
2001
Mt. Hofmann, Laurel Mountain, Volcanic Ridge, Sonora Peak, June 20-27

 

Sierra History

Some topics from the history of the Sierra Nevada dear to my heart:
Lonely Grave in the Sierra
Story about a mountaineering accident that took lives of Anna and Conrad Rettenbacher on Banner Peak in the Ritter Range, in the year 1934.
Norman Clyde — Online Resources
Norman Asa Clyde, 1885-1972, was a legend of the Sierra mountaineering, yet not much is known or published about him. Find some original writings related to Norman Clyde's life and work.
Chronicles of Early Ascents of Half Dome
Climbing Half Dome became an easy feat in 1919, when the cables were erected. But how did people do it before the cables? Find some interesting descriptions of early ascents from old books and newspapers.