Mountain Momma

 

My Mom rocks. At age 62, she is a mother of four boys, and a grandmother of six young beauties. This in and of itself warrants a webpage, I guess. But people seem more interested in her ability to be

  • Delivering cookies and cranking V13
  • Baking three tier wedding cakes and flashing 5.13b
  • Knitting mittens and scaling world class peaks
  • Reading Danielle Steele and sketching on new wave A4

Never a glory seeker, my mom has received no sponsorships and little acclaim for her hard core cranking. I receive emails all the time, asking about her latest climbing feats. I've added this Mountain Momma page to whet the appetites of enthusiastic web junkies everywhere who want to read the latest about "Granny". I'll do my best to keep up with her antics. Enjoy!

  Approaching the summit of Nuptse, sans oxygen.
   

Momma In Hospital   Mountain Momma is recovering from a broken arm and mild frostbite after an epic solo rescue on K2 that would otherwise have claimed seven lives.
Momma vs. Ed Visteurs   Mountain Momma contacted famous mountaineer Ed Visteurs in Seattle, Washington, to talk about his quest for the world's highest peaks, meeting my mom, and the changing face of mountaineering.
Momma vs. The Grand Wall   Mountain Momma cranks hard trad, dragging the author's ass up Canada's famed long free climb The Grand Wall, flashing Scott Cosgrove's new all free variation.

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