Jim and I had been planning to climb Spider Mountain last weekend. But when the weather turned bad, we headed east. Sherpa Peak has been on my list every since I climbed Mount Stuart and here we had 3-days. Just what we wanted. Jim had already climbed Sherpa but it was 38 years ago so…
When Jim and I decided to attempt the Picket Traverse, we immediately thought of Kevin, George, and Fay. Three people crazy enough to think this sounded like fun. We could not have put together a better team to deal with the physical and emotional demands of a trip of this nature. Some how everyone kept…
Complete Photo Gallery for Picket Traverse Posting Day 1-4 Ross Lake to Picket Pass Day 5-9 Picket Pass to Sourdough Trailhead
Jim and I were able to squeak in one more summit before the weather turned bad last week. We were joined by Lisa and Kevin Loper and their friend, Doug. We all agreed our best chance of staying out of the bad weather was to go east and climb Reynolds Peak. The most common route…
Last weekend, Jim and I headed out on a trip up North Gardner. I missed North Gardner last year when I got sick and had to head home. Jim was eager to repeat North Gardner since he climbed it over 10 years ago in a frigid, gale force wind which even left him too cold…
Last weekend, we kicked off the climbing season with a 4-day trip into the Pasayten Wilderness near Winthrop. Jim and I were joined by Kevin and Lisa Loper, Kevin K, Tony, and two new comers in Steven and Colin, friends of Kevin K from Bremerton. The eight of us were set to climb Robinson Mountain…
For Mother’s Day, Jim and I headed down to California to see Derek. Since we had a few extra days, I planned a 2 day hiking trip in Yosemite. Jim had never been to Yosemite. I was there just once on a one-day world-wind tour. I knew exactly where I wanted to take Jim. Up…
After injuring my back in early January and spending most of the winter rehabilitating it, Jim and I felt a good first trip would be the Lakeshore Trail on Lake Chelan. We joined Kevin and Maria’s annual trip starting at Field’s Point where we would catch The Lady of The Lake. The boat dropped us…
I had an opportunity to tag along with Nancy and Bob on a trip to Washington, DC. With some advanced planning, I was able to get us passes to tour the White House, Pentagon, and Capital Building. Once we were in DC, we discovered Senator Patty Murray holds a Thursday morning coffee session with constituents.…
Last weekend was our annual mountain biking trip to Mazama, Washington. The forecast for the weekend did call for a little snow and rain on Saturday but Friday looked good. We loaded up the bikes, packed up some food and wine, and hit the road around 1pm. Mazama is about a 4-½ hour drive going…
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