51 Miles on the PCT, May 2015

The southern Californian outdoor equipment store chain Adventure 16 posted a challenge: Hike any three 16+ mile sections of the Pacific Crest Trail between May 8 – October 15, 2015 to win cool prizes! So Matt, Kevin and I decided to do it in one weekend. Matt looked for a reasonably “easy” section, we didn’tContinue reading “51 Miles on the PCT, May 2015”

Rim-to-Rim-(RnR)-to-Rim, September 2011

Update: In 2012 we went back and did R2R2R as a day hike. Here are some stats from that hike. Greg and I had been discussing this adventure for a while. Once we mentioned it to Matt he immediately got excited about it and even picked a data right away. He then also recruited Jim.Continue reading “Rim-to-Rim-(RnR)-to-Rim, September 2011”

Climbing El Picacho del Diablo, Baja, Mexico

A 10,000ft mountain is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about Baja, but traveling the peninsula or even looking over the Golf of California from the coast of the state of Sonora one cannot miss this imposing sight. So it is not surprising that the idea of climbing this mountainContinue reading “Climbing El Picacho del Diablo, Baja, Mexico”