Archive for the ‘Mountaineering’ Category

San Mateo Art showcase

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Helped my cousin set up the photographic department of the arts show at the annual san mateo fairgrounds festival of light.  It was a great experience, but it really was a lot of work.  I submitted my recent sculpture for judgement and was awarded a few prizes, which I much appreciated.

My next work will continue in the same abstract vein I have been following in the last ten years.  abstraction reflects our current state of mind, the way we process information and how we sometimes relate to one another.  It is just a fact of life and my sculpture is a frozen adverb to express the current we find ourselves in this first half of the the twenty first century.  It will continue to be abstract for a long long time.

Hotlum Glacier Slideshow

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

I need to post my mountaineering slideshow, which I just recently presented at Sports Basement.  My intentions in preparing the slideshow was two-fold.  First and foremost, I wanted to share with fellow mountaineering enthusiasts my experiences on Mount Shasta’s glaciers.  It truly is a fantastic place, beyond words.  Secondly, I was trying to get Sports Basement to hire me to help create a mountaineering department full of the stuff I love to buy and use in my adventures.  Guys like stuff and I am no exception.  I really am a geek when it comes to all the little stuff that make up the gear of a minimalist mountaineer.  I hope to put the slideshow up soon or at least set up a link to shutterfly thru my other website:  www.iggyalpine.shutterfly.com

cheers

HOTLUM GLACIER TRAVEL, MT. SHASTA, CA

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

rescue pulleys, belay devices and prussicks used in self rescue and assisted rescue

glacier travel friendly crampons are flexible and hand sharpened

basic gear used for glacier travel and ice climbing

hand sharpened teeth

bomber ice screw belay

The Northeast side of Mt. Shasta offers the opportunity to travel on the few

glaciers available in California.  Good routes and abundant seracs make the
Hotlum glacier a great place to explore.  We go during the month of August, when
most of the snow has melted away and exposed the creavases.  We have top-
roped seracs and cliffs, and practiced our ice climbing techniques.  This year we
plan to head up further than usual and explore the headwall and cirque area
just below the summit pyramid.  Mixed rock and ice climbs are possible in this
area and are considered the most difficult and committed on the mountain.