This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport.
An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...
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Day: 15-16 Miles: 3,113 Location: Southwest Coulior, Middle Teton (12,804ft) Epic shot of Middle Teton Another day, another mountain! This day, it happened to be a spring ascent of Middle Teton in Teton National Park, Wyoming! Most people who travel to the Tetons for climbing intend to bag Grand Teton. I hope to climb this...
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Day: 11 Miles: 2,143 Location: Saratoga, Wyoming Not closed to us! Saratoga, Wyoming, population 1,700 and one strange traveler from California! To get to Saratoga, you have to drive 70 mile west from Laramie, and then drive 15 miles south on a county road; its out there! I ended up here to see a very...
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Day: 9 Miles: 1,723 Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado I don’t know how many times I’ve quoted it, but “the good traveler has no fixed plans” and I came up a little dry today. The original plan was to, weather permitting, climb Longs Peak. Its a fourteener in the Front Range of...
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Day: 7 Miles: 1,394 Location: Mt. Elbert, 14,440ft, Colorado (Highest Point in the Rockies and Colorado) The insanely rugged summit of Mt Elbert! My goodness, the Rockies are a whole new ballgame for me. Three years ago when I bought my mountaineering boots, the biggest decision point the salesman asked me was “Well, do you...
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“A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles.” ~Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire Desert Perspectives Phoenix has forever ruined the image of Arizona. Not that I have anything against, Phoenix, I am a much bigger...
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Adventure is out there! The Pursuit of Life is an outdoor adventure blog that’s dedicated towards providing guides on a variety of outdoor activities and wild places in the United States and Canada. This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport. Activities that are covered in this blog include hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, mountaineering, thru-hiking, caving, trail running, trekking, canoeing, ice climbing and general exploring.
