We seldom share our lives beyond mountaineering on this platform but felt compelled to after visiting the Obama Presidential Center. Darren Cook, Terry, and Mark had the honor of attending the Grand Opening. It surpassed our expectations and then some. We have had the great fortune of traveling the world to see incredible monuments, museums, libraries, and cathedrals. This ranks as one of the most inspirational, powerful, and beautiful days of our life. The grounds were aliv

Pahgre negotiating challenging terrain. The last year or so has brought many changes to our lives; retirement and loss of a friendship are just two of many that impacted us. We decided 2026 would be our Peak Extravaganza. Funny name. Time to focus on one of our life pursuits. We left for Tucson on New Year's Eve day and spent the next 20 days climbing 50 peaks. We learned very early on that Pahgre would only be able to do so much. A few peaks were class 3 or above and many

Journal Entry September 10, 2025: Chamonix has been on our wish list for decades. Some would call it the birth place of modern alpinism. Early climbers began inventing ways to safely climb on the glaciers with crampons and ice axes on the slopes of the Mount Blanc massif. This trip certainly did not disappoint. More Life Adventure Group on the Aiguille du Midi We began with a rare thing for us; we joined a group. More Life Adventures is a small company that runs fitness retr

Sitting on Mt. Wilson with El Diente in background-1990 When we first began climbing peaks in the 1980's, we many times had even the...

The views of the San Juans from Wildhorse are hard to match. (Photo by Colleen Stabolepszy) Climbing with friends adds to the joy. Peter...

Mark's Story: My dad drove the mail, milk, bread, ice cream, and newspapers from Montrose to Silverton over Red Mountain Pass for 30...

For most of our lives, we only climbed alpine peaks. Our typical season started in mid to late June and ended in early October. We...