https://www.captainsofus.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-01-08 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/11/21/unfinished-business monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/16a6b06b-8f28-4cf1-bf43-96b70bf01f4d/IMG_3844.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Closer to the trailhead, we got a stunning view across the Green River Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b943a335-cdeb-4f76-a6bb-a2e696a6d2b0/IMG_3866.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Geothermal activity in the area creates some warm streams with a strong sulfur smell and some surprising colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/580c82e8-abf7-4633-ae38-ebdcc0cbc73d/IMG_3798.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Molly is deep in the pain cave as we dig deep to make as much progress as we can on a demoralizing day. If only we had brought some flotation (backcountry skis or snowshoes) with us. Alas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6fe4d160-cff3-4e53-9e12-58cef01a50e1/IMG_3812.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Finally, the point where we started descending considerably and began to see an end to our post-holing slog through the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/671857a2-7f08-4370-a373-c7f5d491e631/PXL_20251117_213935348_Original.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Jonathan completes the final few steps of his CDT journey to create a fully connected footpath from Canada to Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ec1ee0ab-3257-4f54-911d-0d2777310e33/PXL_20251117_194559778_Original.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business A huge golden eagle watched over Molly’s last few miles of trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/757c5c83-0ab3-414c-958f-b221f7a3e1b7/IMG_3770.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Molly hikes along the edge of Little Seneca Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9ce6b923-e707-4f22-836b-a4971b204490/PXL_20251116_151711413_Original.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business More frozen lakes that we walked (mostly) along the edge of. We fully recognize how sketchy this looks. You don’t need a leave a comment letting us know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/277271aa-a123-421a-96c8-ff5d5d4e3822/IMG_3834.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business BEAUTIFUL, MAJESTIC, SOLID GROUND. By this point, hiking at a normal pace on hard dirt felt magical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ae64bcfd-f06d-4b92-b43c-320f784a5ef2/IMG_3757.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Looking north toward Lester Pass shortly after rejoining the official CDT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/f389b159-bfd6-4423-9146-310e85717875/IMG_3805.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Molly trudges through knee-deep snow with no sign of a trail anywhere in sight. This adventure was lonely, scary, beautiful, and brutal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/432f5104-6bd0-440b-ba90-2a949509089f/PXL_20251114_224608585_Original.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business The trail was easier to follow on our first day, where we could see the log cuts and clear path through the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9d8e2f27-788d-4f5b-aa4f-91ceda0f7350/IMG_3863.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business Burned remnants of the Dollar Lake Fire, which three months prior threw a big ol’ wrench in our plans for the Wind River Range. It had grown to over twenty thousand acres before being extinguished by an early snowfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ecc081f5-14d0-477b-94a1-2c4440e88f67/IMG_3781.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business In spite of the immense challenge that this adventure posed, we had to admit that it was still a stunning landscape to traverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c24e529f-2b23-49bd-a625-4ea0afa7d5c9/IMG_3865.jpeg Blog - Unfinished Business At a quick glance, the burned forest looks like deciduous trees that have lost their leaves for winter. On closer inspection, these are all charred evergreens, starkly black against the fresh snow. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/11/20/the-southern-terminus monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/05974b0a-696c-4305-ad98-9097698cdd5a/PXL_20251108_133742469_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus We’ve seen far more sunrises on the CDT than in the rest of our lives combined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c8432ca3-59b9-45a9-82a3-73b9999056cd/IMG_3584.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Molly is still an airplane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/79728755-1e50-4d0b-b528-b4301b52e806/IMG_3271.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/973164e8-aa89-4523-867b-a754fe4ddc53/IMG_3405.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus It is hard to capture what it feels like to hike in the desert at night. In the forest, you feel like you’re in a tunnel with only the light from your own headlamp. In the desert, the slightest glow in the sky lets you see the skyline around you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/fd6fd4f4-23cf-424c-951a-76959ba5e665/IMG_3515.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Winterfat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b127d471-90c3-4079-92a6-ffe5444eb561/IMG_3402.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Reflective CDT trail markers leading us off into the distance as the sun begins to set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/7520cabb-190a-4c78-9b06-b90b684b4bc6/IMG_3501.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus It’s hard to express how grateful we felt for this prepackaged pastrami sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/eb2d15ae-b1ee-4e26-82ea-ed8d45eba26e/IMG_3341.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1f738206-0e6f-41a2-9f9a-eba5f3d3cada/IMG_3365.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Looking west toward Lordsburg from about 10 miles away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/2977c4a9-6308-4e37-9c1b-e989588a997d/IMG_3614.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Ride ‘em, cowboy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4809f08e-fa95-4cb7-b93b-af98fd3ba0c7/IMG_3654.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1d2031e3-2b6d-47d9-a5da-b1d2db5c135c/IMG_3645.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4b2e4b29-9871-49ba-bbd9-8786a5a89bb8/IMG_3281.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/697ded9e-71b9-49ab-b08c-197e12fe5284/PXL_20251109_133321061_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Dusty skies at sunrise looking east from the Crazy Cook monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/276039c6-35a4-4630-b52f-cf2966791b7a/IMG_3524.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c2f1cc55-2f82-4bda-a153-e07f2f12d553/IMG_3484.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus The last rays of sunshine glow on Big Hatchet Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/06dc8ed2-9ffe-4170-939b-d02b6a840a7b/IMG_3420.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b87d71de-caa4-4f98-80b5-f266efaf6152/IMG_3323.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus Molly and Jonathan cheesin’ with doughnuts from the water cache before Lordsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ab0180de-172e-4773-87c8-6cbee01ff082/PXL_20251105_195932927_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus The CDT had to throw at least a little more shenanigans our way before we finished. Here’s Jonathan crawling under a fence next to the highway into Lordsburg on the official CDT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/5156501a-d3ab-44b2-b0f5-f217885cd692/PXL_20251106_181616566_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/39b9f6f9-5778-4f10-af1b-d44a7d725ab4/IMG_3454.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus By sunrise, we had already been walking for an hour and a half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3fa905ff-ad05-4c16-8118-ff55209699a9/IMG_3349.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus - Make it stand out Prickly Pear cacti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/98efe5fe-9349-4917-b93b-4dc70f9ab343/PXL_20251103_210758607_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/bea269f5-ecae-49e4-880b-841db804c532/IMG_3278.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus - Make it stand out Unripe prickly pear fruit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/8ccdb59e-934d-4efa-805f-3050e41239f5/PXL_20251108_233705633_Original.jpeg Blog - The Southern Terminus https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/11/12/scenes-of-the-gila monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/20c577dc-7f93-4cd3-b2b6-be9557ce95e6/IMG_3063.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6d7f419a-2236-4550-8697-4bb58bfc54c7/IMG_3041.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Sunlight filters through the sycamores. It felt intensely autumnal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/f2a962e9-fcb3-4588-850c-650d2349abfd/PXL_20251030_172126532_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Beanie Baby and Cookie Monster head down toward yet another crossing. We hiked with this pair in Montana, then met up again deep in the Gila valley and spent a morning catching up between river crossings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9d84d301-0b1a-45a3-9d0b-fb41647aea72/PXL_20251030_143305878_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1cb55be6-e599-4573-a420-c8a70a7688a1/PXL_20251028_151906565_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila A vibrant, spiny thistle strikes a pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/cd0a1b26-1ee4-4f60-9f30-128cffebda22/IMG_3114.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Molly finds a cascade of wild hops! She reaches out to pick one, and it smells like the freshest IPA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/20a8f5c1-907e-487b-8de4-52721d8aac7b/IMG_2919.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Deep below the rocky canyon walls, the vegetation was dense and lush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/287dc6de-6094-40fa-86c1-d21cbe79250e/PXL_20251030_150643629_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Jonathan looks up at a cliff hanging steeply over the water. We were frequently forced to one side of the stream or another when the bank disappeared into deeply carved pools beneath the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4bd8c48f-b0eb-4c92-9ae7-33a2cac66eaf/IMG_3135.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila As we walked farther down the valley, the river grew wider and deeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/aa1c723b-81c2-4537-9b89-0ee92cdd7777/PXL_20251030_201319437_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Our early river crossings were shallow and easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/594a9ffd-bf4a-4d9e-8301-8d97a0ec8754/IMG_2989.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Where the water pooled against a logjam, scum forms on the stagnant surface, creating this braided texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/622e2f57-596c-404b-81cb-517d97a851fc/IMG_3025.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Mornings in the valley are intensely cold and the cold persists well into the day, forcing us to keep on our warm jackets while our feet and legs get soaking wet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/42b559a5-902d-4a44-a332-202c4fe29ec7/IMG_2886.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila The top of the valley was broad and gently sloping downward. Molly is an airplane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/29033103-7eef-440e-9804-719e9cfdd5be/IMG_2791.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila - Make it stand out The jigsaw-like texture of the bark on the mountain juniper trees is a fascinating puzzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/23c9b83b-c5ff-4910-96da-797498a157e0/IMG_2971.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6a425322-5faf-4478-a644-d14a9ceef6b3/PXL_20251028_150203129_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila This far south, flowers still bloom on the valley floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/f839aa24-5927-41d6-a7ca-233a5ca6e797/IMG_3156.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila As we climb out of the Gila River valley, we look back across layers of scrub-covered desert plateaus. After days down on the valley floor, it was easy to forget the hot, dry desert rising high above us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/7e39bcad-5e85-48bb-8c92-f280fe71a879/IMG_3129.