"As part of a 7 day ACC-Rocky Mtn mountaineering trip. This one was my only solo peak while there. And as I was coming down with gut rot, the endless 1100m ascent and descent began to wear on me at 4559m ;}" — alexjoseph • Jul 29, 2017

"Peak number 3 of the week after a mid-week rest day. This was the crowning achievement of the week with a 4am start and 24km 1500m ascent up moraines, multi-km walk on glacier, and then up a snow and glacier ramp to the 3 pitch headwall above a bergschrund. Topped out on an easy rock solo to a small summit of the 2nd highest peak in the Al Archa National Park and my 2nd highest." — alexjoseph • Jul 28, 2017

"Day and peak 2 of a week long mountaineering trip. This one took us up onto a flat glacier beneath Peak Semenova Tian-Shanski, the highest in the area where we discussed how easy it looked to bypass the bergschrunds and reach the summit. We went up a scree slope to a col and then along a ridge and then the Russian guides fixed a rope up a rock gully in the difficult scrambling class for the Canadian Rockies and we jumared up and along the ridge to a nice summit. Rapped off with Vladimir our head guide without helmet performing a fireman's belay in the drop zone and Yuri our other guide puffing away on a cigarette and managing the rappel!" — alexjoseph • Jul 26, 2017

"Peak 1 of a week long ACC-Rocky Mtn mountaineering trip to Al Archa National Park in Krygystan. This was a 7am start, up a moraine, across a glacier and then up a classic scree slope to a broad summit. Great views of the area." — alexjoseph • Jul 25, 2017

"Калькуш (Kalʹkuš). This was the first mountain i ever climbed. I was in the Peace Corps at the time stationed in Fergana Uzbekistan. I was led by Sergei Sokolov who later went on to summit Mt. Everest 5/23/98" — derek-puraVida • May 30, 1997