From August 19-24, 2025, my friend Ben and I set out for a 5-day traverse over 25 peaks. We completed it, but only after 3+ years of scouting, planning, trying, failing, more scouting, and re-planning. Read-on and watch-on below! This blog posts dives more in-depth than the Film, so keep scrolling if you are interested in the details. Buckle-up, this is a long one. I justify the length of this post because it took 3 years to accomplish this linkup, which itself took 5 full d

From August 19-24, 2025, my friend Ben and I set out for a 5-day traverse over 25 peaks. We completed it, but only after 3+ years of scouting, planning, trying, failing, and re-planning. This post delves into all the details that made this trip possible. The entire 3-year process felt very similar to "redpointing" a climb at a crag. If you are unfamiliar with this climbing jargon, it is when a someone encounters a difficult route that requires more than just one attempt (whi

As the last scouting mission for an even bigger project, Greg and Mike set off to traverse the Slesse Massif, a jagged linkup of 6 summits: Labour Day, Station D, Point 2187, North Star, South Slesse, and Slesse Peak.

Jas and I had a nice 10-day stretch of time off around Canada Day, and had grandiose intentions of romping around the province: hiking,...

After a last minute decision and invitation to my friend Ihor, we set off early to summit Slesse, the famous peak in the Chilliwack River Valley.

Success at last on Canadian Border Peak.

TLDR: against seemingly all odds stacked against it, the trip happened. But it proved to be much harder than anticipated, we walked away...

In the spring of 2024, I had an awakening. Or maybe a revelation is more accurate. This all happened because my obsession was interrupted...

Mike invited me to join in scrubbing a cliff to climb. After a few days spent scrubbing, we geared up for the First Ascent

TLDR: February 5, 2024. Ben and I set out to Canadian Border Peak for a Winter Summit bid after an rare high elevation melt-freeze cycle....

Climbing Valley Ice with Dru

The tale of how I met my wife, Jas, and how our story of love unfolded into marriage!

One of the biggest trips of Summer 2023, connecting the ridgeline of Slesse, Parkes, Crossover, MacFarlane, and Pierce in one day....

In an effort to combine a long training ride and climb with my friend Max, I loaded up my bike and saddled up for a ride to Squamish to clim

TLDR: I encountered the my limits of recovery after 3 last minute trips and not a ton of sleep between. Sleep is important, to say the...

Dairyland Alpine Climb with Mike - Part 1/3 of A Week of Wildness

Mt Baker Ultra, an injured knee, a canceled race, a last minute BYU registration, and climbing in Skaha.

With a valley-bottom cold-snap of -20°C, my boss Sam suggested that we head out for a peoduct knowledge day in Hope. The goal was to...

The finale to the endless 2022 alpine season - Labour Day Buttress with Ben on a smokey October day.

Ben and I climbed the Nesakwatch Enchainment in a 17 hour day car to car.