I started climbing when I was very young in New Hampshire and later in Switzerland. Around the age of sixteen I was tugged away by romance, ambition, and then the rigors of being a full-time mime. In 1989 I moved to California and bought a house in Sierra Madre at the foot of Mount Wilson. One Saturday morning I set out with my nine year old son Will and we climbed Wilson. That day my love for climbing mountains was rekindled. Since that day with Willie, I have climbed over 500 peaks in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Mexico. Most of the first 100 peaks I climbed alone, but along the way I have made many friends. I have become very active in the Sierra Club, the California Mountaineering Club, and the Southern California Mountaineering Club. I have included some writeups of trips as well as columns which I wrote when I was Chair of the Sierra Peaks Section and of the Desert Peaks Section of the Sierra Club. I have also included various photos of activities of the Leadership Training Committee of the Sierra Club of which I am the outgoing Chair. Journeys we start alone often lead us to a multitude of companions. Climb on!
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Mt Mills 13,451'
8-1-04
DR with John Fischer
(photo Asher Waxman)
San Jacinto 8-1-04
DR with
Asher Waxman
Little Santa Anita
Canyon 6-6-04
(photo Asher Waxman)
"Climbs with Friends" "Echoes From the Chair" "A View from the Chair" Joshua Tree Workshop 1 Joshua Tree Workshop 2 Joshua Tree Workshop 3 Joshua Tree Workshop 4 Joshua Tree Workshop 5 Joshua Tree Workshop 6 Joshua Tree Workshop 7 Links Sierra Peaks Section Desert Peaks Section Hundred Peaks Section Leadership Training Committee Ski Mountaineers Section Angeles Chapter SC SCMA Home Moonwatcher's Memoir |
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