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So you’re headed for the greater ranges? All set with gear, appropriate clothing, cameras, Go Pros, and everything else that a typical expedition requires. You catch your flight out of Denver, Seattle, LA, New York —wherever—with the anticipation of a great trip. Eight, nine, ten hours later you arrive at your destination. What next? A lot of international flights seem to arrive at night—notably those headed to the Andes. You get out of the airport and hail a taxi to take you to a hotel. You get to the hotel, jump out of the taxi, ready to haul gear into...

  The editor at Boulder Climb Ski Magazine gave 8kpeak.com the vine this week.  Having started our mountain careers pre internet, this is a brief look at how things have changed. http://www.climbskibouldermagazine.com/mike-marolt---true-adventure---dilution-by-perception.html

 (Editor note: 8kpeak is really excited to be introducing Cam Burns as a guest blogger.  Cam is an award winning author and writer with decades of climbing and mountain experience.  This will be the first of what we envision will be many blogs to come. This blog is in response to our blog on Oct 29th, Expeditions, Making it Happen.  )   By Cameron “Cam” Burns Mike’s recent piece on funding trips got me thinking about how I did it to go climbing, trekking, or just travelling, dozens and dozens of times between the late 1980s and today. Like a many...

  Beauty, pain, joy and suffering. A kaleidoscope of emotions. Big mountains and small people. Powder and ice. Sun and snow. All of this and more will be showcased in the Hard Snow ski mountaineering film festival.   Scheduled for November 13-15 and hosted by the Limelight, Hard Snow features eclectic and diverse offerings from both amateur and professional filmmakers. With a mix of feature-length offerings the event is highlighted by an appearance of legendary climber and alpinist John Roskelley, who closes out the festival on Sunday, November 15 with a rare presentation on his first ascent of K2.  ...

  My buddy Jim called and needed a photo of his 8k ski ring. His home was broken into, and they took his ring. This ring is a memento we ( The Aspen Alpine Club, Inc.) started giving to north Americans who skied from 8,000 meters. Only criteria, you have to carry your skis and can't use supplemental oxygen. It's not a big list:   Mike & Steve Marolt,                        Shishapangma 2000 Laura Bakos                                        Cho Oyu, 2000 Kris Erickson                                      Cho Oyu, 2000 Mark Newcomb                                  Shishapangma, 2005 Kent McBride                                      Shishapangma 2005 Mike & Steve Marolt                            Cho Oyu, 2007 Jim Gile                                               Cho...