He climbed in the Pamirs in 1974, on Nanda Devi in 1976, in the Alaska Range in 1978 (executing a initial ascent on Mt. Huntington with Denny Hogan). He bent his back to prevalent task at trail days, aided arrange regional fundraisers, and he was never also hectic to supply a supporting hand to new climbers, remembering the early audacious times when he barely had a clue what he was performing.