Biking to the Pico de Mulhacén

Alan Trick |

Getting Started So I found myself in Granada, after about two and a half weeks of touring around Spain. At that point I hadn’t climbed a mountain in almost a month, and was starting to get itchy. I had heard that the Sierra Nevadas were nearby;...

Mountaineering Checklists

Alan Trick |

Basic Water, Snack food Sunglasses, Hat, Sunscreen, Lip Balm Rain clothing, Warm clothing Gloves, Socks Headlamp, Spare batteries Pack First aid Navigation aids (map/compass, gps, etc) Toilet paper Hiking Basic List Footwear (shoes, boots,...

California Roadtrip

Alan Trick |

August 26 After a late night of partying and reverie cleaning up and packing, Dorothy arrived home from work and we ported the large pile of worldly belongings from the living room floor into the back of her car. An hour or so later we were on...

Mount Harvey North Ramp

Alan Trick |

For the first time in my memory Dorothy asked me to go on a mountaineering trip with her. Normally the conversation goes something like this (from me to her): Hey dear, we should go climb such-and-such. It'll be fun ... No, it's not that hard. It...

Crown Couloir

Alan Trick |

With all the disappointment that this winter has brought for skiers there is one upside: mountaineering rocks. None of that soul-killing wallowing in powdery snow, all the trails are bare, and all the climbs are either dry rock or hard snow and...

Skiing the Zupjock-Lama-Alpaca Trio

Alan Trick |

Since I’d never gotten around to making it up to this peak before, I decided to subject my friends to this very wind-blown ridge on this rather windy day. We started a bit after 9:00, and skied up behind a pair of snowshoers. The snowshoers...