Category Archives: great outdoors

weekend adventure trip report

Pim and I have been together for over six months now, and we decided to get out and do something special this weekend. No, not going out for a nice dinner… heading out and summiting a bunch of mountains! Pim is your typical Utah hiking nerd in that he wants to summit the highest peak...

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a birthday with the goblins

Pim turned 30 last weekend, and big suprise, we celebrated outdoors. We rendezvoused under the full moon with Goblins, friends, and dogs. Plans to summit nearby Mount Ellen were thwarted by a flat tire way, way, way up in the mountains, but we managed to explore Goblin Valley and squeeze in a hike through Little...

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spontaneous win!

I wanted to get out backpacking this weekend and decided on a very remote hike out at the Grand Canyon. Called the rangers… roads were good, dogs were kosher… but all of a sudden, I changed my mind. Let’s go to the Escalante River! And off we went in the opposite direction… And what a...

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salty

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peakbagging pups

Pim and I hiked Mount Olympus on Friday. I am still sore. It is by far the steepest mountain I have ever hiked… 4,200 feet of elevation gain in just over three miles. The hike up was pretty good though… it was the three miles back down that were much more brutal. My toes and...

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the land of awesome, starring Pim

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a walk in the clouds

I’ve been traveling the country the past couple weeks, and got back to Utah in the middle of the night last week. I went to sleep, woke up the next morning, and climbed a mountain. That’s how we do it. It’s good to be back. First mountain of 2010: Grandeur Peak

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macaroni and wine

I only title this that because that is what we ate for dinner Friday night when Jim and I camped out in the Monument off Road 400, also known as Cottonwood Canyon Road. I’ve known forever that this town is surrounded by never-ending adventure, but I am always thrilled and amazed when I discover incredible...

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Snake Gulch

First backpack of the season this weekend! Woohoo!

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the return of Jimmy Utah

Some photos from our four-day weekend…

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