Hawaii: Mauna Kea (13,796 feet)
Hiking the Humuʻula Trail trail on Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s highest natural point
Category: Summit Report
Gear Review: KÜHL FREEFLEX Shorts and KÜHL VANTAGE Shorts
Comfort and Performance in the Wild and Beyond Three solid weeks of gear testing KÜHL’s FREEFLEX and VANTAGE women’s shorts. To say that I lived in these two pairs of KÜHL shorts from the...
Reflecting on the Lower 48: an 8 Year Journey
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot How it All Began My journey of the lower 48 ended in the very place...
Washington: Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet)
Dates: September 8-10 2011; June 10-12, 2019 Distance: ~15 miles Elevation: 14,410 feet Vertical gain: 9,100 feet Bathrooms: Flushing toilet at Paradise, Fixed outhouse at Muir Mt. Rainier was my first attempt at a state...
Maryland: Backbone Mountain (3,360 feet)
Dates: November 30, 2013; May 25, 2019 Distance: 2.2 miles Elevation: 3,360 feet Vertical gain: 750 feet Bathrooms: None 2013 Visit To celebrate her birthday, Raina decided we should hike to the top of Maryland. To...
Washington, DC: Fort Reno (409 feet)
Thank you to all who joined us at the Dedication Ceremony on October 5, 2019! We partnered with the National Park Service and the Highpointers Foundation to erect a sign for this highpoint! This...
West Virginia, Spruce Knob (4,862 feet)
Dates: May 25, 2014; May 25, 2019 Distance: a few hundred yards Elevation: 4,861 feet Vertical gain: 0 feet Bathrooms: Outhouse at trailhead Date of Hike: May 25, 2014 In the weeks leading up...
Mt. Bierstadt Winter Ascent
Distance: 10.12 miles Elevation gain: 3,308 feet Date: February 27, 2019 Time: 7 hours 21 minutes Bathrooms: Clean, flushing toilets in the Georgetown Visitor Center (year-round option); Summer hikers can benefit from toilets at the...
Montana: Granite Peak (12,808 feet)
Distance: ~28 miles via the Silver Lake and Phantom Creek Trails Elevation gain: 8,200 feet Dates: August 21-25, 2018 Granite Peak changed me. I am not a rock climber, nor do I aspire to be....
Wyoming: Gannett Peak (13,804 feet)
Distance: 38.4 miles via the Ink Wells Trail Elevation gain: 8,450 feet Dates: July 24-28, 2018 Day 1 7.3 miles Mike and I began our journey at 7:30 am at the Crowheart Store where we procured...
