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Climbing Nature & Hiking

2022-11 Thanksgiving

The long Thanksgiving weekend put us in St. George with friends to do some bouldering and trail running. We did get a bit of roped climbing in as well, but only a few pitches due to being overcast and chilly that day. But the bouldering and trail run were great. We opted into a hotel […]

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Climbing Nature & Hiking

2022-09-21 thru 25 Tensleep

After the big events in middle-late September we got all the family and friends out of town and finally had a little time to relax for the first time in many weeks. We opted for a late season trip to Tensleep. This turned out to be a great decision as the weather was mostly cooperative […]

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Climbing Nature & Hiking

2022-08-14 thru 17 Forbidden Peak

August 14 thru 17, 2022 Carly and I took a Pacific North West vacation this year. We’d planned to do it in 2021, but we opted out due to wildfire smoke at the time. We ended up in the Sierras and that trip was great. This time around we had all the pieces in place […]

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2022-04 Alaska Trip

April 6–14, 2022 For a number of years I’ve been hoping to get back to Alaska. A few obstacles have prevented me, lack of partners, lack of motivation, pandemic, etc. Finally, this year all the pieces fell into place for a return trip. It was for a shorter trip this time around, effectively a “smash […]

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2022-02-14 Hidden Haven

To cap our four day weekend off we stopped in Parowan to do an ice climb I’ve wanted to check out for a while. Parowan is on the road to Brian Head Ski Resort in southern Utah. The area is mainly arid and desert-ish, particularly in the summer time. However there’s an interesting slot canyon […]