Flatirons and Royal Arch

August 28, 2022

We drove to the suburbs of Westminster to stay and briefly hang out with the Bennett and West families the day before and was treated to a delicious BBQ dinner with all the fixings. My last day in Colorado, Andy and I did a short hike before my flight back home. Thanks to Kirsten for […]

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Capitol Peak (Aborted)

August 26, 2022

It was time to tackle the hardest 14er in the Colorado mountains after a leisurely day spent touring the historic town of Frisco yesterday. Not to be confused with San Francisco. We woke up early but not as early as planned and drove to the town of Snowmass after consuming our oven baked pizza. That […]

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Huron Peak

August 24, 2022

We had left Colorado Springs yesterday after a fun day at the Cave of the Winds and one of the local dispensaries, thanks again to the Defelice family for their gracious hospitality and drove to Silverthorne to spend the next couple of days. Today we left early to make the drive to the town of […]

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The Decalibron Loop: Mounts Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln and Bross

August 22, 2022

We woke up before the crack of dawn to drive to the town of Alma and up the road to Kite Lake to hike our first 14ers. What does the outside temperature say? Isn’t that just five degrees above freezing? Well, at least I won’t melt. Paid for our $5 parking permit. Got a pen? […]

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Manitou Incline and Pikes Peak

August 21, 2022

We woke up early the next day to tackle Colorado’s version of Koko Stairs, stairs on steroids. Found a spot to park at the Iron Springs Chateau for ten bucks. Starting off at the base altitude of 6,530′. Looking ahead to the 2,768 steps that we had to climb in order to gain the summit. […]

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Garden of the Gods

August 20, 2022

Flew to the highest state to prepare for my expedition to Mount Everest next year. Not a snowball’s chance in hell. I had to wait over four unexpected hours in the sprawling airport terminal for Andy as his budget airline had a flat tire. Contemplated trying the Chick-fil-A outlet, but the line looked worse than […]

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Makapu’u to Kuli’ou’ou Valley

August 14, 2022

Mahalo to Richie for dropping Art, Quan, Roseann, Tessa and myself off at Makapu’u Lookout. Somebody kept us waiting. Hawaiian time. We do live in Hawaii after all. Looking back at the rising sun that eclipsed the 115,000 candlepower lamp shining from Makapu’u Lighthouse. Making our way towards what I like to call the “Stonehenge […]

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Moanalua Saddle to Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines)

August 7, 2022

I put together this hike to help somebody tackle this particular saddle, but they ended up staying home instead. The show must still go on; so met up with Art and Aya at Moanalua park in the early morning. Art and Aya crossing one of seven bridges that span the trail. Chris was running fashionably […]

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Batteries to Bluffs Trail

July 30, 2022

We checked out of our Airbnb and made the long drive back to San Francisco. It’s questionable if a computer navigator is superior to a human navigator. Or is it the other way around. A question best left unanswered. The cold snap of the ocean air hit us in the face like a cold pizza […]

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Four Mile Trail

July 29, 2022

Our last hike in Yosemite where the math didn’t add up. Old math. New math. Quan and I left the rest of the girls in the house to watch the nearby wildlife from the living room window as we made our last drive into Yosemite National Park. We found one of the last open stalls […]

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