Blog High Points US States Milestones Trips Other High Points Outdoor Pursuits Backpacking Courses Hiking Mountains Plans Trail Maintenance	"You either have a great trip or a great story."         -Tim Tilton, 2003   Apr 2008   Dark Canyon, Utah : Three day weekend backpacking trip into Dark Canyon. Trip Report and Photo Gallery   Jul 2007   Alpine Mountaineering course: 12 day course with the American Alpine Institute on alpine mountaineering and technical leadership in the North Cascades of Washington state. The goal of the course was to prepare participants to lead climbs on their own. We covered rock climbing and rescue skills, glacier travel and ice climbing. The final part of the course challenged us to put those skills to use in the mountains.   Jun 2007   14'er bagging in Colorado: Helen and I meet up to climb 7 14,000+ foot mountains over 8 days, mainly in the Sangre de Cristo range of southern Colorado.   Apr 2007   Mount Rogers and Moore's Wall: Backpacking around Mount Rogers, VA and hiking and rock climbing at Hanging Rock State Park, NC.   Feb 2007   Southwest Rock and Ice: Two days ice climbing in Durango, CO and a day rock climbing in Diablo Canyon near Albuquerque, NM.   Oct 2006   Seneca Rocks: A week rock climbing at Seneca Rocks in West Virigina, near the height of the fall color season.   Sep/Oct 2006   Nevada/California: Day hikes up Mummy Mountain and the Bristlecone Trail outside of Las Vegas followed by ascents of San Antonio and San Gorgonio in California.   Jul/Aug 2006   Montana/Utah: A four-day climb of Granite Peak, my 47th state highpoint. Followed by 3 days backpacking on the Lake Plateau. Back in Utah I did day hikes up Mt Timpanogos and Mt Olympus then Deseret Peak.   Jul 2006   Washington: A four-day Alpine Ice course on Mount Baker followed by day hikes up Church, Hannegan, Tomyhoi and Excelsior Peaks.   Jun 2006   Washington: A 3-day backpacking trip on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, followed by a 4-day climb of Mount Rainier.   Apr 2006   OneDayHike 100k: A 100k (62.14 mile) walk on the C&O canal towpath from Washington DC to Harper's Ferry.   Nov 2005   KY Arches Ultra : I served as sweep for this beautiful 33 mile ultra-marathon.   Aug 2005   Gannett Peak: 8 day trip to climb the most remote highpoint of the 48 states, Wyoming's Gannett Peak, in the beautiful Wind River range.   Jul 2005   Desert Peaks: Three peaks in three days. First I climbed Nevada's highest point. Next I hit Telescope Peak, the highest in Death Valley National Park. Finally, I climbed Mummy Mountain, a major landmark outside Las Vegas.   May 2005   Scotland's Great Glen Way: A five day walk from the Atlantic Ocean (Fort William) to the North Sea (Inverness) along Scotland's Great Glen Way with my brother Grant.   Apr 2005   Knobstone Trail Ultra: A 50 mile ultra marathon on Indiana's Knobstone Trail with ~9,700 feet of ascent.   Jan/Feb 2005   Ecuador's Volcanoes: A 16 day guided trip to climb the 3 highest mountains in Ecuador. Cayambe at 18,996ft is the highest mountain on the equator, Cotopaxi (19,347 feet) has the highest active fumerole, and Chimborazo (20,702 feet) is the farthest from the center of the earth.   Dec 2004   Railay, Thailand: I met up with my friend Nabeel in Bangkok, then we traveled to Railay to enjoy rock climbing on the limestone cliffs rising off the beaches. Unfortunately, our climbing was interupted by the SE Asian tsunami and after running for higher ground, we had to evacuate Railay and head home.   Aug 2004   Isle Royale National Park: A one week backpacking traverse across the lower-48's least visited National Park with my brother Grant. We also visited Chicago's Millennium Park on the way to Isle Royale.   Jun 2004   Cordillera Blanca, Peru: A two week trekking and climbing trip to Peru's highest mountains with Cheryl. We did the popular Santa Cruz trek and then climbed Pisco (18,871ft).   Feb 2004   Mexican Volcanoes Trip: A 10 day guided trip to Mexico to climb Ixta (17,342ft), the 3rd highest peak in Mexico, and Pico de Orizaba (18,700ft), the highest peak in Mexico.