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Tales from the Trails and Other Assorted Adventures

Sun Mountain 50 Miler – or We’ll Make it I Swear … Livin’ on a Prayer

May 11, 2019August 26, 2019

A 50 mile ultra that I was way undertrained for but was way more fun than I expected

Mt. Rainier: Damn, What Do I Do Now?!

August 20, 2017August 24, 2017

Part 2 of my attempt to summit the highest point in Washington state

Pacific Crest Trail Section J | Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass | Part 1

August 26, 2015January 24, 2019

75 miles: 5 days planned. I did it in 4. Part 1 of a 2-part post about my 75 mile trek along Section J of the Pacific Crest Trail

Events, Featured, Trip Report

Sun Mountain 50 Miler – or We’ll Make it I Swear … Livin’ on a Prayer

May 11, 2019August 26, 2019

A 50 mile ultra that I was way undertrained for but was way more fun than I expected

Events, Travels, Trip Report

What a year! 2018 Recap

January 18, 2019January 17, 2019

It’s been a while …

Bucket List, Featured, Hikes, Summits, Trip Report, WA County High Point

Mt. Rainier: Damn, What Do I Do Now?!

August 20, 2017August 24, 2017

Part 2 of my attempt to summit the highest point in Washington state

Bucket List, Hikes, Summits, Trip Report, WA County High Point

Mt. Rainier: The DC Collapse Debacle Edition

August 14, 2017August 23, 2017

Part 1 of my attempt to summit the highest point in Washington state

Hikes, Summits, Trip Report

Mt. Stuart, Destroyer of Knees

July 22, 2017August 5, 2017

“Goin’ down ain’t any easier!” – Me

Bucket List, Featured, Hikes, Summits, Trip Report, WA County High Point

Mt. Adams

July 2, 2017August 26, 2019

My biggest solo ascent to date and a chance to knock off another bucket list item

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Making the world a prettier place, one pixel at a time.™

Been wanting to check out this #ridgerunning route

Been wanting to check out this #ridgerunning route in the #teanaway for a while so I grabbed @adellario for this adventure and it didn’t disappoint. Massively awesome day with a lot of off trail scrambling, scree-stepping, and some swearing. The views were amazing the entire time and as always, great company | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #howmanypeaksdidwebag

#Canyonero! Adventure run above the #YakimaCanyon

#Canyonero! Adventure run above the #YakimaCanyon | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #skylinetrail

Plan was 22 miler on a route I dubbed Top Gun due

Plan was 22 miler on a route I dubbed Top Gun due to Maverick Ridge, Cougar Mt, and a Goose Creek which included parts of the #Plain100K. Best laid plans eh? I vastly underestimated the amount of snow still lingering on the route - Iceman was an ass. We had maybe 40% of the trail not under snow and maybe half of that was actually runnable. Probably our slowest run to date 🤦🏻‍♂️. This was more of an off-trail adventure than a trail run and I loved hated every minute of it 😆
Started off with a nice run along the Mad River trail, missed our turn and had to backtrack a bit. Then my wingman and I climbed up Maverick Ridge and enjoyed an ass kicker with some sweet views into the Chiwawa Valley and Lake Wenatchee. At the Lost Lake intersection we hit a swamp and then we got our first large section of trail hiding snow. With liberal use of map and gps, we basically pointed in the general direction of the route and ran/slipped down the snow (oh, who didn’t bring spikes or poles?) Finally picked up the trail at Blue Creek Meadow - gorgeous open area with an unavoidable creek crossing. With newly soaked shoes, we were able to jog a bit until the next junction. Hit snow again and practiced our route finding up thru Cougar Meadow and then to the ridge line. Such. Slow. Going!

Cougar Mountain was a beautiful climb. The sun came out and there were only small patches of snow. Was accosted by a VERY aggressive grouse hen as she protected her well hidden chicks. View was awesome at the top and since it had taken soooooo long to get only 12 miles, we decided to take a shorter route back.
HA!!! The Jimmy Creek Trail starts off as a faint downhill path and turns into a single rut before disappearing completely beneath the snow again. More route finding. More post holing. More snow.
Class A Adventure Run with very little running. A+++ would not-run again. 😆 (Danger Zone!) | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #runventure #whereweregoingwedontneedtrails

Sometimes a #mountain break is necessary to cope w

Sometimes a #mountain break is necessary to cope with the world | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #weneedchange

Black lives matter #blackouttuesday

Black lives matter #blackouttuesday

Standard soggy #PNW adventure day 🌩🌧⛈ | #m

Standard soggy #PNW adventure day 🌩🌧⛈ | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #soggybottomboys #betterthanfishing?

New shoes day! 😁 | #mycrookedpath #sevenhillsru

New shoes day! 😁 | #mycrookedpath #sevenhillsrunning #topoathletic #ultraventure2 #hydroflask #izettstudio #trailrunning

Sunday #runday! | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #me

Sunday #runday! | #mycrookedpath #trailrunning #methowvalley #solorunner

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