Hour 62: I’ve been running, walking, stumbling for the past 62 hours and it has been 19 since my last nap – 2 hours of blessed downtime wrapped up in dirty […]
Mount Hood Mashup: Climbing and slogging around the beast. 32:56
Matching jackets and head lamps with Matt Palilla Half way down after a successful summit. I lived in Oregon from 1998-2004 while going to grad school and working on my […]
Making tracks – The Great Himalaya Trail
I am way overdue for a post about the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT), the so called ‘holy grail of trails’ or the ‘trail to rule them all’. And yep, it was […]
Heading Out – The Great Himalayan Traverse
I run down the street and catch my reflection in the window of the Seattle coffee shop, momentarily startled thinking it is another runner on my heals. Hipsters inside are […]
Dog days in Thailand and getting grimy in Nepal.
Being a dork at Cascade Crest 100m With David Hughes. I hope this finds everyone well, enjoying the holidays and looking forward to another great year. I’m having fun planning […]
Manaslu Mountain Trail Race Report 2013: Literally Bonking
Warning, this post has blood and a weird mixture of bragging and self-deprecating tendencies. So you might just want to switch to the online photo album instead where it is […]
Prepping for Manaslu Mtn Race and Trekking to Everest Base Camp
Now that is a mountain. Pic courtesy manaslutrailrace.org It is funny you know, how quickly time passes and how memories begin to fade away. But next week should bring new ones. […]
Real time Satelite Tracking with the Delorme SE 2-way communicator
Real-time tracking devices have a lot of features for integration into blog pages and social media platforms. However what works in theory, may not always work in practice. Here I […]
Mt. Hood Circumnavigation
Directions: Take one huge mountain, add ~42 miles of trail, season with ~10,500 feet of gain, add icy river crossings, and bake gently for ~12 really fun hours. Share good […]
Too much running: Cascade Crest 100m, Zion, Grand Canyon R2R2R
I’m not sure where to start, or how to weave a coherent story about running 100 miles through the day and night in the Cascades of Washington State, or spending […]