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Against the base of a narrow tree trunk rests a pile of debris built up from floods that washed sticks and mud through the bottom of the river valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/e754d5f3-5a1f-4ecd-a26c-cd52f2761b6b/PXL_20251029_223222736_Original.jpeg Blog - Scenes of the Gila Jonathan traverses a beaver dam across the full width of the Gila River in a futile attempt to keep his feet dry for just a few more minutes. Joke’s on him: he’ll never make it through without sticking a foot through the mushy dam into a flowing mess of muddy water. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/11/20/the-toaster-house monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6e09a862-0aee-4d54-b733-0a6647953e8d/2492936278565496922.jpeg Blog - The Toaster House - Make it stand out Our first stop in town was The Gatherin’ Place II, a mighty fine restaurant and pie shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c894ef7d-b4a7-4af0-8eec-e3b39fb649cd/IMG_2747.jpeg Blog - The Toaster House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1763673774679-2O5ZZ3UGTAXXUZOYY3OA/IMG_2728.jpeg Blog - The Toaster House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/87b16bfc-6122-4e35-8b46-11061945d5c1/IMG_2764.jpeg Blog - The Toaster House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/555c5d8e-f8d2-47c8-be39-163c97182f5a/IMG_2767.jpeg Blog - The Toaster House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/11/2/central-new-mexico monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/045db9c0-6453-4327-a198-073218b73161/IMG_2435.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico Molly navigates a creek with a washed out bank where brush has been piled up during recent floods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/2c556868-b9dc-4003-9a63-eae17722e32f/IMG_2574.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico Molly rockhops across a wide, shallow wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/73f30acc-4a53-4e91-8ebc-2ebc0875a5da/IMG_2646.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico Molly (center) with her parents, Charlie and Betsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/e7e3188f-b9e4-4eca-8c81-f320686984ed/IMG_2449.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/45216adc-bbb1-475c-81bd-c2f0c6209efb/PXL_20251023_210359367_Original.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico Looking back toward Mount Taylor, the lava fields of El Malpais National Monument expand into the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/fef360c4-20ba-4c44-bdeb-41eb2c8effc1/IMG_2867.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/8751eb45-4b02-4970-97e3-a8473a58b085/PXL_20251018_180241002_Original.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1500fe15-16f4-4771-95d5-df88b2560ac3/IMG_2559.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c7600c37-4cce-4a96-b833-7d5ed8ff8e81/IMG_2705.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/476da1ab-ae71-4ef6-8d90-c31a6c8e8245/PXL_20251018_201734244_Original.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1e89ed82-a3bf-4dbc-9fb8-ffc3c2a9790d/IMG_2512.jpeg Blog - The Many Deserts of Central New Mexico Molly perches on an overturned bucket and dunks our dirty water bag into a spring-fed tank. 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It's just a dry bed of salt and dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c1481f48-d173-43a1-90e3-2ac91b872dbb/IMG_1282.jpg Blog - The Great Divide Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b738c1ce-453d-4ed4-bef0-d79fe2b7cb17/IMG_1278.jpg Blog - The Great Divide Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c5329af1-b1bf-4a6b-b608-982d7caac054/PXL_20250901_155325991_Original.jpg Blog - The Great Divide Basin Jonathan strolls along without a pack during our impromptu slack pack courtesy of Adine and Donna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/5d169907-dae4-40f7-b28e-9369cd279cf7/IMG_1194.jpg Blog - The Great Divide Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/d51f943b-0dab-430d-aa45-a721ffb4997a/PXL_20250828_201035096_Original.jpg Blog - The Great Divide Basin A curious antelope https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/9/9/gros-ventre-and-the-winds monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b2da42ba-0033-41f5-90e2-5379f6f6e5c1/PXL_20250822_135005422_Original.jpg Blog - A Matter of Timing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/922d8abf-d00e-45b0-a5b4-2323a188b2ee/IMG_0949.jpg Blog - A Matter of Timing Shoal Lake sits just below the pass seen in the photo above. 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A perfect place to camp for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/2ef17e3a-9514-4ec9-b2b5-b57c17ba736b/PXL_20250802_003655600_Original.jpg Blog - 10 Things I Hate About Idahontana Our moose! 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Cow free! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/a3831e04-eae5-4aba-9818-35c487f4a7f0/IMG_0067.jpg Blog - 10 Things I Hate About Idahontana Sticks and logs damming up the outflow of an alpine lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/beeab817-33cc-42e5-9e43-8e292bc1b094/IMG_0300.jpg Blog - 10 Things I Hate About Idahontana More endless sagebrush showing off the folds in the land. You can just make out a dirt road at the bottom of the canyon as we descended toward Lima, MT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ed908764-4dc6-41b5-878d-4aaec4738bb8/IMG_0148.jpg Blog - 10 Things I Hate About Idahontana Terrifying storm clouds hanging over the ridge we're about to cross https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/7/31/scenes-of-the-pintlers monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/0c087c4e-70b2-47a0-a865-0d0621bb32d5/IMG_9873.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers An unnamed pass above Upper Seymour Lake (and our lunch view for the day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/213912da-22ac-4eac-8c05-c94d155a10e3/IMG_9893.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Beautiful, soft trail through the forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/055477a1-7ef1-4afa-8304-42a54e0d2698/PXL_20250721_185853637_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Jonathan along the switchbacks above Upper Seymour Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/a36514fe-4fd2-42db-a7b5-4a59d1cb1024/PXL_20250722_181450893.PANO_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Another view of Rainbow Lake from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/987bf135-cf9e-4cc0-9949-dc0184d17319/IMG_9918.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Warren Lake, Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1f15cfb0-322b-4002-87c3-474c08bcedb5/IMG_9877.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Glowing, golden larch forest lining the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4877184b-5ca7-4a41-a6aa-235470659a94/IMG_9872.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Lovely trail with trees curving upward from the steep slopes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/24489b8e-6fe5-4150-84fe-86574c00c8bb/IMG_9929.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers More switchbacks! More lakes! More beautiful peaks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/e7900090-9137-47fe-a3ea-4597a217dd2b/PXL_20250724_134853577_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers As we left the Pintlers, we saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes and heard their haunting calls echoing through this broad valley. It was truly a special experience and one we will never forget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/408f079a-0dee-4421-b4ba-f032fd29ccdb/IMG_9936.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Rainbow Lake from above with moody skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c87a65e4-f104-49b5-a2fb-5b50f35aa8b4/PXL_20250723_151345343_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers We made it to mile 600! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/aa531b5e-a39c-44ec-a671-a0c7e4c2bb5a/PXL_20250721_213741649_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Heading up toward Rainbow Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/25928ca8-860c-42e1-8255-88ea11cf3336/IMG_9870.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Upper Seymour Lake with trail switchbacks just visible high above (top left corner, just below the ridgeline) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3069302e-8923-4736-93fc-3bb057177a07/PXL_20250722_000917128_Original.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers A gnarled old pine, high on the slopes near Pintler Pass (8736’ elevation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/989b729f-104e-4188-a00e-b9f1e186244a/IMG_9914.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Morning light filters through the dense forest along the valley floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c80ca0cb-cabf-426c-9d57-64c9a66ca78a/IMG_9956.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers An old burn area where wildfire raged along the edge of the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/8abac394-9926-475c-8f15-c3777a975ab9/IMG_9940.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Pintlers Looking down on Martin and Johnson Lakes from Rainbow Pass https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/7/30/in-between-places monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/8a9f8958-f933-4581-a163-2a044efa6299/IMG_9695.jpg Blog - In Between Places A mercifully smooth section of trail through the lodgepoles pines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/f0e9490c-a135-4be9-8895-c358960ebb7a/PXL_20250713_233230970_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places An unmerciful section of trail that has us crawling over and under giant dead trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/0731e0d5-8042-4d96-af56-beb5beb545d9/IMG_9764.jpg Blog - In Between Places A view over Butte with The Pit visible in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4e4eba2d-7b2d-4a4b-9c28-e0ac9d2cd531/4249589737517466611.jpg Blog - In Between Places Sarah, Jonathan, and Oracle (left to right) picking whortleberries along the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/8584cdc2-c759-4777-986b-340ad83d30fd/IMG_9768.jpg Blog - In Between Places Molly next to an abandoned log cabin found along the way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9e2e230f-93cb-4181-abe6-4a98b18f5076/PXL_20250716_122613710_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places We camped near Our Lady of the Rockies, a monument to women and mothers everywhere with this 90 foot tall broad glowering over the city of Butte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c27ca7ae-f4af-4182-a8df-acf51bd8a2a2/IMG_9762.jpg Blog - In Between Places An especially nice tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/87b6e609-f59b-4a96-86ad-878cbde8aaca/IMG_9832.jpg Blog - In Between Places Foreshadowing! 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Molly had to keep a tight grip on the water bottle so as not to lose it along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/64ca1c3b-ff6e-416d-aa16-46f86275e15d/PXL_20250717_223943626_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places That feeling when you're waiting at an on ramp for a hitch and there hasn't been a car in half an hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4bea0f0d-9b58-4f32-8f82-5036fa81e4ef/PXL_20250714_120202322_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places The view from our tent at sunrise, just north of Butte, MT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/89566de4-edf4-47e2-b51b-a815b97e241d/PXL_20250715_145538363_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places We covered a lot of miles on forest service roads through cattle pastures like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c67de36b-28a4-441a-9f2c-be2998bb85c8/PXL_20250716_213104999_Original.jpg Blog - In Between Places Jonathan posing on some cool rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/dfcb433e-2790-4b83-bef1-36ffff66eb16/IMG_9667.jpg Blog - In Between Places Our friends, Oracle and Sarah, hiking through some recently logged forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6c36865a-f0b0-4112-ae7a-47a3af5fb8b9/IMG_9721.jpg Blog - In Between Places A high quality water source, while technically a cow trough it was full of clear cold water and the piped spring was spouting clean fresh water (bottom right) https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/7/11/our-pay-it-forward-account-balance monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/cdedc6ba-3728-4996-99c9-8c32636fef25/IMG_9588.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance View of the pasture and cabins at the Llama Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c9a26b0f-f14c-4baf-8849-7a470820c449/IMG_9586.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance The alpacas of the Llama Farm. Extremely cute and fuzzy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3d75f216-d813-4a3d-a764-d2f9ace5f8cc/IMG_9622.