Written on July 26, 2011
“Double or Nothing!” “A challenge in which a successful outcome is assure isn’t a challenge at all”~ Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer Somewhere in the part of my mind that just can’t get enough suffering and misery comes ideas for grandiose and epic adventures! I suppose this is the same part that got me into...
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Written on July 19, 2011
Bagging more 4,000 Footers in the White Mountains Every state has its mountain climbing lists. In California, its all about climbing 14ers- mountains with 14,000ft or more of elevation. There’s also California’s 50 finest which encompasses the 50 most prominent mountains of the state. Colorado has a 14er list as well. Up in the Cascades...
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Written on June 1, 2011
“…just can’t wait to get on the road again” Mt Baldpate from Old Speck I am proud of myself- I lasted a full 2 weeks staying in one place. That has to be a record for me. Somehow, I have asphalt running through my veins and I just couldn’t resist taking a long study break...
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Written on May 16, 2011
Day: 30 Miles: 6,666 (exactly) Location: Gorham, Maine Love that quote… One adventure ends and another begins… I’ve arrived safely in Maine after traveling 6,666 miles exactly through some of the wildest parts of America. I couldn’t resist squeezing one more adventure out of this trip; the climbing of Mt Greylock. It was a v...
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Written on December 12, 2010
“The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to climb and pry into their secrets, and try their effect on our humanity. Only daring and insolent men, perchance, go there. Simple races, as savages, do not climb mountains, — their tops are...
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