Cirque of the Towers

On July 25, 2012, Benjy flew out and we took a trip to Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range. Of course, for Benjy this was a climbing trip, but I convinced him to spend a couple of days backpacking with me. I had never…

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Tosi Creek

The weekend of 20 Jul 12, Tracy and I headed up to Tosi Creek in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Wyoming.  We had checked out this trailhead a few weeks earlier, and I wanted to see if we could make it up to Tosi Basin.  There isn’t…

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West Fork Blacks Fork

On 14 Jul 12, we headed to West Fork Blacks Fork for a flat backpack for Tracy’s healing ankle.  Somehow we had never hiked here, and this trail was really, really pretty.  The forecast was calling for rain and cold, but we decided we would try it…

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East Fork Bear River

On 30 Jun 12, Tracy and I took a backpacking trip up the East Fork of the Bear River.  We had just checked out this trail for the first time a couple of weeks earlier, and it seemed flat enough for Tracy to try with her healing…

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Union Pass

The weekend of June 23, 2012, Tracy and I went to check out the road over Union Pass in Wyoming. Somehow we had never been up this road, so I really wanted to check it out. The ranger station told us there was still an impassable snow…

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Paintball Videos

These are just a few videos we’ve shot over the years of our paintball games. This video is several games from when we played in May 2012. This video was shot with the helmet camera by several different people. This video is several games from when we…

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New Zealand

New Zealand was one of those perfect outdoor vacations. With mountains and glaciers and fjords and oceans and huts and nice people, New Zealand simply can’t be beat.

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Yellowstone

The long weekend of January 13, 2012, Tracy and I made a trip up to Yellowstone.  We’ve just about decided that we don’t like making the really long drive up there in the winter, but I had gotten a new spotting scope for Christmas, and I wanted…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2012

These are photos from weekends in 2012 that I just didn’t think warranted their own trip report, but I still wanted to share the pictures. Fall in the Uintas, UT – September 22, 2012   McCoy Park, UT – September 7, 2012   Popo Agie Wilderness, WY…

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