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance Zoe wanted to be up close and personal at all times. Sometimes she wanted to play more than snuggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b0559f40-25ac-412f-97dc-0e54969c9a62/PXL_20250710_122125271_Original.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c930a82f-f316-4a57-a68a-27feee97a161/IMG_9584.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance Our home sweet home cabin at the Llama Farm, Bleu Inn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/802eb25a-f6d8-48ee-9475-fd833be8f608/IMG_9640.jpg Blog - Our "Pay it Forward" Account Balance Margaret, Andy, Molly, and JJ on an evening stroll and dog walk near Helena, MT https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/7/7/scenes-of-the-bob monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3d930785-24b6-4187-a20e-8fad55116691/IMG_9371.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Looking north along nearly the full length of the Chinese Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c1ce505f-6432-4813-87d9-2d86fa621f49/IMG_9449.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob More burn area with dead trees laid down by extreme winds and mountains extending off into the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/75332d98-66c0-4bf8-9de0-e7c9543ac7a4/IMG_9412.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Walking through a forest that burned in recent years – huge swaths of the Bob are affected by fire each year. More to come on this, since it has played a big part in our trip so far. This particular day was rainy and dreary, but not so much so that you couldn’t still get some interesting views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/477747aa-cf21-42e2-931c-61c51690089b/IMG_9369.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Looking south from the halfway point at a saddle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4832c892-05f7-4baa-86fd-cde815ac861e/IMG_9312.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Dean Lake with a reflection of Pentagon Peak (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/dc6903f1-35e7-4ade-a4bf-b215cba9133e/IMG_9470.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob A classic view of the Bob with the Chinese Wall just visible, far in the distance. This photo is best viewed on the biggest, widest screen you can find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ad987021-47e4-41b8-bffb-d7010dd1f122/IMG_9358.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Mountains, as far as the eye can see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/bb7bfa95-126d-431a-a882-2ed2860ea57b/IMG_9356.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Looking south along the Chinese Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/a57db1ea-6b62-4242-8bb0-db684d76f1f9/IMG_9353.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob From a saddle along the Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/5d6b90d5-b88e-4ace-8fae-b250601909e2/PXL_20250630_222751542.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Trilobite Peak with the trail visible in the valley below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/09df8883-8871-4ed4-8fa3-910599605657/IMG_9382.jpg Blog - Scenes of The Bob Some well manicured trail as we got to the edges of the Bob – you can tell when you’re approaching a trailhead because the quality of trail increases dramatically. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/7/6/a-small-detour monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6771bc93-ea5a-434a-847c-509823da4e2a/IMG_9182.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Molly in the northern part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/83ea2c20-cdb0-4513-9150-ef846f75f089/IMG_9224.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Molly posing in front of the Ranger Station where she lived and worked in 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ef2c47a3-8f8a-411a-82aa-f46beebbb821/IMG_9222_jpg.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows A portrait of Molly, arriving at Schafer Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/64c26929-84dd-4e23-acc2-e77bcf4aac96/IMG_9230.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Molly fords the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, just after leaving Schafer Meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/2ca4c838-6823-4cef-84c8-7ddd3286a76a/IMG_9231.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Schafer Meadows and the Middle Fork as seen from Chair Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/13d3ccff-7c69-41ca-851b-21e598db28c1/IMG_9286.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Molly heading back toward the CDT near Trilobite Lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4ddd8cef-61bd-4678-8126-5ef81812f14e/IMG_9216.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows A plane landing on the Schafer airstrip, with the one that just landed parked in the foreground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/c4a7d70e-5226-44dc-a1c6-d08926aebdcd/PXL_20250630_225142884.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows Jonathan in a field of wildflowers below Trilobite Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/09830a3d-2e90-417f-8ce6-9b019f0a2c67/PXL_20250630_150721840.jpg Blog - A Return to Schafer Meadows The view from the banks of the Middle Fork behind the Schafer Ranger Station https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/6/28/the-beginning monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/68e5c6c5-6e48-48f7-9358-5db64fdd550a/IMG_8940.jpg Blog - The Beginning Starting to see snow on the way up toward Piegan Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3afd27bc-292f-42a8-99e0-654a4c017f5c/IMG_9089.jpg Blog - The Beginning Mount Kipp, Pyramid Peak, and Cathedral Peak at sunset from Cosley Lake, Glacier National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/641821e3-4c73-4cf7-aa14-673d5f9312c2/IMG_8984.jpg Blog - The Beginning Shaun bundled up and heading down from Piegan Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/5f2caf5e-f14a-431e-801f-6344b6bd41ec/IMG_9098.jpg Blog - The Beginning The softest, greenest meadow – just below Stoney Indian Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b88b3649-1c54-4eeb-9fe5-7ba77709283d/IMG_9008.jpg Blog - The Beginning Smokebeard tellin’ tales at lunch after we made it below the snowline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/3f9f848c-3de3-46c3-a9ae-485285c1411c/_DSC7338.jpg Blog - The Beginning Dawn Mist Falls, Glacier National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9de2cb55-d386-476a-86c7-afe03d38a589/IMG_9039.jpg Blog - The Beginning Looking up from Grinnell Lake, the viewpoint from which Grinnell Glacier was once visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1e4b82b7-8370-42b1-b6e7-bfff3dd760db/IMG_9056.jpg Blog - The Beginning No snow, but some stunning views the next day from Red Gap Pass. Ahern Glacier is visible in the top left corner and Old Sun Glacier is seen center left toward the top of Mount Merritt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/904ec43f-7ab3-4c75-b336-9e4df8a41448/IMG_9095.jpg Blog - The Beginning A lake below Stoney Indian Pass with Cathedral Peak rising above it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/bf74f6da-3609-4495-bf13-cda6da0c59b2/IMG_8966.jpg Blog - The Beginning Smokebeard (left) and Shaun (right) approaching Piegan Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1b3c1a7c-19d4-4586-87fa-5b32c3e2368c/IMG_9020.jpg Blog - The Beginning Waterfall on the red rocks after Piegan Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/b6c5be39-fb44-4fa2-a6eb-ca5c92cdaeb4/_DSC7347.jpg Blog - The Beginning Portrait of Molly as hiker trash at the south end of Waterton Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/e745df61-b00b-4d83-8ef2-5af18b44b5fe/_DSC7352.jpg Blog - The Beginning Jonathan and Molly at the border monument, marking the start of the Continental Divide Trail. Made it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/5e723304-b85a-4acd-ad39-072b8b8217ef/IMG_9071.jpg Blog - The Beginning Molly hiking down from Red Gap Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/4a9de913-f160-4052-87ca-86d63811341d/IMG_8938.jpg Blog - The Beginning View from the Jackson Glacier overlook where the CDT crosses Going to the Sun Road https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/6/21/glacier-np monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/97d2b813-3bf7-4c24-a4f2-74e24cc3022e/IMG_8886.jpg Blog - Glacier NP A waterfall after Triple Divide Pass, unnamed on our map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9d8461a8-496f-4b5c-a1f2-461d6b3de212/_DSC7283.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Molly and Shaun crossing a snow field just below Dawson Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/792f7f98-de12-48f9-b48b-f2dc6b543797/IMG_8802.jpg Blog - Glacier NP The Glacier crew en route to Two Medicine (from left to right): Jonathan, Molly, Shaun, Smokebeard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/36a85aec-a5a7-4c31-8486-110c4f991595/_DSC7306.jpg Blog - Glacier NP St. Mary Falls, Glacier National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/095ea72c-8963-4a1c-a20f-052771b343c4/IMG_8798.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Looking out across Glacier National Park with Two Medicine Lake in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/93f49a21-befc-41a1-9176-95bd03c99a90/PXL_20250618_182813600_Original.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Jonathan posing just after Dawson Pass, heading toward Pitamakan Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/55d69d18-eeea-423c-9ab7-d737504f4cc0/_DSC7287.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Shaun heading up beautifully graded trail to Triple Divide Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/fae74c1b-68eb-48e1-8271-275a3db786de/7289941180330051447.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Old friends getting to hang out in new places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/ee08b4d2-aecc-4fc4-b9d1-362d7b8ce210/IMG_8819.jpg Blog - Glacier NP The view from Dawson Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/172c1113-edb4-4e09-b6be-b32ef6f54ed3/IMG_8835.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Molly hiking down toward Seven Winds of the Lake (left) and Pitamakan Lake (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/159ea8b5-a0a2-4b75-9047-9cb21704bb6a/IMG_8864.jpg Blog - Glacier NP Hiking up from Two Medicine toward Dawson Pass https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/6/1/cdt-gear monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2025/5/23/embrace-the-brutality monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/6a03584e-f90a-42d0-b892-a43569f980ae/frizz-and-pedi-in-trash-mode.jpg Blog - Embrace the Brutality - Make it stand out Frizz and Pedi getting back in hiker trash mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/9aa4de59-081c-486b-b8b8-7f0a81ea2a47/IMG_8597.jpg Blog - Embrace the Brutality Prepping a 4-day resupply to send ahead https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2022/9/6/scramble-vacation monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523992943-COA2JL287EKCK89KEUO4/19-IMG_4581.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out The knife’s edge. I loved this part. Great rock. Great stance. Fun moves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523877450-LUHM2FB27THU053Y3R9E/13-IMG_4548.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Molly, about 3/4 of the way up Wham Ridge. It was exactly as much fun (on the way up) as I hoped it would be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662524847200-KWW1SOLHZ59D9NOSCZ6G/PXL_20220901_185559151_Original.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Hours later, finally descending off of East Shitpile, er, Trinity. Don’t slip. You’ll probably bounce a lot on the way down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523809249-3SVFCZL2RK9CNKP30CEW/5-IMG_4510.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out We did it! Trinity Traverse, accomplished. That’s West Trinity behind Trinity Late, with tomorrow’s mission looming in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523900774-VTUPD8LHZKV7NPGLHXTD/14-IMG_4556.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Summit of Vestal Peak after topping out Wham Ridge. Very proud moment for us. We just haven’t yet seen the nightmare that is our descent route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523860552-FGDWO0NCWPEX0PN4E600/9-IMG_4534.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out And so, on the morning of the third day, we did the damn things. Vestal on the left and Arrow on the right. Molly still makes her presence felt too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523704856-QMRRIDTLRASAQTXGCQMU/1-IMG_4468.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out The Trinities! And Molly! From left to right they are East Trinity, Middle Trinity, and West Trinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523938473-0P749QHL6I54LJR3JP22/16-IMG_4563.