A Personal Blog

Seattle to Ranger Creek Airport 8/30/2024 We left Seattle at 3pm, having made up our minds about which entrance we’d start the Northern Loop. We contemplated starting from the Carbon River Ranger Station since there would be more dispersed camping. However, the road from the ranger station to the nearest front country campsite, Ipsut, was…

Hiking into Observation Rock 8/17/2024 It’s always interesting doing alpine starts because you get glimpses of dreams you usually wouldn’t remember. This morning, I had a couple innocuous dreams; one in which I was skiing with a friend and kept catching glimpses of my girlfriend through the trees. And another, where my uncle and I…

The goal today was to explore crevasses on the Nisqually glacier and practice our ice climbing technique. Aleesha and Lucas asked that we group up at the Longmire Ranger Station at 7am. No Bueno. I picked Miles up from his place at 4:35am this morning. Arriving at the Mt. Rainier Park Entrance at 6:35am. There…

Getting Ready for the Wonderland Trail July 11 2024 We’d need to leave early tomorrow since was going to be a rush to beat the morning traffic up to Longmire on Mt. Rainier. We also wanted to carbo-load with some Cubanos at Un Buen for dinner tonight. Since they stopped serving around 8pm, we had…