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MountainWerks Photography
My wife Kris is an awesome photographer, amoung her many talents! Photographs of mountains, children and friends. Thomas Soare, Ph.D. One of my dads, Thomas Soare, has a page with photographs from plays he's directed or produced lighting for, as well as photographs he's taken over the years of the American West. Sunlight Reflections My mom has an on-line gallery of her work at Sunlight Reflections. If you like flowers and otherworldly landscapes, you'll fit right in! Idiots with Sticks My brother Randy Soare has a computer game and web design company. James Brown My best friend from High School has a web site with a picture of adorable offspring, and his amazing artwork. Alps Trip Reports, Info
DanielArndt.com
Daniel lives in Munich, and used to live in Seattle just like me. He has great pictures and TRs of Washington and Alps destinations. Cascades Trip Reports, Info
ClimbingWashington.com
Local guidebook author Jeff Smoot's climbing site, with entertaining (and historical) feature stories. My wife Kris built the site in 2000. AlpenThyme Peter Chapman is a friend and fellow climber. I especially like his trips to Cortina and Ouray. Theron Welch Theron is a recent Colorado transplant, bringing with him a great climbing and music web site. If you are planning a climbing or hiking trip to Colorado, you have to read this. Glad to have him here in Washington! Alex's Pacific Northwest Climbing Resource Interesting trip reports, a great "Where to Climb" section, and a "where to buy gear" section, very helpful indeed. Carlos Pessoa's Mountaineering Adventures Carlos has a great set of pictures and trip reports, including a section of the PCT from summer 2004. John Roper's climbing page John has an insatiable thirst for mountain knowledge, with many first ascents and great adventures to his credit. His reports on the Southern Pickets are great. Steph's Photos and Climbing Reports A pretty amazing web site. Steph has made many climbs in the northwest and elsewhere, and there are beautiful photos. She has had some great Picket Range adventures too. IBEX tales The IBEX has an amazing collection of trip reports, with beautiful pictures dating back to the early 1970s. Adventures around Glacier Peak, the Pickets, the Enchantments, you name it: the IBEX has been there. Check it out! Phil's Trip Reports Phil Fortier is a great guy with incredible pictures and stories of climbs. Several of his friends also have good web sites. Bivouac.com Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia, a most comprehensive and fascinating database of B.C. peaks. Northwest Mountaineering Journal Very professional on-line journal of northwest climbing. Sverdina.com Sergio's rapidly growing set of trip reports. He's climbed a lot of peaks, and doesn't seem to be slowing down. Keep it up! Cascade Climbers This site provides a forum for local climbers to share beta, trip reports, sell gear and get advice. Cascade Climber Loren's page. Very nice trip reports, including Mt. Garfield and the CJ Colouir on Johannesburg Mountain. Brian's Alpine Adventures Brian Kenison's site. He is a local climber with great trip reports on Rainier, Stuart and other peaks. Cascade Classics Amazing skiing, climbing and kayaking. Sky's Lines Sky has great stories of skiing and climbing. Thermophile You won't find a better site for trails in the Olympics, North Cascades, Rainer or Glacier Peak regions. Updated often, but alas! Sarah doesn't live in Washington anymore. Now focusing on Yellowstone, river rafting and other new frontiers. Chuck's Climbing Page Climbing trip reports for the cascades. His links section is really comprehensive. We met once at Static Point. Climb on, ChucK! Scramble.Org Local climber Robert Meshew's climbing page. Check out the Nooksack Tower trip! Eric's Base Camp Eric has something new every few days in the summer, just amazing. I got the idea for Fortress Mountain here. WAC Trips The Washington Alpine Club has a great list of trip reports, including the Isolation Traverse. Dave's Climbing Page Dave is one of Phil Fortier's many friends with web pages. Well worth a visit. We ran into each other in the Bugaboos once. lowell skoog's alpenglow gallery Nice site by a northwest legend. The conditions page is habit forming. There is a new and comprehensive ski mountaineering history. Mountain Scenes Climbing information and photography by Don Geyer, a fellow climber. Mountaineering and outdoor images by Bob Bolton Rip-roaring photos of the north cascades to get you out of your chair and into the hills. Reserve a lunch break to slowly absorb this site! Midfork.org the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River web page. Info about climbing, hiking, use and abuse of this interesting region of the cascades. Deception Crags Comprehensive web guide to the popular Exit 38 climbing area. The Washington Trails Association the best site for up-to-date trail conditions. Kerry L. Thalmann Photography Kerry's photography is beautiful. Check out images of the Northwest and National Parks. Alpine Climbing Routes and Stories by Tom Unger, a Washington climber. Good, terse route descriptions. AlpineQuest by Ken J. McLeod. Prose, poetry, trip reports. "Grant to me the meadows of the Alpine zone, Near hallowed and scenic mountains dressed white as bone!" NWHikers.net A great hiking forum. Many characters from WTA "Fresh Reports" post observations, reports, humor here. SummitPost.org Good pictures and route descriptions for mountains all over the world. My profile page is here. Pro Mountain Sports Jim Nelson's climbing shop. Kris got the lightweight Stubai crampons for me here, and they rule! Scott Presho's Alpine Experience Pictures from climbs all over the Cascades. Mountains Photo Gallery Incredible winter arial photos of the North Cascades by John Scurlock!! Washington Climbers Coalition Protecting climbing access in the cascades. Climbing Rescues in America The American Alpine Club released a great report looking into climbing rescue costs. The link is to a Adobe Acrobat document, and worth the read. North American Classic Climbs A great survey of the crowded classics. John Gill's site The groundbreaking climber John Gill has a fascinating web site, rich in history. American Alpine Institute if you are just getting into climbing, and have no friends that do it (as I was once), consider taking the week long glacier course with them. Other sites
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