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Obligatory summit selfie on top of Arrow. I know, we’re the cutest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662609880562-7FB9YLV9C2P4EWAB0LQE/IMG_4572.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out We stopped many times on our hike out of Vestal Basin to eat many raspberries, which brought us many happinesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523971995-4R9267ECXP0XJWOLAAYJ/18-IMG_4579.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Molly! Kelso Ridge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523788851-K4QNB2CDXDKMUPW8SKOW/3-IMG_4480.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out First up, West Trinity. Just look at all those loose blocks waiting to be pulled out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523752364-VBSWFU86PSPZAQCRVNFM/2-IMG_4475.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out My stoke to climb Wham Ridge is just so high! I know I’ve thrown a lot of names at you in this blog post. If you remember one name from this, it should be Wham Ridge. I mean, just look at that thing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523918471-TL3C1UXIIZ492XYMMQ9V/15-IMG_4562.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Last mountain of Vestal Basin: Arrow Peak. Just look at Molly. She is so ready to climb up this ramp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523824646-RLVUYMPJUXDAEPA5ZA0H/7-IMG_4524.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Before we move forward with the peak bagging, miles counting, and vert ascending, let’s take a moment to take a look at Vestal Lake with West Trinity in the background. Goddamn, nature is pretty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662524095683-Y6AA8Y746E41SR7Q31WL/1-PXL_20220901_195604821_Original.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Post-traverse frolicking. Hooray for our first successful alpine scramble of the trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523844679-7I9SYAJBTSWA25NQSJPS/8-IMG_4532.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out More pretty nature: Vestal Peak (left) and Arrow Peak (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662523954876-GQ47O28S806Z66DYYEYY/17-IMG_4567.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Turns out, the views from the top are pretty mind boggling. The mountains in this part of Colorado go on and on and on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1662524064853-PGB9REYX4F2PSXEWHZP8/2-PXL_20220902_144112939_Original.jpg Blog - Scrambled Legs - Make it stand out Let’s scramble! https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/bluff monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996440518-WD7DDYY49Z3N4H98ZAK2/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Miles of oily peat bog squishing underfoot photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996519820-QE12FDZGOIHMHSUFJ4DA/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Look very closely and you can see a horse and chariot just below the street lamp. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996423695-ZZCAVE5DAZVUIQJ3N1Q1/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Tussock that goes on forever photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996478288-2A03HNT8BDLTYKKNMXQQ/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Taking in our last moments up high photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996552265-X0OA3EY9R0YJK9R8HAPG/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996540947-B0K46RCT0F19U1PF7Q0D/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Good thing we didn't miss the industrial district! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996189113-3TUJH4ZTCSEYZEGZ68MD/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Saying goodbye to the mountains from Princhester Hut near Te Anau photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550996463486-WKMPCCKK87QSNXYJXSMO/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff A rainbow before the storm photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551388225797-BGUI8F8SVK40U23SW109/upload.jpg Blog - On a rainy day in Bluff Ok, not this part. This part wasn't that charming. photo/ Molly https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/routeburn monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551330575542-0NMSS5YWIX7FU2A72LJI/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550821976382-ORFV9JJWL7ISBDDIBJTW/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551234209977-G7JC4JUWTAM4EDWHZ89M/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky Crawling under barbed wire fences is a totally normal part of trail, right? Oddly enough, this one had its own waypoint in our guide app. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1553428789581-FHCVFQUEAFD7M9BXQWGT/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky This print we saw from Glenn Jones Art pretty much sums it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550822057658-OUXEUDKO511DBUX0J8Y2/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky Trying to beat the storm. Spoilers, we didn't.   photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550822553959-UNVOQ3SQBIWJ0PI3Z5Q3/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550821956882-TR52U41V21MJGNP83LRP/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky One good thing about rain? Waterfalls! Earland Falls is a 574 foot waterfall that drops right onto the path. Super epic feature of this trail! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551330737189-7PSW0E031TWCNYE57AJA/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky McKellar hut was a welcome sight as dusk approached. photo/ Molly   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550822231481-9Y1D9AQZ5OD0PZSCU2U2/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky A storm is coming, but why is the sky pink?! (Early morning, facing northwest). photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550822003093-I24XNOVRLIRX9H97LDL7/upload.jpg Blog - Walks, Great and Tussocky Walking down the Greenstone Valley photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/queenstown monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632434033-WSDT7N078VFZ5IVR9EOV/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown Heading up the Motatapu Track out of Wanaka. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632412909-EYBU2Y2G100AJQRIM2YY/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown Such a juicy, delicious burger. Not sure I'd agree with the "best in the world" designation, but it didn't suck. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632491653-ZTU4P5IDCISISHLS6UKP/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown So much texture! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631911854-INSF4HM02MCVO9VKLZ5U/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown Fergburger: a tale of love at first bite. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632462960-W9R7DCQ16QOZ8PLU1QTL/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632523603-CLJLO9VWR38983KVEYIU/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown You know town is near when the trail turns into a gravel bike path. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632571731-VTM8W5B4NVZCM2F4IKCE/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, and the neighboring mountains photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550632545005-CRH4QFN0DVBJOC6NVK8D/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown The Remarkables towering above Lake Wakatipu photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551330124460-SJ5IJG5HD8J2J0JJTFRH/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown After landing, I ran to grab my phone so I could get a few snaps of Charlie coming down after me. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551330334529-DVIXYDAW6CHCGPICWSDZ/upload.jpg Blog - Left at Motatapu, then straight on 'til Queenstown Charlie comes in for the landing. photo/ Molly https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/wanaka monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1552431705124-T07LSFUL0JLGNDI420QW/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Dawn vibes in the valley photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550630393040-JGUT99V6SVU6BXY9UG8Y/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Blackpeak Gelato has a very special place in our hearts. photo/ Molly   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550630611028-T9CHTHK7U7F78KURUJ4Y/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631471716-3CB2IENOHEZCRF19I10C/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Don't let the tranquil image fool you; this little tree is an international Instagram star.  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631300911-AKE1FXKBFB54E0GH5AB4/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Charlie takes in the view on the climp to Martha saddle. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631275703-LBC7ZOP3SN17D8W62INP/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550630435179-Q4Y0L8F8LZXB8XJ63CRS/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1552431465101-NT263L94ZE099ZREEAST/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Descending the steep ridges off of Breast Hill. photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631547158-O6TPVB5SAR8CKH6LCHGC/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Perfect morning light on the shores of Lake Wanaka photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631365730-5CKHC45DT9PDR1BUDY9P/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Molly working on her putting game photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631399914-69RYY9CQ3H1UN3YFWIRV/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels Jonathan absolutely slaughtering the competition photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550631181627-QQHKNWKQUVAWG9ZST73Z/upload.jpg Blog - Five Lakes and Two Wheels photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/stag-saddle monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551945774183-JLCEURVNWLAG2GF39VWD/upload.jpg Blog - Going Stag Looking back down at the dust storm still raging in the valley below made us glad to be past the Rangitata. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551946235623-1OB33H8KXLEXDYI6DUE3/upload.jpg Blog - Going Stag This is what tussock hell looks like. Don't see a trail? Neither do we. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551945913625-TN5H74N5CXBTMUVJX1FO/upload.jpg Blog - Going Stag A look back to whence we came. We came off the ridge on the left, reaching it via the saddle at the top/center. photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1551945852172-BW7W9KTBUCB8IJTFJC06/upload.jpg Blog - Going Stag The incredible view from the ridge adjacent to Stag Saddle. Not only did we get to walk down the glorious trail along this ridge, the view of Lake Tekapo stretched out below us certainly added to the scene. photo/ Jonathan   https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/rangitata monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550625931679-VA574VJ4UEJCZP6U1TVH/upload.jpg Blog - The Rangitata: A River Crossing in Many Parts photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550626068510-TTYRC9Z6B7CN2OM3UKPL/upload.jpg Blog - The Rangitata: A River Crossing in Many Parts A night of stress and anxiety gave way to one of the most dramatic sunrises I've ever witnessed. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550626060765-9DNYUA8MH1T3TCRL4KWW/upload.jpg Blog - The Rangitata: A River Crossing in Many Parts One of the less fortunate rabbits we found on the far side of the river while walking the road back to trail. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550626000489-E6ETJQ7ME8FCMH34CQ5C/upload.jpg Blog - The Rangitata: A River Crossing in Many Parts Traversing the Rangitata moonscape in gale force winds. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550626527611-SJD8OFDJ56SWDJ9F94G0/upload.jpg Blog - The Rangitata: A River Crossing in Many Parts Looking back across the river valley as we settled into camp. photo/ Molly https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/hiking-through-rohan monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550625593858-AEBV7GL98OBYUDYNA4G8/upload.jpg Blog - Hiking Through Rohan photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550625481015-HM6QNHT3DBW4D6HKUF0Q/upload.jpg Blog - Hiking Through Rohan photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1550625358625-I5NW464EB65ZZLLB08T1/upload.jpg Blog - Hiking Through Rohan Mount Sunday (Edoras) is just out of sight in the upper right. 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Believe it or not, that color is not artificial. