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Another forecasted wet weekend. This time Deb and I will take it to the cabin for some R&R. Didn’t take long for the need for outside activity to take hold, so we took a drive up Boulder Ridge Road. Our…

With rain and wind in the forecast, Deb and I set out for a gorge hike. The Ruckle Ridge / Ruckle Creek loop was the hike of choice. I didn’t take many pics, as it rained most of the hike.…

Saturday’s forecast was perfect for a solo run up to the summit of Mount Hood. Left the truck at 4:10 am, hit the hogsback at 7:30 am, then pushed for the summit…arriving at 8:15 am. Hung out at the summit…

It was either Hood, or Middle Sister….We chose the Middle Sister, and I’m glad we did. Such a beautiful place this time of year. Deb and I left the Pole Creek trailhead at 6:20am Sunday. We were on the summit…

Even though the forecast called for massive amounts of rain, Deb and I decided to go out anyway and do one of my favorite winter conditioners. This trail starts at The Old Bridge trailhead, and travels up and along High…

Did the Sea to Summit then back to the Sea hike via the Kaupo Gap Trail. Deb and I touched the sea, down by the Mokulau church at 3:22am and finished at the same place the next morning at 12:20am.…

Sufferfest Sunday III is our name for this event, but you might also know it as the “Triple D” hike. Dog Mountain, Mount Defiance, and Devils Rest. A combined 24 miles x 10,800’ gain hike…that lasted for 14 hours. We…

Sufferfest Sunday II !! Despite the forecasted 2-3 inches of rainfall in the coastal range, we (Karl & Deb) decided to stick with our original plans for Sufferfest Sunday II. We started hiking at 4:30am, and finished at 5:45pm (13.25…

My first trip up Hood this year…glad I made it before the year end. It was nice to do a different route than the standard old chute route. Today five of us summited Mount Hood via the left chute of…

Need to train for an upcoming event, so Deb and I decided on a 23 mile x 8200’ gain route. We’d call this day Sufferfest Sunday I Left the truck at 5:00am and got back to the truck at 6:00pm.…

With a sunny and dry day finally in the forecast, we chose Mount St Helens as the hike… It turned out to be sunny and dry, but very cold and windy day…giving it that real alpine feel. We decide to…

Nice hike before celebrating a great Thanksgiving with friends (Friendsgiving). Myself, Deb, Chris, and Sue ran up to Nesmith Point early in the morning…kind of a psyche-hike to justify all the food we were about to consume. Heading up to…

Needed to get some elevation this weekend, and only had the first half of Sunday to get it done. Five of us met at the Starvation Creek trailhead at 7:00am, for the Mount Defiance Loop hike. Tagged the summit at…

Only had Saturday available to play this weekend, so I decided to visit the Table Rock Wilderness. Parked at the TR trailhead at 8:15 am, and was hiking by 8:20. First tagged Table Rock, then over to, and around Rooster…

Good weekend to spend at Smith Rock. Drove out early Saturday morning with Chris Wilson. We got in 10 good pitches, including a 5-pitch multi-pitch sport route, and a handful of single pitch sport routes on the west side of…

Sunday, didn’t let the rainy forecast get in the way of doing The Mystery Trail again. Deb and I got off to a late start at 9:30am… We made good time getting up to the drop-off point (start of the…

Six of us did the Dynamite Cave on Saturday. This cave is up, outside of Trout Lake, Washington. The cave entrance is just a couple hundred yards from the parking area. We spent about 8-hours in the cave, which goes…

Solo trip up into the Cathedral Rocks area, Mount Jefferson Wilderness. Second time up there, but first time tagging all four high points of Cathedral Rocks. There was nothing technical, but there was some stiff 4th class scrambling. I parked…

Dang….another “Attempt” Running out of time, we were unable to tag this summit. There will be another time…definitely going back for this one. What a beautiful place! This mountain turned out to be much more serious than I thought. Must…

I don’t normally post pics of an “Attempt”, but this place is really scenic, so here’s a few pics. Our fist view of Big Horn…(left) Entering Cispus Basin… Evening shot of Goat Rocks from camp… We got to this point,…