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True Adventure

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For me a true adventure must be an extraordinary experience that shakes my world off its axis. There has to be an element of risk that come from the potential for real danger associated with venturing into the unknown and even unknowable. There has to be challenge, both physical and… Continue reading →

Eve of chaos

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So this afternoon I accidentally soaked my pack and everything in it.Ā  Later I had problems with my cell phone and finally gave up in frustration (WHY does Apple have to make everything so complicated?Ā  Please stop asking for my !@#$%! ID every time I want to do anything!).Ā  Then… Continue reading →

The adventure begins… tomorrow!

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My hiking clothes and gear choices have changed somewhat since the last time I posted but not by a lot.Ā  I’m tired of thinking about what to bring, what to wear — I just want to DO IT! The stuff is laid out in columns, as you can sort of… Continue reading →

One week and counting!

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It’s a grey winter morning, suitably dreary given my mood.Ā  I’ve got a million details to deal with and there’s only a week left before we start our decent of the Grand Canyon.Ā  I know I’m vastly unprepared to take on this tough a hike.Ā  I know I’ve bitten off… Continue reading →

It’s never too lace

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Laura and I were aiming for making it up to the fire lookout tower on top of Escudilla Mountain this coming Friday.Ā  Weā€™re getting closer to our Grand Canyon hike and both of us have been feeling like we need a real test.Ā  The hike from Hulsey Lake up to… Continue reading →

Grand Canyon Countdown

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In just under seven weeks I’ll be leaving for Grand Canyon.Ā  Ā That means one month and seventeen days to prepare.Ā  It means forty-eight days.Ā  Not that I’m counting. Yesterday my friend Laura — who’ll be doing the Canyon with meĀ  — and I repeated a hike from the week before.Ā … Continue reading →