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529347191-HEN3F8YH9RS7KJ5VHULX/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes The view from the far side of Waiau Pass photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529534568-4L68MMQ0CKRLPJDOGIJR/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Looking up Lake Rotoiti photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529557540-7F151K6IEEFP599768S6/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Travers Falls, 65 ft photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529591223-F13975V4NAQ2XWA5YJGM/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Molly climbing around near Travers Peak photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549872387140-G3EX8JB45748VKQMD70O/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Morning light near Upper Travers Saddle photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529501102-X9J8FAW8A4MXXHQZOU9P/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Molly looking epic AF photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529611591-X4D4N7P45WUHNFOWRCQU/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Soft lakeside trail covered in tiny beech leaves photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529517208-EMINEUB4EKYNJPA5AOXV/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes "A pack of wild horses raging across this river 100 feet away was one of the most cinematic experiences of my life." photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529407180-XFL4XD7TC3APG9T1X54L/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Cascades spilling down toward the trail photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549529484140-RVQ2LQ9TCNE6C66X79V1/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes Looking back at Lake Constance from Waiau Pass. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549875151507-A5XBGMAWBX8LO0J22NAK/upload.jpg Blog - Take Me Back to Nelson Lakes https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/richmond-range monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527818063-C2ESFTG3ISP8D8TJ6LTU/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527662278-XQXLH1RA8H1LQ7HU8QCV/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527928845-SL0E32NFDF0ZZQHKAW2T/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527706036-3VD3H9KHC4QAIKPM6ELA/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527835715-MHRQA2CKNNLPK5H1VQW7/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527874803-R3JRKS5PJLTTCH1NJCMK/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549825607812-GAXEVAF0K38885OTEMGU/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527776293-EEBH3IFCQYMDNF6TAN5F/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549825144698-Z5U7BBYGOL3KCX4BOEQM/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549527980450-M4NUXW0Y928WLGDO3337/upload.jpg Blog - What We've Been Waiting For photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/queen-charlotte monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549518914004-BLE0J2XK2PEGEI4150W9/upload.jpg Blog - Quality Time with Queen Charlotte Tiny penguins! 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Yes, please! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547542625327-2CCTV5UU0AZ9RRZGEBNP/upload.jpg Blog - Quality Time with Queen Charlotte Chilling through some flat forest photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549518850713-UVG7AWTC1DJZYD6L642J/upload.jpg Blog - Quality Time with Queen Charlotte photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549518991035-RWWJKPY90NG15HX8ORC0/upload.jpg Blog - Quality Time with Queen Charlotte Post-dinner chai latte as it lightly rains outside on our first night back on trail photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549518998183-4BPYXYHO3V87RV2459CP/upload.jpg Blog - Quality Time with Queen Charlotte The sun creeps over the hills as we finish up Queen Charlotte Track. It's been a pleasure.   photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/wellington-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549532293777-MVY8WGBO8BXL68DPNI66/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549532339903-TAT6SDPLLMQYQ9UBDIAI/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World Desert excellence.  photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549579004094-QZWNA3JT2ZC9ARTBXQD5/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World The cave troll from The Fellowship of the Ring outside of Weta Workshop photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549578942209-Q1X33OU2NKREKYD9D9NW/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World The pup, Ella, was very helpful during recovery time, though she was decidedly not supposed to be indoors. I'm very sorry for being a bad influence on the floof. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549578773298-IRHLH7AMLTVINOI2P6CP/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World Goodbye North Island! photo/ Molly   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549532324557-0A50F80BNF8VFF774THB/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World Living a life of luxury. photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549532347642-2GASDM6TM8B75OYSP6L0/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World Fancy mint on my pillow? Don't mind if I do. photo/ Jonathan   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549579068915-U3B9NSO6Z7K9M2VV3PDG/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World A two foot long tuatara at Zealandia photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549578884491-GRUKZOV75ZHADVG0KL69/upload.jpg Blog - Touristing in Welly World Some blinged out pigeons throwin down at Garage Project https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/wellington monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547153448000-2RSFYRKPTT7GR7D4MIBR/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Beachfront camping with beautiful hiker trash photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549154474425-SQLX4RI3SNPEKL3RD869/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Jonathan and Charlie get their feet wet at high tide photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549153909215-Q27AOLC2426I671I3OA8/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Ocean views from the Escarpment Track coastal walkway near Paekakariki photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547153462918-G9N5QPEQV83WF5MSKAOS/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Hiker trash on Lambton Quay in Welly's city center photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547153334469-YHOZT478D3NO4AWLUGUC/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Molly surveying our final beach walk photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547153423959-9WLRT1TN87IMXNWVWRCB/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! Downtown Wellington from above photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1548698274821-4TEFFS0IC0VTKNEQDF27/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! We ate delicious Vietnamese food at a place called "Where's Charlie?" photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1549154415559-NRXLIU5IW9HF81FPFTMK/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! HIKING SO HARD. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1548698324522-1A7V15JAE9ML5L968S31/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! We finished the North Island! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547153369814-M0TPN29R4FNG3TA24ZPT/upload.jpg Blog - Onwards to Wellington! 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Crawford photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547524719812-BYMQ0OGI6WDWRFFR38TD/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas Hiker train! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547525645603-Q2J0A764DROFYPNZPJ90/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547525165748-D20YYT12DLOL42OS88FQ/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas Charlie and Jonathan snacking it up on the summit photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547524972885-ZIGVCGX4POZ2ZC20HYYY/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas Looking back, you can just glimpse Te Matawai Hut with it's little red roof. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547525753720-FISQMKPJ4GB35NKPO4X1/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas Typical New Zealand "trail" photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547524790530-VZI66DBB3SVOP7GBM93K/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas Heavy mist on day #1 in the Tararuas photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547525355265-1S7NXU2BPTTAUAFL97VQ/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547524893429-27OXOG1ZUIOBRSHF27HE/upload.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Tararuas  photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/taranaki monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547246880299-II9M96VB90DY3IIVWL6N/upload.jpg Blog - Mt. 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Time to rest the sore feet for a few days.   photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547529486641-NMVVBJXRPWFMX2RYI827/upload.jpg Blog - Christmas on the River Charlie and Jonathan celebrating our arrival in the city of Whanganui photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546719308440-4KQHE3NGOTIWTRN4BPZ5/upload.jpg Blog - Christmas on the River Charlie looking extremely festive with a bunch of other beautiful hiker trash photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546719400333-Q0NY5IA4N1NVWQYFGCCR/upload.jpg Blog - Christmas on the River photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546719196656-5DOM3OYMMH0YDYCKK9H7/upload.jpg Blog - Christmas on the River We're smiling because there's so much food and beer in those barrels. photo/ some rando on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546719266877-4Y26CY93WOKNTMLZ15ON/upload.jpg Blog - Christmas on the River photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/round-the-mountain monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547024321066-C5WVHDSLQ0QGUOA1TUU3/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain   photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546718933221-VY7H1MH73265NLZ582QB/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547024346623-M3A7GNIRC0AA5RA1GTWK/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain   photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547024316918-7FTQBJPUTUC1X638V1HN/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain  photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547024308079-MEF1HSN0B0S1GLWR2F3B/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain   photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547087930865-C4R7FEJI6D8JI34YJQW6/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547024349285-SCPY4XUT4KLU4SRMOG6K/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain   photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546718979828-8QYIMEA1Q1UBF3QPWL0K/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547334176167-V97AXG0C1CVYIMB7CMLY/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1547334271843-J8THD0O4U795KKL7NQTF/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546718644354-KFCPBPHNDYGONWO23RZL/upload.jpg Blog - Round the Mountain photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/doomsday monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717601144-JPBQ9DU49RTI9M8D1O7C/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday Trying to stay warm in a very drafty hut while the deluge continued outside. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546813683521-6G6J940MKWUKAR4TM64D/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717751591-DSHDTED8NP1J08WKQSAL/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday "Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!" -Samwise Gamgee photo/ Charlie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546813778024-L8RFR89OKSGU7S30QDEB/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday At last, we reach our goal. The epic views of Red Crater and Ngauruhoe. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717683654-IIUHF4BOR8KD3STTP4UW/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday Charlie, a British hiker we met a few weeks back, getting a spectacular view of the clouds. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717418507-XEAVX3EGOK7585MCFC0A/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday Obligatory selfie in front of Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom). photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717312590-7IPUL6PEO503O98XFC4I/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday One last look back at Ngaruhoe as we descend off its flanks. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546717542894-3N19LSFBQEFNW2D07JJZ/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday Charlie presses on toward the high point, with no one else in sight. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546813983453-KIP0D3OWJLRYHEAYKMGR/upload.jpg Blog - Doomsday Mount Doom seemed like a cool place for a #brinsonbanksing moment. photo/ Charlie https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/Timber-trail monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025759061-7RT45R54667PQUVSIKLX/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins Morning light on the Timber Trail. