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Snow Arrives
It’s time to see how the mountains look after the recent storms! Ann and Alli snowshoe while I skin. There’s a couple of feet on the ground – a good start but still a little spare for snowboarding. Alli now understands that we consider it normal to wander aimlessly uphill in the snow just to…
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IS Fair 2012: infOcalypse
The quadrennial romp with my Institute of Sociometry cohorts was filled as always with unexpected twists and scads of irreverent and indigestible information. San Francisco was an inherent part of the experience, with scented air reminiscent of my teenage years, precipitous hills and even more precipitous neighborhood changes, and a whole city worth of people…
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Election Evening Run
It’s a quiet, deep-rose twilight in Reno. While votes are tallied around the nation I run up to the trailhead where Ann is returning from a hike, and we scare each other meeting in the dark.
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Canyon Hills Discovery Hike
A little map gazing revealed a promising-looking hike on the outskirts of Sparks. Alli, Megan, Ann, and I check it out on a superbly clear and warm Sunday afternoon and give it our approval. A little gunfire secures the Nevada charm. Mount Rose and Reno Meta Hiking Photo
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Keystone Loop Non-Flight
If you’re fortunate enough to be able to take a workday evening hike, why not just make sure that arm flapping still does not enable flight? Dylan flaps Just don’t break a wing. Dylan broke wing
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Last perfect climbing day of the season?
Maybe not, but Ann and I go up to Big Chief with our friend Wes just in case. Ann climbing Wampum 5.7 Wes climbing at Big Chief Wes climbing at Big Chief Routes: Wampum 5.7, Route Stealers from Hell 5.10a, Sundance 5.10a, Half Baked 5.10a
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Spruce Mountain Lookout
I’ve been up Spruce mountain once before in the autumn, and jump at the chance to do it again. It’s a good climb to an old fire lookout with a commanding view of the Green mountains and surrounding countryside. Jason’s sister Jen and her boyfriend Phil get the credit for proposing the hike first thing…
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Mushrooms at Pine Corner
My partner Jason puts Mom and I up in his tiny cabin on Sabin pond. It’s crazy cute. Sabin Cabin Sabin Pond Pine Corner It’s prime leaf-peeping season up here, but it’s rainy and we get way more excited by the mushroom bonanza that ensues. Sabin Pond and Foliage Mom & Mushroom Finding Honey Mushrooms…
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Lake Champlain Boat Lunch
My mother, aunt, and grandmother embark on a boat tour from Burlington that includes a lunch buffet. But it’s important to start with the sea monster. Sea Monster, Mom, and Grandmother Sea Monster, Me, and Grandmother Boat Lunch We pass shipwreck sites, islands, coves, and points punctuated with historical narrations. Limestone Point Lake Champlain Burlington…