Archive for Steve Ramras
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Getting a Clue
Poor choices will be punished. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Aron Ralston and I are in Pleiades Canyon. It is May 2012...
Trail of Tiers – March 2012
It was the project of others. Dan Ransom had been spying it for a few years. So had Rick Green. When I considered that they may...
Alone Together in Mumbai Canyon
RAM • Folks ask me, “How do you know an unexplored canyon is going to be good?” Well, there are the obvious hints … the...
Austera Peak – Ram’s Cascade Adventure Camp – Jul 2009
4-We awoke in a cloud. It was mostly calm. Then a drizzle. Then a sleet. Then a rain. Then it would blow. Then calm. Sometimes...
Dorado Needle – Ram’s Cascade Adventure Camp – Jul 2009
Day 2 started with that reddish sky that warns of unsettled weather. Dorado Needle, hidden behind the bulk of Eldorado, had intrigued for years. The...
Evening Peak – Ram’s Cascade Adventure Camp – Jul 2009
2-Finally on the west side, we got our permit for 4 days to cross what we are calling the Eldorado Ice Cap. We hoped to...
S. Arete, South Early Winter Spire – Ram’s Cascade Adventure Camp – Jul 2009
He keeps saying its the best trip of the year, and in 2008, with help from Bucky, I joined Ram for a few days of...
Egypt 4, Revisited – Escalante – Oct 2008
10/31/08 Dear (Wyoming) Dave and Todd (Martin), How are you guys doing? Todd, our timing was unfortunate this month, with my Arizona trip in early October,...
Cerberus Canyon – Death Valley National Park – Feb 2008
Cerberus Canyon is a BIG Death Valley Classic. So I took the day off (and enjoyed it immensely) while the boys engaged the challenge. Here’s...
High Spur, Almost Mindbender, and Chambers Canyons – Roost Fest – Mar 2007
Spring. Usually a time of unstable weather. Ram planned two weeks out in the Roost with family and friends, and I planned to join them....