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025996012-1XW81HX8J3WEO0XEE2RF/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins The track follows an old railway grade, sometimes carved through the rock with walls covered in moss a foot deep or more. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025611950-J8THSPWZV85OX4RQF38E/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins Heading up Pirongia, the sunlit forest covered in vines. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025735646-URO0VB9W8PRGP57IWFAM/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins This waterfall makes the trail here look much nicer than it was, but it's the only photo we've got of the whole section. Alas, no photos full of blackberry thorns and spiderwebs. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546818012067-K192FNYM924TZ3WS0RBB/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins And Jonathan communed with it. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025785980-I8JOU7RDER95GAX1C4WG/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins Pristine trail in an other-worldly forest? Yes please! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025845164-WLJDEDUKH310KEC2OWW4/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins We met an ostrich! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025815027-XXW6YER4KJUWB1M11TGK/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins A perfect morning. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546025674573-2OHWL17YPC1U9CQ0N03Q/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins Sunset from the porch at Pahautea Hut. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546027762784-UU3112YSNYVOUNGMHMO5/upload.jpg Blog - The Wilderness Begins 141 meter suspension bridge! So cool. photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/hamilton-rotorua monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972653626-9L63SEY7J6Y1ZMU1R6O3/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal Along the Te Awa River Ride. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545986400400-DTPWIQCHGV0TX2WIC1X7/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal Jonathan staring down into the 45 ft deep Te Puna-a-Hangarua at Hanurama Springs (more info here). photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972516416-Q2QYBSZYQJIJC8QLZBN7/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972732129-OV39JTDEP1C9MOAYLTEE/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal Hot waterfall! photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972556363-54RC3SD590WPLEHBIME3/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal  photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1546019802042-9VO0AUM7WSU0B3DRZHOP/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972585279-9KXU72OPV7HHDT28D6ZK/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal The trails here are generally either insanely rough or insanely built up. This giant staircase was nearly a mile long and climbed over 1000ft. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972463762-54DGFLRA9XMAC2TUUXDI/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal And this is how the blogs get written. photo/ Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545986735111-PURPPTQ4B7E68X4A48G8/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal  photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545986257564-N380TKU506JPW6S0TQM2/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal Jonathan learns the basics of righthand drive. Go ahead, just try to do it without turning on the windshield wipers instead of the turn signals. Just try. photo/ Molly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545972750675-2SJUP8Q5ONA8Z8TSEGM4/upload.jpg Blog - Not All Zero Days Are Created Equal  photo/ Jonathan https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/welcome-to-auckland monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1545971179891-D2KKL4KZF43REB3F2EE6/upload.jpg Blog - Welcome to Auckland Sheep in the city. 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It really doesn't get much better than this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1457068189647-57VUL501UQGDGR5C4ZBM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Skiing down through the woods; nearing the end of our trip. photo/molly krumholz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1456984756832-LRZ5X4VGGM7BVLQYRDNS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Heading back to the car on the morning of day three got off to a rough start. At just under 12,000 feet, the climb back over Hagerman Pass was brutal. High winds and hard snow made for sideways hail straight to our faces. Visibility was practically zero, and I felt like I was skinning into the abyss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1457046513105-LIODKPSRZ6PM3VS1RMBH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here View from the front deck of Betty Bear Hut. 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Not too shabby, if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1456984855610-IL01UINJAZN484EO427D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here SHE'S GOT TWO FACES. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1457046706598-T3QKYZ4HUHWNSRKVXP10/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Modified #BrinsonBanksing, ice cave style! Someone built this cute little cave right outside the front door of Skinner Hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1456984536840-3YX3EIUSMGQ7UUREXU5B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Betty Bear Hut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1456984825545-QUROIEUF7DVWDKIAR0QW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Molly heading back down from Hagerman Pass on our way out. Just look at all that glorious powder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1457046573926-BH0MS9YMTW8092433H5I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - This is why we're here Onward and upward! Molly skinning on our way up to Skinner Hut on day two. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2015/9/26/nolans-14 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323314988-L6Q6ZZZOZG4O8G63EY35/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Crazy-looking ridge seen looking north from La Plata Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323393975-0TPQBK99H1I031HHA89T/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Molly enjoys watching over Tabeguache Peak as the Gargoyle of Shavano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323468287-W8JMALFRO6TXP6XWER1J/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 The ambiance of an aspen grove in late afternoon as the leaves turn golden is an almost unparalleled experience. So unbelievably serene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443477684042-B9KM17SNYEF4GKIDDDIC/Photo+Sep+22%2C+12+26+07.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Mt. Elbert looms in the distance as we hiked through a lovely valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323195627-6RFZUIO1GIORKDTLOS45/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Jonathan captured this majestic shot of the aspens in the morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323358449-W52069FDNN5O9JJW2CZ0/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Things got a little silly on the Summit of Shavano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323201708-YN3RW1YRBIO1X9EGD7Q6/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 The view from the back of the truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323192498-HPQTYLEW95P7UN29P8PR/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Jonathan in front of Mt Elbert. Our route went up the ridge on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323079563-S5RCGDJ6NJT3T8UQ89SF/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 This is how I felt on the summit of Mt. Elbert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323198009-VLVIXGGWL05PIBWBX7OB/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Not a whole lot of traffic, but what a lovely morning for a walk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323333983-WZW1F5Y8IYONOA65INZQ/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Summit of La Plata Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443322891411-HH7KX81H2073LT17CJWZ/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Made it to the top of Mt. Massive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443323484210-X9NCIK1KG40NHMIL6WXR/image.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Jonathan doesn't want to go back to work after the Summit of Tabeguache. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443477760734-OQYM9YE3VZ8YZ9YOFJS4/Photo+Sep+22%2C+17+06+58.jpg Blog - Nolan's 14 Man and Beer met on the summit of Mt. Elbert https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2015/9/26/the-strange-folk-festival-soapbox-has-pictures-at-cranky-yellow monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443250653805-D6U39VYRWOI8UFIBV5CZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443250742346-P6RZE5A7MSULI1WLQYMI/IMG_0018.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443251182059-DLFGGNSJE5FQUC5A1PXB/1yoseEast.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443251510661-RT7030HWXVPHSBW5IQBB/cy-1sideofWhitney.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443251521046-7YDD7QLOBARDWG505712/cy-JeffersonWFire.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443250753591-DVB40MGCKCDZZAZT4NIU/IMG_0015.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1443251789954-A6HJ04CEX13CLJEIW03P/cy-desert.jpg Blog - The Strange Folk Festival: Soapbox has pictures at Cranky Yellow! https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2015/1/14/pedi-project monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279494026-RP04TF5X22AA34FFZJHS/jjShootsonHalfdome.jpg Blog - Pedi Project Jonathan shooting some climbers just after they reached the top of Halfdome. The most stunningly beautiful place I've ever been. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279688950-YBI8LWJCFKL86WM1QPLG/shootingthedesert Blog - Pedi Project Third day on the trail, close to the Sunrise Highway in southern California. The trail overlooks a large stretch of desert, I think the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279744007-27JNZ4V1IKISWQASI7D7/lakesitting Blog - Pedi Project Taking a picture and a break lake-side. We were on our Mt. Whitney evening approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421280042335-INJHND8YQ667SN58NV2Z/cuteEnding Blog - Pedi Project An appropriate end to a trip. Frizzle getting some classy shots at the PCT northern terminus. Note the clear-cut US/Canadian border. Neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279505760-LQ1PV1AM3IS2KOWEPGWL/shootingonice Blog - Pedi Project Jonathan sets up a group photo on what very well might have been a cornice on Forester Pass. Heart attack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279991147-F2XHE1J5LD53PC11KVGQ/washingtonPedi Blog - Pedi Project Fast forward. Jonathan captures another of the more beautiful scenes on the PCT - Mt. Rainier to the south, sun setting to the west. This was the day after my sickness in Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279306599-JM56L2RNNCQOPAPT7DTM/firstdayshooting Blog - Pedi Project The first day out. We both took a ton of pictures. The trail was new and we were finding out what worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421280101970-7AK75XMMDN0NY4XW537M/quinoaCrossing Blog - Pedi Project I think Quinoa made it across dry this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279892503-2IO92SDBLZUZC5OK0O0Z/sideDome Blog - Pedi Project We all took a ton of pictures on Halfdome. Here is Jonathan taking a break to shooting on the way down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279408348-AH4FJTC2E4MB2V74VR1P/lastsightingjj Blog - Pedi Project This was the day we reached the halfway point on the PCT. This is the last time I saw Pedi for a little while, I reached the halfway point with Midway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1421279352318-4T1UUBQMSFV647OOWQC3/hikertrashshoot Blog - Pedi Project I caught Jonathan shooting for his Hiker Trash project. Usually I was holding the Tyvek in the background, luckily I shirked my responsibility to get a pic. