A very good year

2018 what a year.

Resting in Tenaya Lake after some adventure climbing 

Traveled to so many countries, climbed all over, and still managed to graduate Georgetown early 🙌

January - Australia/New Zealand, back to school in DC
February - Ice climbing in New Hampshire/New York
March - Climbing in Barcelona, Surfing in Bali; still somehow not failing school
April - Mostly school in DC
May - China, Japan, Australia
June - Working at Alpenglow Expeditions, Living in Reno
July - Climbing trips Mt Rainier/Mt Whitney, Vancouver to San Diego road trip
August - Finishing up work at Alpenglow, Australia, moving back to Georgetown

September - Climbing in West Virginia (NRG), Surfing in Avon, North Carolina

October - Climbing in Joshua Tree/Red Rocks, Running around trying to find a full-time job

November - Climbed in Pennsylvania (Safe Harbor) and California (Lover's Leap)

December - Graduated Georgetown University! Climbing in Joshua Tree, Skiing in Tahoe and now home...hopefully ice climbing in Lee Vining later this week 

So incredibly thankful to all my family, friends, mentors, and climbing partners who made this year possible. I know that 2019 will just bring more adventures to come. 

Luckily I have been able to secure employment starting September 2019.  Until then, the plan is to follow the climbing and surf. I'll be starting off the new year taking a Wilderness First Responder Course with NOLS in SF - where I will hopefully gain some useful skills for my travels. Immediately after the course finishes, I'm heading down to Patagonia (El Chalten) for a month of climbing and hiking. I have big dreams of getting on the Fitz, but who knows if I'll find good partners and weather. I have 2 free weeks down in South America which is up in the air; thinking I may go down to the Torres or up to Bariloche/Santiago.

The rough plan for 2019  - 

Jan - WFR, Patagonia

Feb - Patagonia/S.America

Mar - Ice climbing CA/MT, Rock climb in Spain, Morocco, Greece, Eastern Europe

Apr - Mountaineering in Nepal/Surfing in Sri Lanka/SE Asia

May - Graduation from Georgetown, USA for a bit

Jun - Bolivia

Jul - Canada (Bugaboos/Cirque of the Unclimbables)

Aug - TBD

Sep - Start work!

I'll be updating this blog a bit more often this coming year and posting some trip reports on my climbs/expeditions. In the meantime, cheers to another spectacular New Year 🥂