Day 2: Timothy Lake to Frog Lake via forest roads and rt. 26 | Approx. 10-12 miles | 5 hrs.
Despite the comforts of two sleeping pads and a warm, cozy down bag I didn’t sleep all that well and half-heartedly rolled out of bed at 8am. The air was below [...]
March 28-29, 2007.
Day 1: Frog Lake to Timothy Lake | Approx. 9 miles | 7.5 hrs.
Not much went according to plan on this adventure into the Mt. Hood National Forest. It all began on a cold, sunny Wednesday morning. I’d hoped to backpack around Timothy Lake, a popular summer [...]
March 17, 2007.
25 miles | 980 ft. elevation gain | 7.5 hours
The Swale Canyon segment of the Klickitat Rail Trail is described as “remote” and “desolate” among other things. It follows Swale Creek from the tiny village of Warwick to another small town called Wahkiacus in Washington State. The trail is just north [...]
March 11, 2007.
time 45:25 | placed 39/327 in my age/sex group; 620/2468 overall
This run is one popular Portland event! For my first race in 6 years, I joined my buddies Kevin, Sue and Steve for this one on a VERY early Sunday morning. We met in the midst of it all. Downtown [...]
March 10, 2007.
8 miles | 1400′ ft. elevation gain (according to hikingupward.com) | 3:45 hours
The Cape Horn loop had been on my to-do list for awhile, so when my friends decided to hike here I gladly went along for the ride.
We parked at the bus stop where a couple of other sketchy cars were located [...]