One of the Usual Suspects
The Nu’alolo Trail on Kauai’s Na Pali Coast is a high demand high reward eight mile round trip hike. From a categorization standpoint, the hike can move from being demanding or challenging to one of high risk for injury or worse based on: Weather conditions (current and recent past). Fitness and health of the hiker. Read More…
2020 Is proving to be a tough year for climbing in Idaho. The advent of COVID-19 virus pandemic shut down all kinds of travel and trips for people. Then on March 31st a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rattled. The Icon The Arrowhead met its demise and The Finger of Fate lost its tip. On August 7th Read More…
It is about 4:08PM (Mountain Daylight Time) on the First Day of Fall. I look down to my truck from just below Peak 10,817 in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho. The descent remaining is about 532 vertical feet with the pitch (as measured on the CalTopo relief map) being between 35-45 Read More…