John’s report:
In preparation for their Aug-Sep 10 day backpacking adventure into the High Sierras, Jack, Uwe, and Klaus did an overnight backpack into the San Bernardino mountains for conditioning and to shake down their gear. Srisuda and I joined them. Continue reading “San Bernardino Divide – Over Night”
Last week I went backpacking for three days / two nights with my brother-in-law, Casey, in the White Mountains of NH. These are the mountains I grew up hiking in and it was great to get a chance to see them again before heading over to Europe. We had a full-value White Mountain experience: hard rain, driving wind, piercing blue skies, bright sunshine, clammy fog, trails full of boulders & roots & downed trees left at just the right height to poke out your eye, beautiful alpine meadows & vistas, and barely anyone else on most of the trail. Unfortunately my phone battery died after the first night so I don’t have many pics & will instead have to rely on the descriptive power of my words instead ;).
Just to nail two more peaks on the Sierra Club list, I hiked Lookout and Asbestos mountain in the San Jacinto Range.Continue reading “Asbestos and Lookout Mountains”
On my drive home from CA -> VT the first stop I made was in Sante Fe, NM to visit my climbing partner Dan. For the full day I was there I first spent a little bit of time hanging out in downtown Sante Fe while Dan worked in the morning, then we went climbing/scrambling for the afternoon. The route we chose was the Knife Edge in the Sandias mountains, which follows the ridgeline to the north (left in the featured pic) of the large Shield rock wall.
Kayaking with the Orcas has been on the agenda for a long while and was a perfect plan for Quinn’s and my annual father/daughter trip. We took the 1 ½ ferry ride from Anacortes to Friday Harbor Washington. It was raining so the trip out through the San Juan Islands offered little. Continue reading “Kayaking with Orcas”
One day of hiking in the San Bernardino’s: San Gorgonio Peak. One day of hiking in the San Gabriel’s: Strawberry Peak, Mount Lawlor, Barley Flats. Total weekend stats: ~28 miles, 8,270 ft elevation gain.Continue reading “San Gorgonio (again), Strawberry++”
This year’s trip to South Carolina included a kayak swamp tour. George and I met our guide at the Dennis Boat Landing on Wadboo Creek in Monck’s Corner SC. Continue reading “South Carolina Swamp Tour”
We are a bit behind getting into hiking summer shape, so we decided to do something about it. We ended up with a bit of a tougher hike than we initially intended.Continue reading “San Bernardino East Peak via Forsee and John’s Meadow”
Summits #92 and #93 of the Sierra Clubs Hundred Peaks Section for me were White Mountain and Onyx Peak in the San Bernardino Range. Continue reading “White and Onyx Mountains”
On May 12, 2018 our little hiking group hiked the (in)famous Cactus-to-Clouds trial from downtown Palm Springs (~450ft elevation) to the top o San Jacinto Peak (10,834ft) and down to the tram mountain station. It was Jack and Paul’s first time for this tough route. For me it was the 10 year anniversary of my first C2C (June 7th, 2008). At the time I did it solo since I did not know anyone who would join me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The trail back then was much less traveled and I was warned by those familiar with it that it was not hiked every week that time of year! How times have changed…Continue reading “Cactus-to-Clouds, May 2018”
