Hi everyone! A few weeks back, Skyler did a short post about hiking around Moab (here). The pictures and stories were just so great that I decided to come out of hiding and drive out to that area with Skyler over a long weekend. We decided last-minute to do our hiking in Canyonlands National Park, […]
Read more "Druid, Where’s My Car?"Seasons greetings from the Overcast Adventurers! With the new year just around the corner, and the sizable intermission since our last post, Skyler and I thought it might be nice to get one more 2016 blog in. Our hike was one that is iconic to Colorado: the Emerald Lake trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. […]
Read more "For Emerald Lang Syne"Missouri Mountain, Iowa Peak, and Emerald Peak Grand Slam ~15.5 miles round-trip; 6,300′ elevation gain. The turn to Chaffe County Road 390 and its subsequent vexatious washboard ruts felt all too familiar. Five months ago, I had kicked off the 14er season with ascents of Mt. Belford and Mt. Oxford—two of the three 14ers […]
Read more "Sawatch Me Do Three"The Crestone Needle and Crestone Peak Standard Routes: The South Face of both. To begin, I’ll say despite a myriad of successful summits before this weekend, I’m not a particularly experienced climber. Sure, I’ve done Wetterhorn and the Sawtooth Ridge, but my experience on class three and four climbs is reasonably limited. How’d this all […]
Read more "Trip Report: Sangre De Crestones"This post will detail two separate trips. Part one covers climbing Sunshine Peak and Redcloud Peak. Part two is about the climb of Handies Peak. Without further ado… Part One September 6, 2015 Sunday morning arrived with only darkness and wanderlust to greet weary eyes. The 3 AM wake-up in Gunnison and the subsequent drive […]
Read more "Trip Report: Sunshine on a Cloudy Day"
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