There is just something about walking a trail and gazing up at a glacier that gives you pause. Not only because glaciers seem to be on the endangered species list but they seem to embody the history of the mountain. This was a hike I did in 2015 and I will be returning to this trail…
This last week I had my first lecture with the Everett Mountaineers for their Alpine Scrambling Course. It was a full house with about 35 students and 8 leaders but I am glad I am taking it here and not in Seattle. I hear they have up to 200 students! Going around the room it…
Jump to the recipe… What kind of “change” person are you? Do you seek out change? Do you avoid it as much as possible? Are you the kind of person who likes stability but secretly longs for change to happen? Can you roll with change or resist it? If you do a Google search for…
Some of you may remember I posted last year about how I use plastic freezer bags for my dehydrated meals and wash them after to reuse. I can usually get several reuses out of each bag, and then it will be relegated to another use like storing toilet paper and such in my pack. This…
Not a lot of words needed for this trail story. My son agreed to go snowshoeing with me. We managed to find a day we could both go snowshoeing. We went snowshoeing. It didn’t rain and dump snow on us all day. We didn’t kill each other. My heart is full. The End. …
Two years ago, my friend Anne and I got a wild hair and signed up to participate in Hiker Rally Day (I think it was actually called Hiker Lobby Day then). I had NO idea what I was getting myself into, I just wanted to go down and support trails and talk with my representatives…