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Tell that to a terrified, alone, hardly dressed 25 year old girl from NYC - she may as well have been stranded on Mt Everest. I'm curious and very serious with this question - do you have a daughter? Perhaps to people like you and me, her situation really isn't that extreme, but I do have a...

that's fair - maybe it's just not my thing. I've been to far more places that are much more extraordinary to me. But really? That stood out more than anything else I wrote? O.o

It's been a long time since I've visited here much less posted anything. My reasons are two-fold, we've been doing a lot of van trips recently and not real "back country" stuff, but mostly cause I just haven't felt like writing because I'm lazy. We had an experience last weekend in Death Valley...

Here are some fun facts for reaching 300 times to the top of the fire trail in 2018: - 570,000 vertical feet climbed (that's the equivalent of climbing Mt Everest from sea level 19.6 times) - 840 miles walked - 4 days with 2 climbs in a day Some large consecutive days streaks: - Jan 1 - Feb 5...

Bam!

Beautiful evening last night and this one put me into single digits to finish my goal for the year. It's definitely gonna happen :)

I hope for your sake that you find someplace that's worth returning :)

I go up from the east side on a very sparsely traveled old fire break road. It's sparsely traveled because it isn't super well known and because it's VERY rigorous. It starts at the water tank in Nordic Valley and goes pretty much straight up to the top where it connects with the South Skyline...

I cross paths with this Cow and Calf pretty frequently but I've never seen them this high up. They were almost in the spot where I take my pic at the very top (you can see Mt. Ogden in the background). I thought about trying to rustle them over to get them in the frame for the daily pic, then...

I'm a software engineer / architect. Maybe that explains it? :) ...at this point neither can I and it's driving my wife absolutely crazy. It has become almost as bad as a drug though. I literally crave it in the mornings after I have my cup of coffee. I guess all things considered, it's...

This one doesn't have the same wow factor that the sun-rise a few weeks ago did, but the light was gorgeous this morning up there. As always, the picture never does it justice.

Awesome Jackson. Smart decision to turn around and cut it short. Ya never know what mother nature is going to bring on any given day out in the wild and especially on a day right on the heels of a snow-storm night. Tremendous pictures...

I have 913 total that span all the way back to 2012. there are about 20-25 missing from my google photos album because they are quite old and taken with a very old phone when I first started the project. When I first started doing the trail, I wasn't hitting it nearly has hard as I have the...

Every once in a while I take one that really pops. This morning's sun-rise falls into that category. ...and yes. It's deer season here which is why Steve is sporting blaze orange.

Thanks everyone. It has been a fun project and has certainly motivated me on those days when I get halfway up and am just not feeling it, to keep pounding cause I gotta get my pic :) @gnwatts I will be sure to post the time lapse video here when I get it done.

tremendous pics! what an awesome trip!

I hike the same trail every single day (when I'm in town). It's a pretty rigorous climb but I do it to stay in shape...it's a MAJOR calorie burn. I've taken a picture from the same spot at the top of the same mountain (Mt. Ogden from the north) every day that I've gone and I've accumulated a...

As for going to Island Lake and Titcomb, you won't be sorry. There's a good reason it's so popular. It's not something I need to do every trip certainly, but it really is something to behold... you'll be very glad you did after you go. FWIW, we ran into a guy who had come from Peak lake over...

Hey there! Yes I remember you. We had to ford it at both crossings but it was a piece of cake this year compared to last year when it was truly impossible. Here's a pic: and here's a link to a short video of Jeff and Mary crossing. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kncffNnQTqEmY4Sv7 Let me know if...

I did this same route last year (minus the day trip to Titcomb) in reverse on the July 4th weekend and had a COMPLETELY different experience then than I had this past weekend. The trip report for that expedition is here...