Multiple summits, covid, oldest friend coming to Seattle, my parents visiting, etc. Weeks later finally decided to do a short writeup. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sylvester Jakubowski (@p90puma) Successful Rainier summit – unguided – Disappointment Cleaver Marcus and I successfully summited Rainier on August 7th. I’ve been meaning to do this write-up for weeks. I have nothing much to share that isn’t available via other sources. Was a good experience and unguided was definitely the right call for us. Kudos to Marcus to taking a chance on me again and bagging it finally aft ..read more

Our party triggered an inReach SOS and was in contact with SAR after a near miss and a party member with full on hypothermia late on Saturday July 16th very close to the Climbers Trailhead for Eldorado Peak in the North Cascades National Park. Thankfully the team handled the incident well (if not some decision making leading to it) and everyone is safe and home now. Edit3: Rightfully so I got some private commentary about “name and shame” – blog write-up was shared as draft and discussed at length with the team about naming names considering the situation. It was his desire to publish as is ..read more

11.5k-ish on Ingraham Glacier Been a while, been keeping after it, been telling the same story a few too many times now so time to return to the blog. I helped organize a 4 person team to go for Rainier on June 21st 2022, we made it to Ingraham flats in 10.5 hours. I unfortunately was paged for work at 1am before we set off at 5am from Seattle, so limited sleep. Day 2 started late with a 2am wakeup but we didn’t leave camp roped up until 4am. After 600 feet I felt pretty bad and knew we were not going to top out so we called it as a team and bailed. Turns out my SpO2 was down to the 70’s ove ..read more

Our first foray into technical Mountaineering, aka the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Kasia has similar thoughts for her life. Our 5 day trip to Mt. Baker was a huge success but physically and mentally the toughest battle so far. What a stunning trip with an awesome guide. Kasia on the Crux AI2 / mixed pitch just under the ice cap. Right variation of the North Ridge Route. Climbing the 2nd leftmost spine in the photo, up and over the ice cap.Coming down the Coleman-Deming route. The prep. We booked a trip with Miyar Adventures back in March for a 5 day mountaineering skills course ..read more