Adventures

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

US Highpoints bucketlist

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List of US State Highpoints that I have yet to complete. As of February 2025, I have completed 38. For a list of the US State Highpoints I’ve already completed, go here: US State Highpoints Number Elevation(feet) Peak State R/T distance(miles) Elevation Gain(feet) Notes Rank of these 1=hardest 1 14,505 Mt. Whitney CA 22 6148 … Read 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!

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