Adventures

backpacking, camping, caving, high pointing, hiking, hot springs, mountaineering, skiing and more!

Personal Geographic Extremes List

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Ka Lae (South Point) Hawaii 18.910670, -155.680732

This is my ongoing list of Geographic “Extremes” from my life. Here’s a map of all of them (click on the map to go to Google Maps) North – 66.56 degrees South: 18.91 degrees East: -16.85 degrees West: -158.28 degrees High: 14,460 feet ASL Deep: – 1586 feet below the entrance

Celebrating 50 years

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Born in 1972, I celebrated my 50th birthday in 2022. 50 years is a major milestone for anything! As the year progressed, I discovered a lot of things that also turned 50 this year. 1972 was a damn good year! Scapegoat Wilderness Scapegoat Wilderness. My favorite place to go caving became the first grass-roots designated … Read more

Stampin’ and Campin’

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September 2022 Katt and I flew to Lynden (38W) and Point Roberts (IRL) to collect some Fly Washington Passport Stamps and go camping! Point Roberts has a nice grass strip and is an enclave of the US, as it is on the northern side of the Salish Sea and either requires a boat or plane to get to without crossing into Canada, where it is accessible by automobile. There’s a nice campground at the southern end of the field as well as a couple of restaurants within a ~15 minute walk of the airport!

List of Seattle-area Ski Areas

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Thiokol snow cat at Badger Mountain Ski Area

Time and Distance Chart to ski areas in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Canada from Lake City, Seattle 98125. Time (hh:mm)from Seattle Distance (miles) from Seattle Ski Area Name State/Prov. 1:09 61 Summit at Snoqulamie / Alpental WA 1:30 71 Stevens Pass WA 1:58 118 Blewett Pass / Tronsen Meadows WA 1:59 91 Crystal Mountain … Read more

Skiing Mt St Helens – 2012

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***Disclaimer***: A waayyyy too long video with no real substance – clearly I was having way too much fun with Apple’s iMovie here as well as Garage Band…. sorry if you came here for quality content or information; you’re not gonna get it! I’m happy about the screenshot of me skiing a steep line but this vid does not stand the test of time.

Katt, a friend and his dog and I haul a sled full of food and beer to the base of St. Helens, and debut our GoPro Hero cams – the mountain is completely bare and the skiing sucks ass and so do we!

Skiing Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon

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***Disclaimer***: A waayyyy too long video with no real substance – clearly I was having way too much fun with Apple’s iMovie here as well as Garage Band…. sorry if you came here for quality content or information; you’re not gonna get it!

Danielle, Katt and I ski at Mt. Hood Meadows during Spring Break – Danielle was visiting from Minnesota and rented a pair of sweet telemark skis!!