Category: hiking
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some clips from my Scotland trip
I posted photos from my Scotland trip, but forgot about the footage. Here are some clips I shot. Here’s the bowl in the Cuillin Hills that was amazing: Here’s a shot of the scree pile I hiked to get to the top of the Cuillin Hills bowl: A short clip of the summit and the…
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videos from Granite Peak
I just posted my trip report for Granite Peak. In addition to the report, I posted, I shot a few videos. First up, here I am rappelling from the top of Granite Peak: Now Tom’s turn: Now the mountain goats’ turn… Okay, they weren’t rappelling. But they did climb right up one of the chimneys…
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MT-Granite Peak
Summit Date August 19th, 2012; around 4:00 pm Summit Party Ryan Cragun and Tom Triplett Trip Report Granite Peak isn’t the tallest highpoint (McKinley in Alaska is; Granite is number 10) nor the most remote (Gannett Peak in Wyoming is more remote), but many people have claimed that it is the most difficult highpoint to…
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visit to California – light house and artichokes
On the 13th we drove into San Francisco, crossed the Golden Gate, and stopped for lunch in Sausalito. We then went for a nice walk to the Point Bonita lighthouse. Toren carried his cousin’s Woody doll (from Toy Story) on his shoulders the whole way (I carried Toren most of the way, in effect carrying…
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hiking from Monte Verde to the Highlands
I spent the previous evening playing video games with my brother Josh, some of his friends, and some nephews. Josh’s wife, Jessica, stuffed us with delicious food. I needed another hike just to work dinner off, so I put Toren in the pack again and headed out, hoping to find a route from Monte Verde…
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walk by the Weber River
Feeling like I had eaten too much the previous day, we decided to go for a walk with my mom by the Weber River. There is a very nice, paved trail that starts in Riverdale and runs along the Weber River. We followed it to its end (and past the end a bit) headed south,…
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hike to Beaver Ponds
Toren has a new favorite animated kids show on PBS – Wild Kratts. It’s about two brothers who have adventures with different animals. In one episode they explore what beavers do. When we planned our trip to Utah and were going to be staying with my parents for a few days, I remembered that there…
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Scotland Adventure – Day 3 – Cuillin Hills
My colleague who recommended that I go hiking in Scotland recommended that I go to the Cuillin Hills. These “hills” are widely regarded as the most rugged terrain in all of Scotland and are located on the Isle of Skye. Considering that they are only about 3,000 feet in elevation, I didn’t believe they could…
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United Kingdom – Ben Nevis
After the prior day’s travails, I slept in pretty late for me – 9:00 am. I was debating whether or not I should hike Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK, given the poor condition of my heels, but this was the primary mountain I came to climb. Physically, I wasn’t sore from the…
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Scotland Adventure – Day 1 – the Pap of Glencoe
I spent July 3rd through the 6th in London at an academic conference. With my airfare covered by my university, and having made two prior trips to England for conferences, I thought it might be fun to extend this trip by a few days to see more of the United Kingdom. I asked Debi if…