MudRat
OfflineA Little About Me
Many seasons and hikes have passed since I first put foot to trail. There hasn't been an exploration that hasn't been enlightening. Each reiterates the fact that the journey, whether in the back country or in life, contains the most valuable memories and lessons. The final goal, whatever it may be, is just a catalyst that compels us to motion. Enjoy each moment, the companionship, the tranquility and the wilderness with its minutiae and vistas.
In my spare time I am also a writer and photographer with published works in various magazines and books. Panther Gorge, a book chronicling the general history of the area and our pioneering efforts (rock and ice lines), was published in August of 2019. I'm also a New York State licensed rock/ice/hiking guide, volunteer on the NYS high-angle rescue team, and board member of the Adirondack Climber's Coalition as well as the Adirondack Research Consortium.
May your ambition for the goal allow you to be a student of the journey…God Bless.
In my spare time I am also a writer and photographer with published works in various magazines and books. Panther Gorge, a book chronicling the general history of the area and our pioneering efforts (rock and ice lines), was published in August of 2019. I'm also a New York State licensed rock/ice/hiking guide, volunteer on the NYS high-angle rescue team, and board member of the Adirondack Climber's Coalition as well as the Adirondack Research Consortium.
May your ambition for the goal allow you to be a student of the journey…God Bless.
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My Areas & Ranges (1)
- Panther Gorge Mount Marcy
My Routes (5)
- All Things Holy
- Colden's Trap Dike and S.E. 90's Slide Traverse Adirondack Slide Climbs by Mountain
- Haystack Mountain's Haycrack Route
- Practically Roadside Panther Gorge
- Ranger on the Rock (Mount Marcy East Face) Mount Marcy
My Trip Reports (106)
- A Day on Gothics East, South and North Faces
- A Foggy April Bushwhack in Panther Gorge
- A Rainy Day and Mt. Colden's Trap Dike Adirondacks
- A Tale of Four Routes – New Routing in Panther Gorge July 12 – August 22, 2020
- Adirondack Ice Climbing Season 2018-2019: Reflections on Five Months of Climbing
- Adirondack Ice Climbing Season 2019-2020
- Adirondack Winter 46 Journey Adirondacks
- Agharta Ice Route in Panther Gorge
- All Things Holy in Panther Gorge: A New Route on the Haystack Side
- Basin Brook Slide, Haystack’s Johannsen Face, Marcy SE Slides, Algonquin SE (Elevator Shaft) Slide & E (Bear Paw) Slide
- Basin East Face Bushwhack Basin Mountain
- Basin Mountain East Face: Last Winter Climb of 2013
- Basin Mountain's Amphitheater Adirondacks
- Beaver Brook Slide (Upper Wolfjaw Mtn.)
- Blake Slide and Nippletop Slide Traverse: Adirondack Slide Climbs by Mountain
- Boquet River Crags-2 New Rock Climbing Routes and a Bushwhack
- Cascade & Porter
- Cascade Bushwhack, Porter and Pitchoff Adirondack Slide Climbs by Mountain
- Cliff Mountain Slide and Redfield Bushwhack Mount Redfield
- Colden's Trap Dike and S.E. 90's Slide Mount Colden
- CrazyDog’s Halo in Panther Gorge:2 New Rock Climbing Routes
- Dix Mountain Lobster Claw Slide: New in 2013 Dix Mountain
- Dix Mountain West Buttress Slide Dix Mountain
- Dix Mountain's Buttress Slide: A Monster on the Mountain Dix Mountain
- Eagle Slide on Giant Mountain Giant Mountain
- Ermine Brook Slide - Twin Slide Traverse: 7/23/11 (Mt. Adams: 7/22/11) Santanoni Peak
- Four Rings of Saturn: A New Ice Climbing Route on Gothics East Face
- Giant Mountain East Face Slide Giant Mountain
- Giant’s West Side Story: Bottle, Diagonal, Question Mark and Tulip Slides Giant Mountain
- Gothics North Face-New Finger Slide
- Gothics Rainbow Slide-True North Slide Traverse
- Gothics South Face
- Gothics True North Slide
- Gothics' Northwest Face Circumnavigation
- Great Range Traverse: Marcy to Haystack via Panther Gorge Bushwhack and Great Range Dayhike
- Haystack Mountain Panther Gorge Slides-Day 3 in Panther Gorge
- Ice Climbing in Panther Gorge: A New Route Called “Pi Day”
- Khyber's Slide on Lower Wolfjaw
- Kilburn Slide Adirondacks
- Lower Great Range Bushwhack: Lower Wolfjaw, Upper Wolfjaw and Armstrong Great Range
- Luceo Non Uro in Panther Gorge
- MacNaughton Mtn. Loop
- Marcy East Face: A Full Climb-Rappel and Night on Haystack
- Marcy Grand Central Slide from Panther Gorge
- Marcy's Great Chimney (aka Empty Tomb)- All Ryled Up- Slacker Cracker
- Mount Marcy East Face: A Climb and Circumnavigation with an Adirondack Forest Ranger Adirondacks
- Mt. Marshall and Iroquois' Bushwhack
- Nye, Street Mtn. Bushwhack and Indian Pass Street Mountain
My Custom Objects (2)
Climber's Logs I've Signed (4)
Routes (4)
- Avalanche Mountain Gully Adirondacks
- Multiplication Gully WI3+ Adirondacks
- Positive Thinking WI5 Poke-O-Moonshine
- Practically Roadside Panther Gorge
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