Montana Dinosaur Digging July 9-16, 2023 Katie, Lily and I drove out to eastern Montana to help a UW paleontology group dig up dinosaur bones. We took two days to drive out to Jordan, Montana where we camped out at the property of some locals. Each morning we drove an… Continue reading
Blackcap Mountain Survey – New WA Top 100 Peak July 7, 2023 32 miles, 3:30am – 12:30am Summary of results: Elevation 8,402.4ft +/- 0.1ft, Key col elevation 7,996.2ft +/- 0.1ft (NGVD29 datum), Prominence 406.2ft +/-0.2ft. New WA Top 100 peak. I’m continuing to determine the true WA top 100 peaks… Continue reading
Sherman Peak Survey July 5, 2023 Eric and Kahler 17 miles, 3am – 4:30pm Summary of Results: Sherman Peak elevation 10,133.0ft +/-0.1ft (NGVD29 datum), prominence 395.4ft +/0.3ft, removed from WA Top 100 list since prominence <400ft I’m continuing my project to determine the most accurate list of the true top… Continue reading
Enchantment Peak Survey June 26, 2023 16 miles Summary – NE summit is true summit, 6-7ft taller than SW summit Enchantment Peak is one of a handful of Washington hundred highest peaks in a very interesting situation – the peak has two summits of nearly equal height, with one much… Continue reading
Solitude Peak Survey June 30, 2023 4:30am – 7:30pm, 17 miles Results: Summit elevation 8,406.0ft +/-0.1ft, prominence 414.1ft +/-0.2ft , now #74 on WA hundred highest list I discovered that an officially unnamed, rarely-climbed peak deep in the North Cascades is actually tall enough and prominent enough to be among… Continue reading
Cardinal Peak Theodolite Survey June 22, 2023 22 miles (14 mtn biking, 8 hiking) Results summary: South summit 7 inches taller than middle summit. South summit is true summit I’ve recently started working on a project to accurately determine the true hundred highest peaks in Washington. There exist a handful… Continue reading
Big Kangaroo Theodolite Survey June 14/17, 2023 Summary of results: Elevation 8,326ft +/-2ft, now 95th tallest peak in WA and new top 100 peak [Note: as of 2024 Lidar data has been published showing the quad elevations for Wallaby and Washington Pass were in error by 8ft too high. Because… Continue reading
Kangchenjunga (28,169ft/8586m) Highpoint of India Third highest mountain in the world June 1, 2023 Eric Gilbertson May 27 – Heli from Kathmandu to Lukla, delayed by bad weather in Lukla May 28 – Heli to Tapethoke village, delayed there by bad weather May 29 – Heli to Kangchenjunga basecamp May… Continue reading
Mt Everest No O2 Attempt to 8500m Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, Steven Song, Darren V May 22, 2023 March 26 – Depart Seattle March 27 – Flying March 28 – Arrive Kathmandu March 29 – Fly to Lukla, hike to Phakding 2800m March 30 – Hike to Namche Bazaar 3400m… Continue reading
Blake Island Highpoint (213 ft) March 20, 2023 Eric Gilbertson This peak has been on my radar for a while as an excellent use for my zodiac boat. Blake Island is an island in Puget Sound about 4 miles off the coast of west Seattle. The whole island is a… Continue reading