Below are all the trip reports from my blog in reverse chronological order. One may alternately see a more detailed view on the Trips Summary Page.
Now that my full Sequoia & Kings Canyon 2024 Video Series has been published, I wanted to follow up with a written overview of the hike, an Interactive Map, and a Gallery. The trip took 17 days where I hiked some 150+ miles. That’s a pretty slow rate for me,… Continue reading
In spring 2022 I set out on my Zion to Green River Hike. It was an amazing trek even though I didn’t really start in Zion or end in Green River (cue the “It’s about the journey” cliché!) Now that the Daily VLOG is finally finished I wanted to share a bit… Continue reading
In April 2022 I did a nine-day loop hike on and around the Paria Plateau. Now that the video series is complete, I wanted to add a written report summary for this hike as well and share some photos and map. This might be a bit more brief than my… Continue reading
In spring of 2021 I hiked nearly 500 miles from Bryce Canyon to Bears Ears*! It was a really great hike and I was happy that I accomplished most of what I set out to do including going through several “new-to-me” spots. It felt awesome to be back backpacking in Utah… Continue reading
Time yet again for another Flashback Report. (I promise some new stuff will be coming later this year! 🙂 ✌) This time we are going way back to early fall in 2004 and a short trip I did with some friends to Zion National Park. On the first day we… Continue reading
Time for another Flashback Report. This time we’re going waaaaaay back to 2004 and a trip to the Black Box Canyons. It was back in an era when I was working way too much and thus tried to pack as much fun as possible into short trips. It was also when… Continue reading
I don’t think I’m alone in saying… 2020 has been a strange year! After skipping my traditional big spring hike in Utah and being much more sedentary than usual due to the pandemic, I set out at the beginning of July for a 9-day hike in the Sierra. Thanks to… Continue reading
2020 Update: each section below is now clickable leading to its daily journal, photo gallery, and video! In spring 2018 I hiked 726.5 miles over 44 days from Zion to Arches. It was a great hike and I accomplished most of what I set out to do. Similar to the… Continue reading
I procrastinated putting together this trip report because the process actually bummed me out somewhat. It’s now been TWO years in a row that my spring trip hasn’t gone as planned. 🙁 That makes me question… Am I getting too old for this? Am I losing the passion? Am I… Continue reading
Spring 2016 definitely didn’t turn out like I imagined. After months of planning, I scrapped my “Bryce to Canyonlands” itinerary due to a lingering ankle injury as well as schedule complications. Then more logistical conflicts doomed plan B as well. After Plan C seemed less than ideal, I ended up… Continue reading
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