Tag: adventure
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Hiking : Boundary Peak
At 13,146 feet Boundary is the highest peak in Nevada. It is located in the white mountain range east of Benton California and west of nothing at all Nevada. We took Queen Mountain Road off highway 6 just east of the California/ Nevada border. Interestingly enough the vacant building across from the turn used to…
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Write and Hike
Or hike and hike with no write. Trying to find a balance has been rough. I set forth a goal for myself to hike 30 peaks for my 30 years of life. I am running bit behind. I have until February and at the rate Im going now I have to average three peaks a…
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The Plight of The Modern Outdoor Woman on Instagram: You’re damned if you do and your damned if you don’t.
It should be clear to anyone who does not live under a rock that there are some serious and contentious conversations about gender going on in our country right now. We have the first ever female running for president, we have wage inequality; we have amazing companies like Goldiblox getting young girls into science at…
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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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Does This Hike Make Me Look Fat?
After spending the long holiday weekend in Death Valley I wanted to write about all the hikes we went on, the things we saw, the dunes, and the canyons, the sunsets, and the rawness of the largest national park in the lower 48. Eventually I will get to filling you in but something happened while…
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Hiking : Baden Powell
The lowdown: 9,399 feet, 8.25 Miles round trip, 2,834 feet of elevation gain. Mt. Baden Powell is known as a training ground for Sierra peaks and ultra trail runners. It is easy to see why – the relatively steep trails gets you up in elevation fast, almost 3000 feet of elevation gain in 4 miles.…
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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 