Mountain Mama
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Mountain Mama

Over the weekend, my friends John, Aira, and I decided to take an adventure to traditionally climb some unique West Virginia gritstone. We biked in 3 miles to the spot, and hiked down to the base of the 100 foot cliff.  Aira enjoyed the sun…
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Northern Lights

Last night the earth's atmosphere was lit up by an impacting solar storm, burped up from the sun 3 days ago. It's supposedly the largest one so far in the current solar cycle (which is 11 years long). The last few years I've gone to Alaska to…
AAC GTM, American Alpine Club, Craggin Classic
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2015 American Alpine Club Guidebook to Membership

I just had a photo published by the AAC, check out page 33 (slide 34)! The American Alpine Club's 2015 Guidebook to Membership A big thank Whitney Bradberry, Lisa Hummel and the American Alpine Club Southeast Region for helping make…
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It's climbing season! No, It's Boating Season!!

The plan was to go to the Rec Center and climb after work yesterday. A week ago, Morgantown was shut down from an overnight snow storm, and the days were an hour shorter. This week we gained an hour of daylight! Yesterday, it was pleasantly…

Wild West Virginia Weather

The weather in WV the last 7 days has been rather crazy. Snow, then rain, then rain back to snow, lots more snow...then lots of sun! Today, the snow has almost melted away, but the last 5 days has made for some of the winter's best walkabouts…
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Moonlit Nights

Skiing Coopers Rock by Moonlight There was no need for a headlamp last night. The almost full moon lit the trail out to Coopers Rock's overlook with a perfect glow. We skied in via roadside trial, and back via the road. We made…