Trips and Climbs

Recent Trips

Freel Peak, near Lake Tahoe (February 2006)
Kirsten Mouradian's birthday at the hiker's hut at Sam McDonald County Park (May 2005)
Wildflowers in and around Carrizo Plain National Monument (March 11 & 13, 2005)
Ostrander Hut ski trip (January 2005)
Snow Mountain (November 2004)
Thunderbolt (August 2003)
June Lake June Lake Fall Colors [October 2004]

In what is now an annual trip, we took some good friends to the east side of the Sierra Nevada near Mono Lake for some hiking amidst the fall colors. So what if it rained.

Whorl Mountain Whorl Mountain [September 2004]

Landa and I met up with our friend Lloyd after his business trip to Yosemite (!?), for a climb of Whorl Mountain. We endured the wind and reaped the rewards.

Peru Peruvian Andes [June 2004]

Landa and I joined some friends and a guide for a trek around the Cordillera Huahyhash, which contains Peru's second highest peak. Four of us also climbed a modest peak - Pisco - in the Cordillera Blanca.

Ski Tour North Lake to Rock Creek Ski Tour [May 2003]

A classic 4-day ski tour with Greg Rau, Hal Tompkins & Kai Wiedman along the spine of the Sierra Nevada between Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks.

Desolation Sound British Columbia Kayaking [July 2001]

Four of us spent ten great days paddling in Desolation Sound, on coast of mainland British Columbia, directly opposite Vancouver Island. What a magical place.

Zaire Landa's Africa Years [1974 - 1976]

Landa spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). She also visited east and west Africa.