When at first you don’t succeed, try try again… Having learned from my failures to hike more than a single…
2023 was a strange year. The huge winter snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains made planning treks in the mountains…
Update: Additional PCT hikes added (days 10-19 and 20-23) as well as additional movies from those days. Next weekend I’m…
List of the 14er (summits over 14,000 feet) and higher summits I’ve climbed (listed in chronological order): Mt Whitney –…
This summer’s big trek was supposed to be through the Japan Alps and maybe a third climb up Mt Fuji….
Master post with links to trek reports and Flickr albums for each day of my John Muir Trail trek in…
Goal for the day: Muir Trail Ranch! It was cold. Very cold. I didn’t expect it to be colder than…
Goal for the day: McClure Meadows Right after completing the John Muir Trail Southbound from Yosemite to Mt Whitney, I…
Goal for the day: Muir Pass Sadly, there wasn’t much of a view from my campsite near Bishop Pass Trail…
Goal for the day: Half way towards Muir Pass I didn’t even have to wait for Sunrise to enjoy the…
Goal for the day: Get over Mather Pass and to Palisade Lakes The almost-full Moon gave me some light through…
Goal for the day: Climb over Pinchot Pass Before Sunrise, comes the Moonset… I was glad that my campsite turned…
Goal for the day: Somewhere beyond Woods Creek Trail Junction Normally, my best picture of stars on the trail are…
Goal for the day: Rae Lakes or beyond During planning and at various stages of hiking the PCT in July,…
Goal for the day: Restart from Onion Valley to get back on the PCT heading North. It took me two…
Goal for the day: Exit from Onion Valley for some rest and… I woke up with a firm decision on…