Spencer Butte and Ridgeline Trail can be doubled up and stretched to get a good 10+mile & >3000 ft elevation gain … and from today’s ramble 2 sets of photo themes: a) fog and b) sunrise over the ridge the … Read More

Over the 300+ miles hiked this season so far, a common photo that surfaces is something like these The larger set can be found here: https://mdf592007.myportfolio.com/trees-2020

Cold morning around 35 F.

Grist published on the work of a 15 year old Malaysian journalist writing about indigenous land rights, ownership and how that changes the outcomes. A truly up-lifting story as well as highlighting the outstanding courage and talent of this young … Read More

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The post w/ these pics was lost, and a relook at them prompted a repost here. These pics cover three days.

All the previously published trip reports were lost in the recent technical debacle. Here’s a summary look-back with pointers to pic albums associated with the different hikes. These are in chronological order, not in order of ‘goodness’. Recommendation scores are … Read More