Record

Solo expeditions and endurance racing, 2014 to now.

Who

About

The full record, most recent first. Expeditions, mountaineering and racing, 2014 to now.

Most of it was solo and self-supported. Where it was not, and where I did not finish, it says so.

Based in Seattle.

Record

Expeditions and results

2026

Trans-Mongolia Kite Buggy Traverse (60 days)

  • 1,038 miles covered of a 2,000 mile attempt, 4 May to 2 July 2026
  • 960 miles by kite, 78 miles hauling the buggy on foot
  • Solo, self-designed route from west to east, self-supported. Did not finish

2025

Washington icecap surveys (April to September)

  • Ground-penetrating radar and GNSS surveys on Mount Rainier, Liberty Cap, Colfax Peak and Eldorado Peak, with Eric Gilbertson
  • Four of the five historical icecap peaks in the contiguous United States. Field operations and GPR/GNSS acquisition; led the Colfax and Eldorado surveys
  • Columbia Crest has melted down 21.8 ft since 1999

2024

Greenland Snowkite Traverse (40 days)

  • Unsupported coast to coast, Isortoq to Qaanaaq, Greenland
  • 1,539 miles and four first ascents
  • First Isortoq to Qaanaaq crossing, and the first Greenland kite traverse to incorporate first ascents

2023

Scandinavian Arctic Traverse (77 days)

  • 985 miles solo on skis, snow kite and kayak, across northern Norway, Sweden and Finland in the Arctic Circle
  • Self-designed route, western to eastern geographic extreme

2022

Bigfoot 200, Washington (August)

  • DNF – 110 of 209 miles and 23,000+ ft ascent – sprained hamstring tendon

Orcas Island Trail Race, Washington (April)

  • 2nd overall. 50 miles, 12,000 ft ascent

2021

Druk Wangyel Half Marathon, Thimphu, Bhutan (December)

  • 4th overall

Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan, 23,406ft (August)

  • 14 days, summit via Razdelnaya Peak

Slovenia mountaineering (24–30 July)

  • 16 peaks climbed
  • FKT on the Triglav traverse via the Prag Route, north face

Wyoming mountaineering (27 June – 8 July)

  • 11 peaks, ~100 miles and 40,000 ft ascent

Bob Marshall Open, Montana (28–31 May)

  • 92-mile, 12,000 ft ascent, 60-hour point-to-point navigation challenge

Grand Teton to Yellowstone ski traverse (18–26 February)

  • 110 miles, 4,000 ft ascent, 9 days, solo, unsupported, self-designed route

2020

Montana Top 50, FKT (17 days, 11 hours)

  • 195 miles, 104,000 ft ascent
  • Solo, self-supported

Bob Marshall Open, Montana (May)

  • 90-mile, 53-hour unsupported traverse of the Bob Marshall Wilderness

2019

Nuts Ylläs Pallas 100-mile, Finland (July)

  • 2nd place, 20:44

Matterhorn, Switzerland, via the Hörnli Ridge

  • On sight, solo, unprotected, one week after a 100-mile race

Boston Marathon

  • 2:49:31, top 4% overall

Run to the Pub, 13.1 miles

  • 6th of 773, 1:17:41

2018

Le Grizz 50-mile

  • 2nd place, 6:20

Bozeman Marathon

  • 2nd place, 2:51

HURL Elkhorn 15-mile

  • 1st place, 2:15

Thunderbolt Creek 30km

  • 3rd place, 2:31

Late 2016 – early 2018

International travel, three continents, 13 countries, solo

  • Tarawera Ultra 60km, New Zealand. Mount Rinjani, Indonesia.
  • Two-month cycle tour of Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales. 500+ km trekking in the Nepalese Himalaya.

2015

Ironman 140.6, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Bowron Canoe Circuit, 120km unsupported, British Columbia

2014

Ironman 70.3, Lake Stevens, Washington