And so I started my quest for the 50 State Highpoints: Boundary Peak, highest in Nevada. I count this as my second, since when I was younger my family and I climbed Borah in Idaho, but it feels like my first. In fact, I may have to climb Borah again so it feels more legit. [...]
I realized I was trying to pack too much in to my trip long ago, but it became very apparent in Oregon. I wanted to hike the Three Sisters, visit Crater Lake, Mount Shasta, San Francisco, the Napa Valley, Yosemite… the list goes on. And there was no way I could do it all before [...]
After Hood River I checked out Mount Hood and did some mountain biking at the Mount Hood Ski Bowl resort across from the mountain itself. Despite the fact that there was a fire burning on Hood, the side I was looking at was still very visible and awesome. It looks like a fun one to [...]
As long as I was in the Cascades, I DID want to climb a volcano. Rainier, Hood, Shasta… all of them are difficult and I was sketched to try them alone. But while I was in Issaquah with Chris he told me about Mount Adams. It’s an impressive volcano in the classic prominent style of [...]
