The Guides Corner: Tips, Tricks, Trip Reports, Gear Reviews, and Mountaineering Ramblings from Rich Meyer Alpine Guide.
Everybody who has camped in the backcountry (or car-camped, for that matter) knows the feeling. You’re snuggled deep inside your sleeping bag. You’re warm and comfortable. It’s 4:00 am and you’re still hours from waking to boil water for your [...]

In November 2007, a man died after climbing Cathedral Peak in Yosemite with his partner. They expected to return the same day but were trapped on the descent when it began to snow, and one climber succumbed to hypothermia. In June 2008, a man died