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/12/7/lifeiswild monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/7/pct-data monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/7/the-case-for-ultralight monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/8/26/the-passes monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123441775-KAZANYZPQQWNCPMJYX82/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather Quinoa encountering a ranger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123554715-3JJ8CH9A42YDNJJK1G8V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather the snowy, icy slopes of the south side of Mather Pass. Almost fell here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123627786-IC9Q60J2IZ3DYLT4KAV6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather View of Palisades Lake and the north face of Mather Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123534610-SJT2AMY0FZ0J5CIZZXK3/IMG_0018.jpg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather Nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123608838-MF66LPC9JUV8ZI0WU9RE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather Jonathan standing at the top of Mather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123427558-88I92X6TNOZT0D58TR31/IMG_0004.jpg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123587271-LPW1HDKVTI07K0D7N7J5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather View all the snow fields we crossed that morning from the top of Pinchot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1416123511013-5U02WG1XPK0KM8XJB9N6/IMG_0009.jpg Blog - The passes - Pinchot and Mather Sunset at the outlet of Palisades Lake, we were still searching for a camping spot. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/11/9/soapboxs-pct-beard-growing-timelapse monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/19/soapboxs-gear-reviews-pt-3 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/19/soapboxs-gear-review-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/19/soapboxs-gear-review-pt-1 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/10/the-grand-finale monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225915681-PJ27Z2UL2SZHSTFIXWUS/traildancer Blog - The grand finale Trail Dancer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225862123-H6UFRGDTFYULE8IZ08VR/joaquin Blog - The grand finale Joaquin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225946785-662TEQAQSJN0XG32N867/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The grand finale Mr. President https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413226002270-BRMJ0JGY8W8BUOSIYNSL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The grand finale Quickdraw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225813768-DD4H5XVH58JXW9QTL7EQ/Iceman Blog - The grand finale Iceman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225983799-1OPW819ZTMD1G33OSF98/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The grand finale Polar Bear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225886075-R6XVRO2YA17HMODGNFM5/potluck Blog - The grand finale Pot Luck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413225966256-5047WWH1GZ2KROK4XMB2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The grand finale Snail Trainer https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/20/trail-life-in-washington monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854367485-9RC9Y89LW941LFAPIO2E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854250627-V6SJRFAHZRUCR73Z4ELW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Impassable? Ya, we don't think so. Trip, Dan, Mongo and Frizzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854017448-96ASD6SLEXXU2IZIZN2F/20130821_PCT_5204.jpg Blog - Trail life in Washington Smitty traversing a snowfield in Goat Rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854476526-AWB5H5LEK1RQUO0CTLXI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Dan had to pull the harmonica out and play a quick song for Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854280995-60J79GZBXT34D37U5UE0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Loved the way the light hit this bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854312683-ZDXQWPEBTDCAHK4PRGAG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington DANG, this bridge is hella messed up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854050886-7E2CJ4LG4PT7N1TM95JC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Dan decided to hang up his tent to let it dry while he ate breakfast. Who does that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854177110-EAKJ9PH70AZC5ZP841G4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Butters at the Dinsmore's Hiker Haven in Skykomish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854406341-DZOC08RAG35PWWVB8SK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Dan was a cat on the monument at the Canadian border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854436269-8X2396RGBW8RWC3IX7WP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Border to border, baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413853990818-CA4ZEQ88EEQL1HC1AMN1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington You eat that lunch Butters. You eat it good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854119517-FC0FTUR6SA44IOK92SJM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854217608-L3Z2K0ICPXI8GXKBKQO7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington traversing the "impassable" trail with Trip, Mongo and co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413855601417-Z36LWGV3KN2NE840W829/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Butters at the hotel in Snoqualmie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413854152537-JB53SIT7GKFQ0ZWRW1YD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Trail life in Washington Dan (with Winston) Hiking out of Snoqualmie Pass. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/9/winston monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1414023144750-LDSDXKJI39G1Y1K2A1U3/portraitofwinston.jpg Blog - Winston! Note he is resting on an evergreen bush. Likely this was his downfall. Ever the risk-taker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413852877439-8NLOSE65IJ62JCLOLM82/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winston! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1414023099423-IFR40H9C7DQWTTSRGYU6/dinnerwWinston.jpg Blog - Winston! I caught Jonathan sharing dinner with Winston on the last night he was with us. What a view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1414023161209-L9PZELSBQJOPEDI6ZN6N/image.jpg Blog - Winston! The last portrait of Winston. What a fun little dude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1414023109963-U9FSTRMCH8CWAKE722DO/hikingwWinston.jpg Blog - Winston! I handed off Winston before I ran off-trail to answer nature's call on the second and last day Winston hiked with us. He wasn't with us nearly long enough. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/8/fun-with-time-lapses monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/9/hitchiking monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413402654028-0YMG04TT6W2NV34K0E1U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hitchiking Dan (Soapbox) trying to hitch out of Chester, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413402574827-4L5ZLDBL7GV9J183VWLU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hitchiking Frizzle riding in the bed of a pickup on our way back to trail from Trout Lake, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413402599496-7QPF4NLL0RESSGU355XR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hitchiking Myself and Half'n'Half trying to walk and hitch a ride in Big Bear City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413402549935-ZUF2KQP9K8MHM97VBLDD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hitchiking Dan hitching in the back of a pickup to Kennedy Meadows Resort in central California. We had to ride with the gate down because the bed was so full. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1413402619494-CL46HF4G1GR9M44NQKVQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hitchiking Half'n'Half, myself, Quinoa and Choop hitching back up to Tuolomne Meadows from Yosemite Valley. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/10/looking-back-struck-down-by-sickness-pt-4 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/9/looking-back-struck-down-by-sickness-pt-3 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412876047793-C4T2SCT5ES97LKZQWP89/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 3) The ridge top crossing of the Kendall Katwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412890961636-VYNQFCMLMB0TALOH9QWJ/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 3) Airship clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412890899260-LSIQDGA3ZRPPZMEYZ2ED/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 3) Making camp the first night out of Snoqualimie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412876075808-C5YZ2MMMBREU1J8ORQKM/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 3) Another view of the Kendal Katwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412876334692-91VB8XNBE6YVUN1PI4PV/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 3) One of my favorite vista of the trail. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/10/1/struck-down-by-sickness-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572595030-K7ZJ6SC9PI3D0P2KGFK6/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) Hiker trash hanging out, going through resupply boxes in Snoqualmie Pass. (Smokes, Trail Dancer and Frizzle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572683695-S5STWP5A3DBLJQOWW69Z/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) Some nature being all natural and stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572642819-MZ09V29AI34ZZFMWHDT7/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) I was low on substantial food so i make a Cheeto, mayo, parm, mustard, hummus wrap. Felt like Arrested Development. No way this is why I was feeling sick... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572715972-ZZ2S09MX5B32MHPGKTW0/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) View of Mt. Ranier before we hiked into Snoqualmie Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572508790-L23OGY2L9OF2N2Z030TM/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) Soapbox the morning he and Smokes hiked into Snoqualmie Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572617486-WSFQ7JKY5FPRFDZ7VSYN/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) View of highway 410 before we hiked into Snoqualmie Pass, near Sheep's Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412572491557-1L1ZUQO3FDMCDIW7E7YA/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 2) Sick Soapbox and trusty friend, Pedi hitching to get back to the trail from North Bend. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/9/29/looking-back-struck-down-by-sickness monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054153616-PEUSM15UV6PQ1V28A3BJ/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) Mt. Adams in the back. Butttttttters on the way up! YOTOOOOoOooooooh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054114267-OP5POQJ10W38I4TE58WA/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) the gang hiking down from the Knife's Edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054137394-STBBC6PB0M7ONRQHBUS5/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) naaaaaature. It's a good thing. Rainier is impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054182670-V3EY1M8JA7VD8YFOL6NI/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) Good dudes. Butters on the right, Smokes on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054167718-AMNISBCD7SXC28GGJVDU/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) The Knife's Edge is the trail running from the foreground along the right of the photo. Rainier in the topleft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054123880-HNU2MZXS6L4W3ZSZFC8Z/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) PCT selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1412054099984-C6TO4966KWYEZH4MWMKL/image.jpg Blog - Looking Back: struck down by sickness (pt. 1) Nature takes it's toll on an old PCT sign. Mt. Rainier in the distance. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/gear-review-pt3 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/gear-review-pt2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/gear-review-pt1 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/9/12/whataya-nuts monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410539283556-G3SSF8UPYS0V4367B4JW/image.jpg Blog - Whataya nuts? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410872389658-ZPLVBKTCMN3BUSG6LD7O/image.jpg Blog - Whataya nuts? https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/9/16/scenes-of-washington monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410500190648-EELJG4YB7S1OKGQ931AI/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of Washington Mile 2326 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410500229101-6TMPJGPO1XE1VO7Q5ZC9/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of Washington Mile 2410 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410501291546-77VZT58ZX6CYFP8QNUGG/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of Washington Mile 2636 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1410500148422-FZFAD8ML9NWDL79UUC07/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of Washington Mile 2281. 