Back in March, when snow still blanketed the ground in the mountains, I set out into the Wild Basin of Rocky Mountain National Park in an effort to find the sub-alpine Bluebird Lake. I trudged over five miles through the snowy landscape on a bleak, overcast day. After surpassing 10,000 feet in elevation, I began […]
Read more "Bluebird is the Word"It was at the end of last year that the Overcast Adventurers and company donned their heaviest winter coats and set off to Rocky Mountain National Park to snowshoe up to a couple of frozen alpine and subalpine lakes. Back then, the crowds were thin, the air was brisk, and the landscape was an icebox […]
Read more "Through the Looking Glass"Maybe the depiction on my atlas was deceiving, or maybe we were just victims of my own foolishness, but I definitely thought that Gardner, Colorado—a town with multiple churches and an herb shop—would have a gas station. With a flickering gaslight, we, the Overcast Adventurers and Ty’s friend Seth, opted to purchase five gallons of […]
Read more "Orphans and Endorphins"As one of the leaders of Mountaineer Media—my university’s media production company—I had the opportunity this last weekend to attend the Moab Film Festival. My last excursion to the friendly desert community in eastern Utah was a half-decade ago. Back then, I was a fledgling photographer with bad practices and an over-inflated ego. Outside of being able […]
Read more "Absolutely Moab-ulous"East Slopes. 14.5 miles RT. 4,500′ gain. 6 hours. 20 minutes. High above the iconic Colorado mountain town of Leadville stands Mt. Massive—an aptly named wall of a mountain and several of its constituent sub-summits. It is the third highest peak in the contiguous United States, which is certainly not hard to believe when […]
Read more "Massive Aggressive"Every day was (and still is) the same routine: wake up, go to work, go home, check condition reports, and go to bed with slight summit fever. Fortunately, my wonderful manager has been scheduling my weekends on weekdays. I had requested this for more solitary 14er hiking and climbing. My “Friday” was a Monday and after […]
Read more "Trip Report: Bagels and BelOx"With snow still nested upon the areas in Colorado above timberline, I desperately searched for adventure in lower areas. Though Tyler, now working a sweet gig for Chatfield State Park, could not join, adventure was still to be had. Luckily, my friend Anica from high school decided to join me on a hike from the […]
Read more "Give ’em the Shaft"“Every adventure is worthwhile.” –Amelia Earhart Good day friends and fellow adventurers! Skyler here. This blog post will detail my travels and experiences in Ecuador. This was my first time in South America, and what a trip it was! It started a bit hectic; my family booked us to go over my Thanksgiving Break […]
Read more "Ecuadork"In a previous post, Order of the White Lottis, an account was made of trying to reach Henry Lake in the Fossil Ridge Wilderness. That attempt didn’t work out, and so we decided to give the South Lottis trail another go this last Saturday (October 24th). We departed Gunnison around noon and made the drive […]
Read more "Oh Henry, Where Art Thou?"Like many great days, this one started with… classes? Yes, this adventure actually happened on a Thursday, so Skyler and I were hard at work until the afternoon. Upon fleeing geology lab, Skyler suggested that we actually go and do something, rather than a spend another evening working on projects. I couldn’t agree more, and […]
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