From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 15 – Mother’s Day Got up and had a nice breakfast at camp with my parents. It was nice to be with Mom on Mother’s Day. They showed me some of the comments from the Blog. I can’t see these as I… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Day 8 – The Climb to Hop Valley Sunday, May 3rd Cutting the back of boot yesterday seemed to help, so I repeated the step on my other boot this morning. The damage to my feet is apparent; both have big rub marks… Continue reading
From the Across Utah 2009 Trip Report Prep Day 1 — 4/24/2009 I am officially off to begin my adventure. Now just 2.5 days of driving across the state setting up my cache sites. All-in I’m looking at 12 cache containers plus my initial pack of supplies. Seems like a… Continue reading
At the end of April 2009 I set out on my most ambitious long-distance hike to date: a 725-mile, 49-day journey across the entire state of Utah. It was the culmination of many months of planning after many, many years of shorter treks in the state. At that time I… Continue reading
HD footage from my 9-day, 89-mile hike through the backcountry of the Grand Canyon. Part 1 includes Hack Canyon, Kanab Canyon, Jumpup Canyon, Fishtail Mesa Saddle, Thunder River and more. Part 2 includes Surprise Valley, Deer Creek, Colorado River, Kanab Canyon and more. Continue reading
Below is the “daily journal” account from my 10-day, 89-mile backcountry hike around Fishtail Mesa in the Grand Canyon. Prefer video? Jump to the Video Report for this hike. Prefer just pictures? Jump to the Extended Gallery for this hike. Like Maps? See the Map for this hike. 4/18/2008: I… Continue reading
HD footage from my 16-day, 176-mile hike across Canyonlands National Park and through the Abajo Mountains. Part 2 includes Salt Creek Canyon, The Abajo Mountains, , Allen Canyon, Comb Ridge and more. Continue reading
HD footage from my 16-day, 176-mile hike across Canyonlands National Park and through the Abajo Mountains. Part 1 includes Horseshoe Canyon, Moqui Canyon, North Canyon, The Maze, The Dollhouse, Spanish Bottom, The Needles and more. Continue reading
Day 12: Got out of camp late after repacking supplies and putting trash and dirty clothes in my cache. I re-hid the cache and will pick it up by Jeep after my hike. The first four miles of the day included a very rough cross-country portion with no established trail… Continue reading
Day 7: Got up and tried to pump some water from the Colorado which I had let settle overnight. It was a tough job and took 10+ minutes just to get a liter. Packed up my gear and met up with the river runners (Tex’s Riverways of Moab, a great… Continue reading
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