Tag Archives: Outdoors

High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to 9 Mile Creek

“The High Sierra Trail has all the memory-making potential of a much longer hike, packaged into a job-friendly, one-week vacation. There is perhaps no better way to laterally cross the immense Sierra Nevada range on foot.” Zebulon Wallace Soon after I heard that my ex-colleague did the High Sierra Trail and better yet wrote aboutContinue reading “High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to 9 Mile Creek”

Copper Creek Trail to Grant Basin: Kings Canyon National Park

One of the first backpacking that keeps drawing me back to new trails Location Kings Canyon National Park Elevation Gain 5,320 feet Mileage 18.8 miles Type Out and back Background Copper Creek Trail lies at Road’s End inside Kings Canyon National Park. To enter the park there is a $20 one time fee for 1-7Continue reading “Copper Creek Trail to Grant Basin: Kings Canyon National Park”

Week 16 – 1000 Mile Challenge

Do it for the Mountains! Another low mileage week, but did get two pretty good 6 mile runs in at the gym this past week. I took Monday and Tuesday off because I was so sore from the 25 mile backpacking trip we did the weekend before. Friday night I ended up playing volleyball forContinue reading “Week 16 – 1000 Mile Challenge”

Grand Canyon National Park: South Rim to Phantom Ranch

*Please note that some of the below links in this post are affiliate links. Location: Grand Canyon National Park Elevation Gain: 1800 feet Mileage: 35.6 miles Difficulty: Strenuous Type: Overnight Backpacking Plan far in advance Usually I begin with the background, this time I wanted to share my sisters beautiful artwork that will soon beContinue reading “Grand Canyon National Park: South Rim to Phantom Ranch”

Week 15 – 1000 Mile Challenge

*Please note that some of the below links in this post are affiliate links. Do it for the Mountains! Another week in the books. This was a different kind of week, because we had a pretty long backpacking trip planned for the weekend. Monday was my dad’s birthday and since he is still in aContinue reading “Week 15 – 1000 Mile Challenge”

Week 14 – 1000 Mile Challenge

*Please note that some of the below links in this post are affiliate links. Do it for the Mountains! So if you are just starting to follow my journey, as my new years resolution I decided to take up a challenge. I wanted my hiking in general to get easier and what better than toContinue reading “Week 14 – 1000 Mile Challenge”

February & March – 1000 Miles Challenge

These two months were difficult to keep up with the 1000 Mile Running Challenge. Though, I am confident I will do much better the next coming months. I am going to bring back resistance into my regimen to help support the lengthy runs!

Silvretta-Stausee to Wiesbadenerhutte – Austria

An Austrian Alps Snowshoe Adventure Location: Silvretta Alps, Austria Elevation Gain: 2,250 feet Mileage: 17.2 miles Difficulty: Moderately Difficult Type: Snowshoe Background Berggasthof Hotel Piz Buin and Wiesbadenerhutte are high alpine mountain huts. Mountain huts are generally in the mountains and are only accessible by foot. The huts are a building built for mountaineers, climbers,Continue reading “Silvretta-Stausee to Wiesbadenerhutte – Austria”

Week 6 – 1000 Miles Challenge

Do it for the Mountains! Week 6 was also a challenge, but I did get 22.95 miles in. Unfortunately I did not hit one of my goals for the week and that was to hit 25 miles. I did get past the 100 mile milestone; let’s see how long it takes to get to theContinue reading “Week 6 – 1000 Miles Challenge”