"Amazing day in the San Juans. Started from Rock of Ages and went for the traverse first. Soloed El Diente's north buttress and met two guys at the summit who I teamed up with for the traverse. Clouds moved in on final pitch of Wilson followed by hail in just a matter of minutes. Had to descend the now iced over crux move as we heard rocks crackle around us. Parted ways in navajo basin and reclimbed rock of ages saddle. Thunder storms came in more earnestly so I waited 90 minutes before weather cleared to go for wilson peak. Over 15 hours car to car." — cheeseishappiness • Jul 22, 2022

"Amazing day in the San Juans. Started from Rock of Ages and went for the traverse first. Soloed El Diente's north buttress and met two guys at the summit who I teamed up with for the traverse. Clouds moved in on final pitch of Wilson followed by hail in just a matter of minutes. Had to descend the now iced over crux move as we heard rocks crackle around us. Parted ways in navajo basin and reclimbed rock of ages saddle. Thunder storms came in more earnestly so I waited 90 minutes before weather cleared to go for wilson peak. Over 15 hours car to car." — cheeseishappiness • Jul 22, 2022

"Awesome backpacking trip via Cottonwood Creek. Route is tedious but manageable with several short sections of willow whacking and wet groves. Camped at 10800' and took cover just before multiple spouts of hail came roaring in. Next morning on the ascent took a wrong turn at 11,100'-a right turn across a stream takes you up the wrong valley. Noticed about a half mile in, turned back, noticed I had dropped my phone, turned back again to find it. Continue straight from the unmarked junction to continue up to Cottonwood Lake. Red gulley is in great shape. Small snow patches still melting out creating wet slabs below, but water is either avoidable or traversable on the grippy crestone conglomerate. https://youtu.be/YCKHyon-cmI" — cheeseishappiness • Jul 4, 2022

"WOW. Hard to describe this "great traverse" of the Maroon Bells without writing a novel, so I'll sum it up briefly- Godawful long and steep ascent, awesome class 3-4 ridge scrambling and route finding in a rock climbers playground (lots of variations), with a few class 5 moves, then another godawful long and steep descent. This was my first time leading a group across some gnarly class 4-5 , and I had never been on it before, but this was absolutely amazing. This peak taught me a lot about myself, and that is saying something! " — LGH-Dan • Sep 7, 2021

"Got an early start to beat out the thunderstorms predicted to roll in as early as 10. Traversed over to the east peak and it was a bit spicier than expected, but a good chance to practice route finding and class 4 scrambling for when I finally make my way to the hardest 14ers. Snow is almost all gone with just a couple of unavoidable fields. Neither traction nor floatation necessary but you still might find slick rocks so watch your step. https://youtu.be/VfmlGpVuUmI" — cheeseishappiness • Jun 19, 2021