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Ski Mountaineering

The Terror and Exhilaration of the First Summit

When you are standing on a steep ridge at 11,000-plus feet with your tips over the edge and the green light to hit it first, you really only have one choice about what to do next....

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Ski Mountaineering

A 15-hour Day up Mount Hood’s Sunshine Route

Normally the Sunshine route up to the summit of Oregon’s tallest peak is a two day affair. Our plan was to climb it in a single day. We decided to rip off the band aid as usual. It hurt....

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Climbing

A Solo Climb up Devil’s Kitchen Headwall

I’ve been wanting to climb the Devil’s Kitchen Headwall ever since I saw some dude high up on Mount Hood disappear into a small couloir as nonchalantly as he might have waltzed into...

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Ski Mountaineering

Leuthold Couloir, Snow Karma and a Perfect Powder Pay-Back

“Dude, take off your pants!” I’m not sure how this became a substitution for ‘Cheese’ before taking a photo with Mr. Chris Pew but we sure laugh like little kids at...

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Climbing

What it is like to spend the night on top of Mt. Hood during a blizzard

A few months ago, when I interviewed Mt. Hood rescue climber Jarod Cogswell about his new FIT Academy in Beaverton, he told me a harrowing story about spending the night on the summit of...

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Ski Mountaineering

Leave It at Home

“Let the music blast. We gon’ do our dance. Bring the doubters on. They don’t matter at all. Cause this life’s too long and this love’s too strong. So baby...

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Ski Mountaineering

The Second Generation of Avalanche Airbag Backpacks Could Save Your Life

I spied an interesting image in a recent issue of Backcountry magazine: Professional skier Nina Hance wearing both a Backcountry Access Float avalanche airbag backpack and a Black Diamond...

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Ski Mountaineering

Just Keep Climbing

Broday Sunday Funday rolled right into Manic Monday, and firing up my phone I wondered what is it that we are looking for on Facebook, Instagram, or whatever is the next social media...

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Ski Mountaineering

Skiing, Summiting, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Editor’s Note: Asit Rathod has skied all seven major descents from the summit of Mount Hood: Wy’East Face, the Newton Clark Headwall, Cooper Spur, the Sunshine Route, the Sandy Glacier...

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Backcountry

‘I’m 25 feet down a crevasse. I don’t have a rope. How the hell am I getting out?’ How Austin Warren survived a dangerous day on Mount Hood

If you happen to run into Austin Warren on Mount Hood or at the Mazot, ask him about his recent adventure shredding down from the summit last week, because it is one captivating story, and...

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