The day was young and I was less than a mile into my hike… but something was amiss. I had embarked on a hike in the Eagles Nest Wilderness and thought a perfect morning had been assured. The uphill was gentle but each step forward became more painful than the last. In the tunnel vision […]
Read more "Gore Hard or Gore Home"A little over a year ago, in May of 2023, I embarked on an unsuccessful bid for the summit of Bison Peak in Lost Creek Wilderness. I had approached the peak from the south via the Ute Creek Trail, but the ascent was cut short by deep snow drifts somewhere above 10,000′. This year I […]
Read more "Bye, Son"This entry will be brief: consider it a warm-up for my next post! It has been about six months since my last solo blog and I am back to being a bit rusty with the writing… but please come along as I try my best to regale you with an account of a small start-of-season […]
Read more "A Tip of the Platte"“An easy hike.” “A few hours max.” That was the plan, but at least one of us is pretty bad at making plans. The idea for the day was to reach a small summit in Pike National Forest: Raleigh Peak. This was to be achieved by following part of the Colorado Trail to a segment […]
Read more "Scorched Earth Saunter"My calling to court did not arrive as a pink letter in the mail. Typically, jury duty might annoy me, but not this time. My summoning to the court occurred when I first laid eyes on the massive stone edifice, Courthouse Mountain—the most prominent peak in the Cimarron Range of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. I […]
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The Overcast Adventurers 