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This dude is guaranteed to put a smile on any thru-hiker he passes. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/30/looking-back-mt-whitney monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/23/scenes-of-the-sierra-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403827536160-IOMFT0685T48GDO5GFEC/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561679630-4WMCCSXTNZDPD7LPX8J1/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561639342-LPBRJ82YREXTFBN3GJ6F/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561577789-VG4XLK0L69CRAE1DVDIJ/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561698044-F3JMIWD0XX8L3N9UXLBX/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561654147-VUIQHFMA6JZKZEVZ0XAT/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra pt. 2 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/10/the-passes-forrester-pass monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1404950614375-2Y4UT49KX4JSL3IA3X6Y/image.jpg Blog - The passes: Forester Pass Hiking down from the top of Forester, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1404789547963-FPJ84P9C8LHPY2DBB1NT/image.jpg Blog - The passes: Forester Pass Trail leading to Forester Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1404950547131-S45EG9I5SQPN2J0K368X/image.jpg Blog - The passes: Forester Pass Scene as we approached the pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1405199318441-XKCN53NC40RR5IA4M099/image.jpg Blog - The passes: Forester Pass what a group... 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This moment instilled the most fear in me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403560890394-QD7NSNFAVRK1E7EKT5Q1/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Choop is ready to do this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561038588-PM5YXJISYHHA54H1Q7HB/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Lembert Dome, the first of the granite rock formations viewable upon entering Yosemite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561725264-VTM1ZMZ8VVGVJ59458K6/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Climbers nearing the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403560980484-U4AIJON25WG8CI6UEMTY/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Our last glimpse of Half Dome descending into the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561086809-I63PX09KRDSSCPEOO57Q/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Vernal Falls (I think) a mere mile or two before the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403561607652-MLTCMEEL805OHGDI4LL0/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic The meadow entering Yosemite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1403560918827-YFXCO8BX2JY25T1DKH7Q/image.jpg Blog - Yosemite the majestic Oh. My. God. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/5/17/photos-of-us-hiking monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351174727-44KF9S4ZC95B7WFW7JWQ/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking I love when logs are laid out over stream crossings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1400376485623-UKB0Z1YOQW1JZAEYMIUL/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Vasquez Rocks. Half'n'Half was all smiles walking through this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1400376388471-NSS80SOLEFXS8MHL1R5U/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Bearing the heat of the desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1400376438440-5260XBO7VGJV2D2TCZUO/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Walking along the L.A. aqueduct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351892835-5KXJPGET13PJOPNEWH9N/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking And then there was this staircase on the PCT. The John Muir Trail section gets fancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401726925530-ON4PIOPJ1363018EP44J/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Beautiful alpine forests are my favorite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351190243-T1ZIY2A5GKFAGS0LMLVI/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Epic stream crossings in the Sierra. Dan did this one barefoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351206943-6SSM6WOBU26RFA93VHUW/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking The approach to Forrester Pass. Dan (Soap Box) makes it look epic. It kinda was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1400376301448-SEYNM206TDTYDD06R9E6/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking The sun sets over the Mojave Desert as we prepare for a night hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401726893553-H6C5LZJ41HNF8CUYZJ3P/image.jpg Blog - Photos of us hiking Our Belgian got all thugged out for Mt. Whitney. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/5/12/my-crew-rolls-deep monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399940912899-UFUZ1VO0USEMEOLND2AO/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: My crew rolls deep Midway, Quinoa, Barbie, Half'n'Half, Soap Box, Baggins and Wash Pot. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/5/5/life-in-the-backcountry monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399328065908-2HTEUV2S398Z74O6Q5DN/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry And then we keep walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399326255071-TV690S1HAF9998CZ3EPP/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Dinner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399326220699-R344LNZQYSIWZD7UM2C8/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry The boys are back outta town.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399326457076-Y1QBTY95TH702HIQ6VPV/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Blogging in our sleeping bags.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402365557889-FF0698BM4SUIJV5OA4U1/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Finding ourselves exhausted by the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399835233130-UY33OU78SI70TCPKIRRK/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Waiting for cars give us a hitch.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401727147602-YH3HMCM38H9MU3JZT52B/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Searching for "gold" in rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399327537669-F4MGGQVS3WQV9XA6M9HM/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Swimming in a dammed up lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402362723485-55UQ5JF13JBKPC2DG5RT/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Sleeping on top of Muir Pass in the Muir Hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399326316980-GGX0TPA8O8H69E3A8YZ1/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry This is how you don't get scurvy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399835179563-HVY5L7L6MVG2CFFCQX7E/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Setting up tents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399327599155-FSVJ8DH2JE4W8JK22VTG/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry It's hot and we're tired.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399835465249-1CGSC4BRY3TVVQBM3OST/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Riding in the back of a pickup on the way back to the trail. Checking more activities off the American bucket list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1399835279705-8VFGCD80B3XEHJASVRVM/image.jpg Blog - Life in the backcountry Peeing off the side of a mountain.   https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/10/the-bet monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402419187874-Q4TK2DFELY8Q8T52TD7Z/image.jpg Blog - The Bet https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/2/scenes-of-the-sierra-nevada monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402350413050-B8J8MWPGYJIQSQS4SGCR/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 821 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402350443527-52YD1804VYN42XQ0286W/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 841 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402505548103-133OZMG08K7EW1CI1590/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 804 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402350481778-BFGDAVR29BVNAB7A7NIC/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402350538843-FU7MM8SJT7RWJKV0ADZ1/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 838. 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Northern view from Selden Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402350425218-Z151FR3EYEMLMJFX03LH/image.jpg Blog - Scenes of the Sierra Nevada Mile 819 https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/9/pct-more-like-pacific-crest-choose-your-own-adventure monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351796979-38L1MVB27XCSQWCDCFDO/image.jpg Blog - PCT? More like Pacific Crest Choose Your Own Adventure Sometimes you have to follow other people's footprints and hope they steer your in the right direction. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351817676-UTNXUSOMIFJ1OF9CHZG8/image.jpg Blog - PCT? More like Pacific Crest Choose Your Own Adventure Sometimes you glissade down and skip a bunch of switchbacks. Glissading can be very fun, but it is not without its dangers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351834086-RSREQ1UBFGUJFSOO62EG/image.jpg Blog - PCT? More like Pacific Crest Choose Your Own Adventure Sometimes there is absolutely no clear indication and you hope you can follow your maps well. That or you guess and hope you can navigate well in the blind. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/5/21/effing-wind-farms monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285883151-SMEPYLI7C4QJKXKX2W5L/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows Side of the Apple Shed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285917173-JUWYJM2JXOZ0CX5B85O3/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows Dan hiking towards Hikertown. Photo credit: Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285682462-Y4L470NY3RLEWS8PYNOT/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285910821-S1W5IDJEWMAU2XC7R5II/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows I caught Pedi walking on the aqueduct at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402286046559-XU0B7M03KB7MJCAZBPBL/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows The aqueduct. Photo credit: Jonathan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285726213-D3TLSADSWSONLFJ30W67/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows Pedi captures Hikertown's sheriff building and a few other parts of the miniature old west town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402285797942-J9BT5154FW39R1K7CMJN/image.jpg Blog - Looking back: wind farms to Kennedy Meadows Areas of high wind just after the Mojave section. https://www.captainsofus.com/blog/2014/6/2/ascending-mt-whitney monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724078208-6UJV091UI8YH2IVTLHBM/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney The valley below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724106233-STGCWURBKG237W8UZSNI/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney What strange things are amok outside the shelter? I think it best to stay warm in the hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724162878-A3Q2L30JY58CPLK2SB7M/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Half'n'Half pushes through the struggle of breathing at high altitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724360518-5U2J4AEKLNLXY91LFXW7/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney WE MADE IT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724191696-E8JAGWZ71CEZF17ZBSCD/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Sunset did not disappoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401727788113-GRA2EC08SRKPND4SENOL/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Cheese feeling victorious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724240741-2PICP7CK9YTJGPVT913W/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Soap Box being epic most of the way up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1402351056160-PKUQFIV8Z7P0RSGCPKGI/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney The teeth near the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724062055-FG8MYQUBWMG09P7IJ7JK/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Obligatory group photo on the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724150829-KA7PGMXWKLE89GYAQB3R/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney West of Whitney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/529bb15fe4b06bb4b8f6a9d1/1401724216732-98XN1LFNWNR82IDKMMJF/image.jpg Blog - Ascending Mt. Whitney Soap Box, Half'n'Half and Pedi (me) bundled in our bags at dawn. 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