Places

Places Tokyo Tokyo: the fish market at dawn, secondhand-lens hunting, a world-class bartender, and a January sumo tournament. January 15, 2023 Activities Hiking out of Carlsbad Caverns The last stop of the Texas road trip: hiking out of Carlsbad Caverns the hard way and feeling exactly how deep 750… December 30, 2022 Activities Guadalupe Peak, the top of Texas Bagging Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, on a characteristically windy but smooth day. December 29, 2022 Places Fort Davis under dark skies A West Texas road-trip stop in Fort Davis: dark-sky night photos under the McDonald Observatory and a cold high-desert hike. December 28, 2022 Activities A Mt. Whitney attempt, undertrained A late-October Whitney attempt on a leftover permit, undertrained and a day off the redeye from New York. October 29, 2022 Activities WTC graduation in Joshua Tree The WTC graduation trip in Joshua Tree: off-trail to a desert summit, then a windstorm that sorted the well-pitched tents from the… October 22, 2022 Activities Mt. Muah, just an overnight A WTC overnight up Mt. Muah on the southern Sierra's Kern Plateau, and the truth that one-nighters are their own kind of… October 9, 2022 Activities Banff with the family A family trip through Banff: glacier-fed lakes, the hike-in tea houses, canoes, and the Icefields Parkway. September 10, 2022 Activities Cucamonga, a 15-liter solo run A fastpack experiment: everything in a 15-liter bag, up to Cucamonga after work and a jog home in time for a concert. July 29, 2022 Activities Alta Peak and six bears A backpack with my dad over Alta Peak and off-trail to Moose Lake in Sequoia, with a six-bear tally. July 8, 2022