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(Barely) Equal to the Challenge of Castle Peak

Reading about or listening to people discribing their attempt to summit Castle Peak reveals some common themes; “difficult”, “demanding”, “confusing”, “frustrating”, “painful”, “never ending” and “silly of me to attempt.” I, along with my son Kyle, decided to establish if any or all of these statements about the 15.5 mile (6,628 of vertical) trip […]

To the Top of Thomspon Peak

On an extraordinary fall day, I had the fortune to attempt to summit Thompson Peak (10,751) – the highest in the Sawtooth range of Idaho.  As I always say, better to be lucky than good.  An on this day I was one lucky son-of-a-gun.

Accompanying me would be my son Kyle.  A goal for […]

Color’s Hitting Their Prime

Are the fall colors in your area starting to reach their peak? Yeah I know… you really have not had a chance to get outside and enjoy because you are buried at work (or some other similar reason).  Well, the colors are about to go away soon and all you are going to have […]