McClellans Butte Hike

POSTED BY Joel on Sep 23 under Hiking

Hiked up McClellans Butte with my friend Adam Leong. Good times till we started coming down and I rolled my ankle with 5 miles and 4000 vertical feet left to cone down.

Enchantments Backpacking Trip

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 30 under Hiking

Heading to the Enchantments in the North Cascades this weekend!  I am very excited about this trip.  Here is the email from the trip leader summarizing:
Hello folks,
We are nearing our EPIC hike/camp up to the Enchantments. I’ve been looking forward to this hike for a few years and actually won permits this year. [...]

High Divide Backpacking Trip

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 12 under Hiking

I took my little brother Josh backpacking for 4 days to the Olympic National Park this last weekend to hike the High Divide Loop trail. The High Divide Loop trail is gorgeous and a lot of fun, and if you ever get an opportunity you should try it out. At 18.7 miles and [...]

New Backpacking Gear

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 11 under Hiking

Short video of the new gear I picked up on Amazon recently. It all worked pretty well on our camping trip.

Mount Rainier Climb Pictures

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 4 under Hiking

I finally got my camera back so I can post my pictures of my Mt. Rainier climb:

Hiking/Camping/Mountaineering Gear

POSTED BY Joel on Jul 16 under Hiking

I just made the biggest non-housing, non-food expenditure I have made inthree years today.  I fully equipped myself with $533 of gear that I can use for hiking, camping, backpacking and mountaineering.  I mention these activities separately because I expect to be doing a lot of traveling soon and will need equipment for both car [...]

Cougar Mountain Run

POSTED BY Joel on Jul 15 under Hiking

Near my house is Cougar Mountain Wildland Park and I had been meaning to get over there and explore a little bit, so yesterday I put on my little backpack with a waterhose and ran over and back. I missed the park entrance (made a wrong turn), but I came upon a different part [...]

Climbing Mt. Rainier via Camp Schurman

POSTED BY Joel on Jul 7 under Hiking

I left my camera with my videos & pictures at my grandparents house, so you will have to wait on those till next week when I pick them up.  All the pictures below are from Adam & Steve and a couple are public domain pics of Mount Rainier.
I climbed Mt. Rainier this weekend via the [...]

Mailbox Peak Hike

POSTED BY Joel on Jun 18 under Hiking

My friend Adam and I have done a couple of local hikes now and today after work we went and did Mailbox Peak off of I-90, just a little bit past Mt. Si.  The hike was shorter in total mileage than Mt. Si at 2.5 miles, but had more elevation gain at 4,000+ feet.  It [...]

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