Greetings from Escalante – just a quick note to ping the blog from our camp in Stevens Gulch. We’re on a trip with the Utah State Outdoor Recreation Center. A group of four of us started at Hole in the Rock Road where Coyote Gulch begins. We followed a circuitous route through a variety of […]
I’m researching shoes. Not just any shoes, but shoes for long distance trekking, with a caveat. Not thru-hiking. Not trail hiking. Not ultrarunning. Shoes for a 600 mile trek through the Arctic. Unsupported. With no resupply opportunities. No bailouts. No trails, roads, paths. River crossings where you swim rapids in freezing water, not wade. Tundra […]
No, I haven’t been in Scotland. But it felt like it. Carol Crooker, Aubrin Heinrichs, and I just spent three days in the Specimen Creek drainage in Yellowstone National Park. We spent last night at Sedge Lake. When we left, the weather was forecast for lows near 10 degrees – perfect winter conditions. Instead, we […]
Reading Alan Dixon’s Suunto X9i GPS watch review at Backpacking Light gives me cause to reflect on how far consumer electronics have advanced in recent years. What really strikes me is the extent to which small consumer electronic devices are multi-functional. My cellular phone not only lets me call people, but allows me to communicate […]
Tonight’s sunset in the Bridgers, Tobacco Root range on the horizon, Gallatin Valley and Bozeman blanketed in snow below. (Click image to enlarge)