Alpinism/Mountaineering is the the combination of hiking, backpacking, camping, and sometimes rock climbing and ice climbing.
See Climbing Resume for the nitty-gritty (read: boring) details
I am a long-time member of the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh and explore frequently with with many of those fine folks. Enjoy videos: ECP 2023, ECP 2024 ๐and Mountaineering School (2012).
Open Water certification in 2001, Advanced Open Water certification in 2007, and subsequently Nitrox and Advanced Wreck Diving certifications. 90+ dives, 65+ hours underwater in:
Bonaire 2025
Panama 2025
Maldives, 2023
Cozumel, Mexico 2023 and 2003
Puerto Rico, 2023
Dry Tortugas, FL 2023
Red Sea, Egypt 2021
Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2019
Key Largo, FL 2023, 2006 and 2001
Grand Bahamas 2005
Ibiza, Spain 2002
Started in my young teens. Eastern US, SW PA skiing only until the first trip to the West in 1997.ย Locations I've skied:ย
Whiteface, NY - 2024
Mammoth, CA - 2023
Kirkwood, CA - 2023
Snowbird, UT - 2022
Alta, UT - 2022
Whitefish, MT - 2024, 2021
Tomamu, Japan - 2018
Snowshoe, WV - 2020, 2019, 2018
Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC - 2006
Telluride, CO - 2004, 2003
Heavenly, CA/NV - 1997, 2023
Vail, CO - 1998, 2002
Stowe, VT - 1999
Beaver Creek, CO - 1998
Breckenridge, CO - 1998
Zermatt, Switzerland - 1998
Squaw Valley, CA 1997
Sierra at Tahoe, CA - 1997
Holiday Valley, NY - 2012-2023
Seven Springs, PA - many
Hidden Valley, PA - many
Willowbrook Golf Course, PA (learned to ski here)
Started rafting in my young teens with a trip down the lower Youghiogheny, PA with my uncle, then took my first run down the New River Gorge during college years. I've piloted large rafts (oar rigs and paddle), R2s, shredders, duckies, packrats, canoes, and flatwater kayaks. I'm an ASA certified sailor. Rivers (lakes not included) I've rafted or canoed/kayaked:
Chiriquรญ Viejo, Panama ๐
Kaituna River (incl. 23' Tutea Falls), New Zealand ๐
Rio Manso, Argentina ๐
Snake (Hells Canyon), ID/OR ๐
Suarez, Colombia ๐
Hulahula, AK
Koyukuk (North Fork), AK
Main Salmon, ID
Colorado (Grand Canyon), CO - trip video, camping, kitchen, bathroom how to, boat rigging
Seti, Nepal
Arkansas (Browns Canyon+), CO
Lower Youghiogheny, PA
Lower New River Gorge, WV
Upper and Lower Gauley, WV
Allegheny, PA
Stoneycreek, PA
Conemaugh, PA
Paragliding (Nepal, Turkey, Guatemala, Colombia)
Bungee (US, Colombia, New Zealand ๐)
Skydiving (USx4)
Parasailing (Mexico)
Caving
Hiking
Camping
Tennis
Yoga
Racquetball
Windsurfing
Kiteboarding (Italy, New Zealand, Bonaire)
Wakeboarding
eFoiling
Surfing (Costa Rica, El Salvador)