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July 17, 2013
Published by nate at July 17, 2013
At Alpamayo Basecamp Our second Alpamayo Expedition of the season is underway and going very well. Everyone in the group arrived to Lima on time, with […]
July 15, 2013
Published by nate at July 15, 2013
Alpamayo Summit Success! On Tuesday July 9th, we moved to high camp after a 3 day snow storm that had us tent bouded at Morraine Camp. […]
July 14, 2013
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Back in High Camp Elias called to report that he and his two clients successfully summited Alpamayo and were back at high camp, preparing for the […]
July 10, 2013
Published by nate at July 10, 2013
Established at Alpamayo High Camp Elias just called in with an update for their Alpamayo team. After 3 days hunkered down at Moraine Camp due to […]
July 9, 2013
Published by nate at July 9, 2013
Progress Towards High Camp Elias and his team are making good progress on Alpamayo. On the 4th of July they checked in from basecamp, and were […]
July 7, 2013
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Bruce and I climbed Wilson Peak near Telluride last week. We left the Rock of Ages trail head at 6am and were on the summit at […]
July 2, 2013
Published by nate at July 2, 2013
Alpamayo Expedition #1 Begins The team is finaly in the capital of Peruvian Andinismo! After a late arrival into Lima due to a flight cancellation out […]
July 1, 2013
Published by nate at July 1, 2013
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A Brief History and Essential Equipment Via Ferrata is the Italian name for what might fairly be called extreme hiking. First built in the Italian Dolomites […]
June 30, 2013
Published by nate at June 30, 2013
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As I was riding the coal powered steam train up to Elk Park I was checking the weather and it didn’t look good. NOAA was predicting […]
June 24, 2013
Published by nate at June 24, 2013
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Tim had climbed Mount Sneffels before via the standard route and was looking for a little more of a challenge. The SW ridge is an amazing […]
June 24, 2013
Published by nate at June 24, 2013
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David and I left the Los Pinos trail head with food for ten days, not 100% sure where we were going. We knew we wanted to […]
June 18, 2013
Published by nate at June 18, 2013
Moving Fast in the Alpine by Nate Disser – AMGA Rock & Alpine Guide Managing risk and objective hazard in alpine environments is clearly a top […]