We just returned from a 10 day trip to the San Juans with our friends Chris and Dave, who were hiking the final segments of the Colorado Trail. We supported them by driving several 4WD roads to intermediate trail access points, then accompanying them on the hikes. Below is a slideshow of this trip, showing …
On a recent trip to the Grand Canyon we were fortunate to see a bighorn sheep grazing along the South Rim. Here are a couple of photos:
At 20,310 feet, Denali is North America’s highest peak. Back in 1992, 3 friends and I decided to attempt to climb this peak. Kevin, the organizer of the expedition, planned to attempt all of the peaks in North and South America. Denali was the first. Kevin asked me to join the expedition, train the members …
Over the past 30 years I’ve made a dozen trips to the Andes of South America. Mainly climbing the spectacular peaks of Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. In 2018 and 2019 we explored Patagonia. Those adventures are documented in previous posts. Here are some video slideshows of the climbing trips (I hope to add commentary in …
I spent some time today visiting one of my favorite local spots – the Bristlecone Pines on Windy Ridge, on the flanks of Mount Bross. Overnight snow and clearing skies made for excellent photography conditions.
Each year I post some of my favorite images from the previous year. Click on the photo to link to my slideshow from the past year. (Depending on your browser you may need to right click on the image and open in a new tab or window). For previous years galleries please click on the …
Friends and I made two trips to these destinations in the past two months. The first was for our annual MLK weekend (Cody) followed by a few days in Hyalite Canyon. Then another, longer trip in February to the same destinations. We found excellent climbing conditions both times, though on the February visit to Hyalite …
In February we headed back to Patagonia, this time with our friends Cecilia and Andrew. Cecilia is a native of Argentina and lived for many years in Bariloche, so was able to put together an excellent itinerary to allow us an in-depth exploration of the area around Bariloche. Over a four week period we were …
