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Climbing

2022-02-12 and 13 Red Rocks Catwalk

Carly and I had plans to ice climb with friends in Ouray for this weekend, unfortunately plans fell apart just days before we planned to leave. Eric ended up getting a mild case of COVID so we ended up bailing on Ouray in favor of Red Rocks. We haven’t been to RR in quite a […]

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Climbing

2022-02-05 thru 6 Maple Canyon and Santaquin

I got out on some ice over the weekend in two typical locations for Utah ice, however on rarer routes. Saturday I was in Maple Canyon with Case and scratching around on some steep ice. While some interesting routes are in they have been getting anemic over the last couple of weeks. Utah has been […]

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Nature & Hiking Photography

2021-10-23 thru 24 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

I had the good fortune over the weekend to get a visit from an old friend from Connecticut. Our plan was to visit Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This area has been in the news for at least the last 4 years or more depending on your level of awareness into land conservation issues. Most recently […]

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Climbing

2021-10-07 Black Canyon

October 7, 2021 I had the good luck to climb mid-week, just splitting two storms, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison with my friend Micah. I headed down there Wednesday evening and we got on Midsummer’s Night Dream (5.11a)–Sex Comedy (5.10) and then Maiden Voyage (5.9)–King Me (5.10-). We ended up with 12 pitches […]

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Motorcycling

2021-10-01 Bountiful and Francis Peaks

October 1, 2021 Got out for a bit of a ride with Branden to get some dirt miles in on the new bike and to check out the leaves. This year has been great for the foliage, more color than I can recall since I’ve been in Utah. Not quite as good as the east […]