Another year is in the books, and as we prepare for Pandemic season 3 (the TV show that no one asked to be renewed), I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past 365. It seemed unimaginable that things could get worse than 2020, but that didn't stop 2021 from proclaiming, "Hold my beer." Between endless news cycles of climate crises, the continued erosion of public belief in science, and ever worsening societal division over Covid, masks, and vaccines, it was easy to fall into a deep well of despair over the state of pretty much everything.
But even in this darkest of years, I did manage to find some temporary moments of light, in the company of friends with a shared passion for getting up at ungodly hours to trudge up piles of rocks. I spent every free moment chasing adventures in the mountains, once again setting all new personal bests over last year's stats:- bagged Mt. Smuts, one of the most difficult scrambles in the book
- 53 different peaks summited in the Rockies
- 165,687 ft of total elevation gained
- 593 kms trekked, hiked, and scrambled
- 360 hours and 15 minutes total time spent bashing up peaks (21,615 minutes)
- 150th unique peak summited (cumulative) in the Rockies during the summer
- Temperature Range: bagged summits in as low as -27 degrees, and as high as 36 degrees C
- 55 total days spent in the mountains
It was hard to find a variety of photos that weren't just entirely mountains, but here it is... my annual mosaic of the year in photos.
May 2022 be a little less Covidy, and a whole lot more civil for us all. Cheers, friends!
Previous annual mosaics: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
