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Deb and I managed to get away for an overnight out under the stars. I’ve always wanted to camp at this little secluded lake….and the timing worked perfect. With this lake not visible from most accessible places, it doesn’t see…

Made a quick run up Rooster Rock after work. 1.5-hours to drive there, 30-minutes to get both Deb and I to the top….still worth it though. Had some great wildlife sightings…including an Osprey catching a fish, then being pursued by…

Three Corner Creek…. A beautiful drainage with three awesome falls to rap. The first fall we decided to take the trib falls as the main falls looked as though it would have handed us a pounding. The other two falls…

Went back to do a full descent of Prindle Creek. 4-weeks prior a team of us did a scout from the top. At that time there was too much water to rap the falls. This trip the flow was perfect.…

Deb and I did a 6-day backpack into the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park May 9/14. Very cool place. We didn’t see any other people for the first three days, then only several others the rest of the time.…

Four weeks later we came back to rap Purdy Falls. Good thing we got here before the water completely stopped flowing. As you’ll see from the map, we dropped from the road above…thrashed down the ridge, rapped a dry gully…

Another high mileage Sunday, training for our backpack, coming up in Canyonlands. This time we did an 18-mile loop in and around Silver Falls State Park. First time I have hiked at SFSP…Wow, those falls are incredible. I think the…

Did a Pringle Creek scout today despite the creek’s high flow. A bit too much water in the creek today to rap the falls but got a good look at all of them for next time… We came in on…

Getting ready for a 6-day/night backpack in Canyonlands in a few weeks, Deb and I decided we need to get some mileage in… The weather has been pretty sucky lately and this Sunday didn’t look much different. We decided to…

Deb and I took another trip out to Indian Ridge, behind Smith Rock, to climb Squaw Rock. Always a fun trip. Took the new Crosstrek and had a fun time on the road in. Fun ride… Smith Rock’s backcountry, Sherwood…

Keith has been trying to get us up on Triangulation Creek in the coastal range for a while now. Well Saturday looked like a good day for it. We were stopped by snow about a mile in front of the…

Was surprised at how much snow was up on Angora Cliffs. This my third line I’ve taken down the cliffs. Today we got in 4 raps (180’, 140’, and two 125’) as well as a first ascent of Sasquatch Rock…which…

For the lack of something better to do, I set out with Keith to explore the east ridge of Kings Mountain. We slogged to the summit, hitting solid snow near the summit. The wind was blowing and the rain was…

Beautiful day for a hike in the Table Rock Wilderness. Started at the Old Bridge trailhead and got as far as Chicken Rock, near Rooster Rock. Snowshoes went on at about 3600′. Had the ridge to ourselves… Deb and her…

Back in April of 2016 I explored the upper narrows of Arch Cape Creek, and last Saturday I explored the lower narrows. I call them “narrows” because if you look at the map, you can see topo lines signify narrow…

Well, my original goal of Ice Climbing in four-months after my last back surgery…turned into 5-months. No Hyalite this year but we did manage to make it to Ouray for a few days. Conditions were great, and the crowds were…

It’s been almost 8-months since the last time I rappelled a waterfall and almost 6-months since my last back surgery. It felt good take that first step into the cold water with my canyoneering shoes, neoprene socks and wetsuit…. Last…

Deb and I both had a rare three day weekend together. It took until Friday to figure out what the weather was going to do, and where it was going to do it. With a 40 percent chance of rain…

Day three, Weaver’s Needle. So happy we decided to follow through with our plans to climb to the summit of Weaver’s Needle. We knew this was going to be a long day, and considered not doing it and doing another…

Day two, The Flatiron hike…and beyond. This hike is a steep one. It gains about 3000’ in about 3-miles…most of it in the last mile. The Flatiron is a large sloped flat area w/ 1000’ vertical walls and incredible views…