Category: hiking
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Oregon trip – day 5 – Mount Pisgah
I had originally planned to make another trip out to the Willamette National Forest for some more hikes this day, but upon the advice of some of the people at the dinner party, I opted, instead, for a closer hike – Mount Pisgah. It’s a nearby mountain that offers splendid views of the surrounding area.…
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Oregon trip – day 4 – Sahalie and Koosah Falls in Willamette National Forest
One of the other hikes I found online before I came out here was a hike in the Willamette National Forest that is a loop trail for the Sahalie and Koosah Falls. I found a few other promising hikes for the Willamete National Forest, but time constraints meant I had to pick one that seemed…
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Oregon trip – day 2 – Heceta Head Lighthouse and Hobbit Beach
I was super excited to get out and do some hiking, since I don’t get to do much in Tampa and the little hiking I get to do does not include hills – seriously, not even like large piles of dirt. It must be the fact that I grew up on the side of a…
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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Toren and I went for another hike last Sunday. This time it was to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg. I couldn’t really get a good sense of what to expect from the website. Basically, there is a learning center and a nature preserve on Lake Maggiore. Once you’re in the preserve, you’d never…
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hiking with Toren
In preparation for a trip this summer, we picked up a baby backpack. I spent quite a while looking at packs online and eventually went with the Deuter Kid Comfort III. It’s expensive, but thanks to one of our credit cards we get REI credit, so we didn’t pay very much for it. And, well,…
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Pfeifferhorn
Summit Date: August 1st, around 10:30 Party: Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett While in Utah I did my annual hike with my two hiking buddies, Tom and Mark. Having hiked all the highpoints within about a day’s drive of Salt Lake City, we decided to do something local this year. Of course, it’s not…
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highpointing page update
I’m buried with the start of school, but I did finally find a few minutes to put the finishing touches on a new flash-based interactive map to detail my highpointing adventures. You can see and interact with the new map here. If you find any problems, typos, etc., let me know. If you think it’s…
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NM-Wheeler Peak
Summit Date August 2nd, 2008; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett Trip Report We chose New Mexico this year as we were unable to get a permit to hike Mt. Whitney in California. We left Salt Lake on August 1st, headed for Taos Ski Valley. We planned on camping in one…
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AZ-Humphrey’s Peak
Summit Date August 12, 2007, around 11:00 am Party Ryan Cragun and Mark Woolley Trip Report Mark and I woke up around 5:45 to get ready for the hike. Tom, well, Tom had been up all night anyway with the runs and vomiting and was semi-awake when we got up. For those who don’t know…
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ID-Borah Peak
Summit Date August 27, 2006, around 1:00 pm Party Ryan Cragun, Tom Triplett, Mark Woolley Trip Report The trip began on Saturday, the 26th. My wife, Debi, dropped me off at Mark’s in-laws’ where I was meeting up with Tom and Mark to go on our annual hike. We hung out waiting for Tom for…