Category: adventure
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Lessons From an Epic Adventure
I had an epic adventure this weekend. I do not mean the kind of “adventure” where you go on a pretty hike snaps some cute photos and post it on instagram with the hashtags #adventure. I mean a nitty gritty – there is a small chance we may not make it out of this with…
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Patagonia: Kayaking the Rio Serrano
I’m finally getting back in the swing of things since getting back from our trip to Patagonia. I plan on writing about all the amazing things we did and saw on our trip and I decided the best way to start would be with what I think was the highlight of our trip: kayaking the…
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Hiking : Middle Palisade
Elevation- 14,019 Distance- 12 miles round trip ( An estimate – the last part of the hike is off trail) Oh Eastern Sierra, how I love thee. The only part I do not love is having to wait till 8am at the Ranger Station surrounded by pushy Mt. Whitney hikers just so I can get…
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Womans Climbing Day: Joshua Tree National Park
My friend Valarie Anderson recently had the wonderful idea of an all woman climbing trip. We loaded up the cars and headed out to Joshua Tree National Park. It was such a pleasure to spend the day climbing with a group of strong kick ass women. Here are a few photos from the day. If you…
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Death Valley National Park: Eureka Dunes and The Racetrack
Death Valley National Park is the largest park in the lower 48. At 3.4 million acres the park has a lot of ground to cover. This was our second trip to the park and we stuck mostly to the north end. We took the 395 north to Big Pine then took a right on 168…
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To a New Year: Part Two
The second half of my new year’s weekend was spent climbing in New Jack City. I am not typically one for sport climbing, I prefer the security of cracks over tiny little face holds which I put no trust in. I will gladly make an exception for New Jack City however. The dark rocks, the…
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Photo Essay: A very merry Joshua Tree birthday
Just a few shots from my friend Chelsea’s birthday weekend at Joshua Tree. We had so much fun climbing I barely took any pictures. I think these few sum up the weekend pretty well.
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Joshua Tree is Magic
As luck would have it I had the good fortune to spend the last two weekends in Joshua Tree National Park. J-Tree is my home away from home. When the days begin to grow cooler is when I begin to feel the draw of the high desert. I go to climb, to feel the sun…
Bit of Betsy 