Category: Blog
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I Cannot Get Enough of Lake Ingalls
It’s Larch Madness, the Larch March, and I’m up here for the third time since September. This time with my good friends; Sophie, Joey and Lawrence. Sophie and Larence made a last minute rendezvous with Joey and I at the North Bend Safeway. The parking lot was full at 10:30am and we parked about 3/4…
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Finding Solace on South Ingalls
[9/19/2024] Nighttime Escape to Esmeralda Trailhead The night before I had dreamt that I was at the house I used to live in the University District. There happened to be a huge river bed or glacial silt area in the backyard. It was filled with cascading granite and fallen trees. A young man, who was…
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Climbing ‘Orbit’ at Snow Creek with a Snow Lake Finale
September 14th I’ve slept at the Snow Lake trailhead before, and I should’ve remembered I’d be kept all night by the constant sound of car doors slamming. Nonetheless, the day started around 6am, with some green tea from my favorite tea shop in Seattle, the Vital Tea leaf (much might I say than instant coffee). …
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Climbing The Brothers on the Olympic Peninsula
9/7/2024 Climbing to The Brothers basecamp Past Lena Lake, we walked by the little waterfall cave. We’d later find ourselves swimming in this same cave as we descended the mountain the next day. My cousin and I were heading out this weekend to climb a mountain he had always noticed from his place in Ballard.…