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Sportrock CEO and veteran Mount Baker climber Michael Nanney discusses gear needs and how to make the right choices with Sportrock Climbing Guides' 2026 PNW Alpine team. This summer, Sportrock Climbing Guides will lead its second annual expedition up Mount Baker in Washington State. It’s a prospect that requires a whole lot of gear, a whole lot of research, and, most of all, a whole lot of confident decisionmaking. Here are some things to keep in mind throughout the (sometimes nerve-wracking)...

This year, during Sportrock Climbing Guides' 2nd annual guided alpine expedition, climbers will tackle some of Washington State's most iconic peaks: Mount Baker, El Dorado, and Klawatti. In this post you will learn more about the expedition and get to know some of this year's climbers. If you see them around the gym, let them know you're rooting for them! If there’s a winning formula for a mountaineering movie, it almost certainly looks like this: one mountain + one hero + one successful...