Mt Apo 9675ft Eric Gilbertson Dec 29 I flew out of Singapore in the afternoon and on the flight the pilot announced there had just been an earthquake off the coast of davao, Philippines. Luckily it was far enough offshore that it had no major effect on the city. I… Continue reading
Bukit Timah 577ft Eric Gilbertson (Dec 29, 2018) Matthew Gilbertson (Dec 24, 2016) Eric’s Trip Report: Dec 28 In the morning I flew out of port moresby, connected in Manila, and arrived in Singapore at 630pm. I’d read that the park around Bukit Timah, the Singapore highpoint, was only open… Continue reading
Mount Wilhelm 14,793ft Eric Gilbertson Dec 22 – Dec 28, 2019 Dec 22 I flew out of apia at 4pm on a delayed air new zealand flight. I think this is the first international flight I’ve been on that didn’t have complimentary food, only food for purchase. So I went… Continue reading
Mount Silisili (6,096ft) Eric Gilbertson Dec 19-22, 2018 Dec 19 I landed in Samoa at 630am after a cramped and sleepless overnight flight from Sydney. Samoa was the country with the most uncertainty on my trip so I gave myself plenty of buffer time. I quickly passed through customs and… Continue reading
Mt Kosciuszko (7,310ft)* Matthew and Amanda (November 7, 2016), Eric (December 17, 2018) Eric’s Report: I landed in Canberra at 11:20am and it was a bit confusing that american rerouted me through brisbane instead of sydney but luckily i landed on schedule. I rented a car in canberra and drove… Continue reading
Greenway Mountain (4,440ft), Mt Washington (4,400ft), Change Peak (4,320ft) December 9, 2018 17 miles Eric Gilbertson I left the Mt Washington trailhead around 10am Saturday morning, just planning to hike Mt Washington and have a short day hike. After passing a bunch of other hikers I reached the top, and… Continue reading
Mount Defiance (5,584ft) Eric and Katie, December 2, 2018 We drove up to the Ira Springs trailhead Sunday morning and hiked up behind a bunch of other parties. Snowline started around 3,000ft but the trail was well stomped out so didn’t need any traction. We continued past Mason Lake up… Continue reading
Eric, Matthew, and family November, 2018 We went on some fun hikes in Kentucky, to Anglin Falls, Indian Fort Mountain West Pinnacle, and a bushwhack up the Garrard County highpoint.
Colfax Peak (9,440ft) Eric and Tyler November 17, 2018 I had just skied Baker and Sherman on Monday via the Squak Glacier, but still needed to climb Colfax. I decided to ski Colfax via the shorter Heliotrope Ridge approach, and Tyler was interested in joining. We met up at the… Continue reading
Mount Baker (10,781ft) and Sherman Peak (10,160ft) Eric Gilbertson and Jake Robinson November 11-12, 2018 A rare November weather window aligned with a weekend and Jake and I set out to ski Mt Baker. It had been snowing for the past few weeks, and appeared there may be fresh snow… Continue reading