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Mt Everest from Kala Patthar, 5650m

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Male, 25 years old

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Occupation: Software Engineer

Website: http://alec.lalon.de

2009 major climbs:

Lots of ice in Ouray, Santaquin, LCC, Cody
S Ridge of Mount Superior
White Baldy's N Ridge, skied off Red Baldy
Triple Traverse
The Thumb via S-Crack/S-Direct (5.9+R C1 IV), Tingey's linkup (5.8 III)
Cirque of the Towers: E Ridge Wolf's Head (5.6 IV), NE (5.8 IV) and SW (5.9 II) faces of Pingora
Squawstruck (5.10c III) in Rock Canyon
Kor-Ingalls on Castleton Tower (5.9+ III)
Red Rocks tour de 5.8: Crimson Chrysalis (5.8+ IV), Lotta Balls (5.8 II), Black Magic (5.8 II)

2008 major climbs:

Sunrise and Dromedary Peaks via Tanner Gulch
AF Twin Peaks via East Ridge
Timpanogos via Everest Ridge
Summitted Pfeifferhorn and skied E face
Summitted and skied North face of Superior
Black Streak on Devil's Castle
West Slabs of Olympus (twice)
12 days trekking in the Khumbu region of Nepal
Pingora (Wind Rivers) car-to-car in 11 hrs
N Ridge of the Pfeifferhorn
Several Lone Peak summits: Once via the SE face and twice via the Cirque's summit wall

Long-term goals: Cordillera Blanca trip, Mexican Volcanoes, New Zealand's Mount Cook, Rainier via Liberty Ridge, Alpamayo, Denali via Cassin Ridge

Mountain Project: http://www.mountainproject.com/u/106022986

A Few Words: Climbing. Alpine. Ice. Exploratory. Gettin' after it as much as possible with a nine-to-five...luckily in SLC this can be a lot!

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Wasatch Alpine Climbs -- Late fall/early winter (Salt Lake City -- Oct 24, 2009 - Nov 29, 2009)

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South Summit Couloir (Lone Peak)

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Mountains & Rocks (25)
Wolfs Head (Cirque of the Towers) White Baldy Grandeur Peak (Wasatch Range (Central)) Kala Pataar Pingora Peak (Cirque of the Towers) Lone Peak (Wasatch Alpine Ridge) Mount Superior & Monte Cristo (Wasatch Cottonwood Ridge) American Fork Twin Peaks (Utah County Highpoints) Mt. Dromedary (Wasatch Cottonwood Ridge) Sunrise Peak (Wasatch Cottonwood Ridge) Pfeifferhorn (Wasatch Alpine Ridge) Mt. Timpanogos (UT) (Wasatch Range (South)) Mount Wolverine & Mount Tuscarora (Wasatch Cottonwood Ridge)	Reynolds Peak (Wasatch Range (Central)) South Thunder Mountain (Wasatch Alpine Ridge) Pico de Orizaba (Mexican Volcanoes) Torreys Peak (Colorado 14ers) Grays Peak (Colorado 14ers) Angels Landing (Zion National Park) Devil's Castle (Wasatch Alpine Ridge) Broads Fork Twin Peaks (Wasatch Cottonwood Ridge) Gobblers Knob (Wasatch Range (Central)) Mount Raymond (Wasatch Range (Central)) Mount Olympus (Wasatch Range (Central)) Mount Aire, Church Fork Peak, and Millvu (Wasatch Range (Central))
Routes (4)
Black Magic (Indecision Peak) Lotta Balls (Indecision Peak)	Crimson Chrysalis (Rainbow Mountain) West Slabs Route (Mount Olympus)

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