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2024-05-12 No Aurora Borealis

With all the chatter of the aurora borealis Carly and I tried to catch it on Sunday night by driving a bit west of Salt Lake to get out of the city, though we were too late. The best nights were Friday and Saturday apparently. We didn’t see any, but I still got a couple […]

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Nature & Hiking

2024-04-26 Lone Pine

After Joshua Tree I headed north towards Lone Pine. These would be my bridge locations before meeting Andreas on Saturday the 27th for more riding. Carly and I were in Lone Pine, CA a few years ago when we did our Sierras road trip. Lone Pine is the gateway for accessing Mt. Whiney. Seeing Whitney […]

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Nature & Hiking

2024-04-24 & 25 Joshua Tree

Leaving San Diego I headed east to Joshua Tree. I’d climbed in J-Tree many years ago, in 2011 to be exact. This time I wouldn’t get as much climbing in, but being solo and only there two days, that is to be expected. My objectives were to do some of the OHV roads in the […]

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Climbing Nature & Hiking Trail Running

2024-03-29 and 30 Owl Rock and Trail Running

For Easter weekend Carly and I needed to get out of town for some nights away. The weather in Salt Lake has been rainy for the last few weekends. Despite not a stellar forecast for Moab we headed there for a little climbing, trail running, and skiing.

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Climbing Nature & Hiking

2023-12 Arizona Trip

December 23-30, 2023 Winter in the Rocky Mountain West has been lackluster this year, not just in comparison to our record breaking year in 2022-23, but in general. Depending on the SNOTEL station, we are sitting around 75% of median, not terrible, but we also haven’t gotten appreciable snow in about three weeks. Not the […]