Ambrose managed to injure his thumb with a pretty deep cut. We didn’t want to expose that cut to the…
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Ambrose and I are trying to get out together almost every weekend in June. The one we aren’t going to…
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Now that we knew when the sun would hit our little campsite, we didn’t even try to wake up before…
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While we weren’t in a hurry this morning, we did have a plan. After breakfast, we were going to climb…
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The morning did not get off to a great start. I didn’t sleep well, and woke up reluctantly at the…
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The week before, I had been sick, so I got to sit by the river and bathe in the sounds…
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I did not want to run on Saturday. I did not want to run or hike or even walk very…
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We slept in. I didn’t set an alarm or anything. The plan was just to get up when we got…
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For a few years now, a co-worker and I had been talking about taking a backpacking trip together. She had…
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Starting out from Dry Saddle, heading south. Just a light touch of haze in the morning. More water along the…
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