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Joshua Tree
A fun 2-night climbing trip to Joshua Tree. Jasmine is finishing her third and final year of fellowship training at UCSD, and she put together a fellow’s retreat with classmates Cara and Heidi. Incoming fellow Anna and husband Rob joined us, as did Heidi’s brother. We camped at Indian Cove, not far from the site […]
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Das Boot, Zion National Park
Das Boot! We’d been through the Subway before, but the Das Boot entry is longer, colder, and more technical. Exciting stuff, especially when you add a rotting elk carcass to the mix. We were worried about the cold, so I wore my 3 mm wetsuit and Cy rented a dry suit. The first 1/4 mile […]
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Algodones Dunes Wilderness
The Algodones Dunes Wilderness is a huge expanse of sand near the California-Mexico border. Huge expanses of sand can be very exciting if you’re into offroading or landscape photography. Otherwise, it’s pretty boring fare. We brought along the bare essentials and backpacked out to one of the high dunes for a night. I was a […]
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Pacific Northwest
My annual fall colors trip, this time to Washington and Oregon. Inclement weather thwarted my attempt to enter The Enchantments in 2009, but this year was a success. Unfortunately, the larches had already peaked and most had either lost their needles, or were turning brown. Still, it was beautiful up there. I spent a couple […]
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Rock Creek
Scott and I decided to check out the Rock Creek Trail, which meanders through Little Lakes Valley near Mammoth. The altitude at the trailhead is ~10,000 feet, and there’s very little altitude gain or loss along this popular trail. It’s also dog friendly, which is nice. We hiked in about as far as possible and […]
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Thailand & Cambodia
What to say? Nora and Cy spent a good portion of the summer in Bangkok, and we decided to join them for the final two weeks of their extended vacation. Lopez, Heather, Jasmine, and myself spent 30+ hours traveling to Chiang Mai (N. Thailand) and the rest, sadly, is a blur. The day after we […]
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Kauai
The last time I visited the island of Kauai, I was 16 years old and those who had heard of the internet accessed it through Prodigy. In other words, a very long time ago. Jasmine’s parents generously offered to put us up in a fancy Poipu condo, and we spent a week in tropical bliss. […]
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Zion National Park
Ever since Steve and I hiked The Subway in 2006, I’ve been wanting to go back with a larger group. This would be the year, or would it? We secured an online permit, but the ranger informed us that the water level was very high, forcing most parties to turn around at the 2nd obstacle. […]