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  1. I want to return at some point to hike the 1st...

    I want to return at some point to hike the 1st part without skis, and to spend more time out there exploring. We were rushed on this trip. Camp Pan is a very cool spot! We spent a bunch of time...
  2. Yes they are. After several years my focus will...

    Yes they are. After several years my focus will be moving back to the North Cascades. The olympics hold their appeal, though, just in a rugged micro-mountain way-out-wilderness country that's hard to...
  3. Thanks Norseman. If you ever give it a go, let me...

    Thanks Norseman. If you ever give it a go, let me know. I'm always happy to help out with beta. It was a wild area!
  4. The Olympic Traverse, West (Sol Duc to the Quinault), May 29-June 5th

    I put together a story of my traverse across the Olympic Mountains. It's been a few years since I've shared a story on here. Nevertheless, I thought folks would enjoy this adventure. Story is here as...
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    Thanks! Glad it inspired. It's time for...

    Thanks! Glad it inspired. It's time for summertime adventures now and mtn biking is just as good as skiing, right ;)
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    Thanks! I wish I could get another trip this...

    Thanks! I wish I could get another trip this season but the snow went fast!
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    I'm working on a glacier project book for when I...

    I'm working on a glacier project book for when I finish that project, but realistically 3-4 years off. I may work on something else in the interim, but books are expensive to print, somewhere around...
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    Thanks all! It was a heck of a fun trip.

    Thanks all! It was a heck of a fun trip.
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    TR: Mt. Olympus, Tour of the Gods, 8 days

    I used to post my TR's here, but it's been a number of years. Too long! Anyhow, for those that know, I like to spin a good yarn with lots of pics. The entire story looks better here: ...
  10. Here's a short video of the trip for a different...

    Here's a short video of the trip for a different perspective:


    https://vimeo.com/182151994

    My website with this story linked in the original post was hacked. The story is still up, but the...
  11. Will do. Hopefully another ski trip in my blood...

    Will do. Hopefully another ski trip in my blood before the snow melts.

    Summit,

    Thanks. I'm not a big poster here, but when I do post something, I make sure it is full value ;)
  12. When I posted this story, I wanted to share it in...

    When I posted this story, I wanted to share it in a format I liked. My thoughts were that if someone went to the effort to press the link, they'd read the story rather than look at the images and...
  13. Crossing the Olympic Mountains on Skis, May 11-19th, 2016

    I thought I'd share a story about skiing across the Olympic Mountains over 9 days earlier this month.

    http://www.myadventurecrusade.com/2016/05/27/the-olympic-traverse/

    Here's a blurb from...
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    I'm always up for a party ;) although I'm gone on...

    I'm always up for a party ;) although I'm gone on a ski adventure for the next 10 days now...that is if I can pick up my pack. If I can't, I may just bag it ;)
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    True that. Do some TRs. It's pretty wild to read...

    True that. Do some TRs. It's pretty wild to read about trips I did a decade or two ago when you had one roll of film and message boards like this didn't exist or were just starting. Here's one I...
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    Awesome. I'll check it out. I just saw this one...

    Awesome. I'll check it out. I just saw this one as well. Whoa! http://www.doglotion.com/highs-lows-living-scud
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    I found if I leave everything, then I just won't...

    I found if I leave everything, then I just won't use it. :)
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    Klar, those were both good, but man that 1st one...

    Klar, those were both good, but man that 1st one was funny. That guy had a blunt sense of humor that I liked. Thanks for sharing!
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    Big Steve, true. I was talking in the sense of...

    Big Steve, true. I was talking in the sense of skiing rather than not. How was that route? I'm looking to find a great hiking route with lots of lakes and such this summer, but I'm still unsure of...
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    Buster, Totally. Poets on the peaks, etc....

    Buster,

    Totally. Poets on the peaks, etc. Cool time and writings by so many then.

    Big Steve,

    Not that I know of. Most folks tend to follow established routes that end at a summit and...
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    NW_Skier I could say that you don't need a nice...

    NW_Skier I could say that you don't need a nice camera and really, these days, almost any camera is pretty dang good. And gnar is in the eye of the beholder. I read reports of all kinds of trips and...
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    Abraham, Not sure what's going on here? It's best...

    Abraham, Not sure what's going on here? It's best to view the story on my website anyhow. http://www.myadventurecrusade.com/2016/05/08/sauk-river-to-highway-2/
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    Ha. Klar, you crack me up. You are one of the few...

    Ha. Klar, you crack me up. You are one of the few folks that write awesome TR's too. Which brings up a thought? To me, it seems that there were more great stories on forums in the early 2000's until...
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    At first the route down the south face looked...

    At first the route down the south face looked perfect. After a few turns I realized all wasn’t as it first appeared; there was gnar below and whether it would be possible to bypass was hard to say....
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    Skiing the Poet Range, Central Cascades

    Jason Hummel, Kyle Miller and Ben Starkey (the story is also on my website with more pics: http://www.myadventurecrusade.com/2016/05/08/sauk-river-to-highway-2/ )

    April 7 – 12, 2016


    ...
  26. It's raining and I haven't written a TR in...

    It's raining and I haven't written a TR in awhile, so I thought I'd push these ones back to the top since I posted them in the summer when everyones minds were on other things...like swimming and...
  27. Klar. Ha. Someday ;) Man, I would love to go...

    Klar. Ha. Someday ;) Man, I would love to go skikayaking again. I really want to make a bigger adventure out of something like that. Let's talk ;)

    BTW, if you come to the USA, I have an RV...
  28. Acinpdx, thanks. Someday I want to get the new...

    Acinpdx, thanks. Someday I want to get the new sony camera...so I have less weight, but if wishes were snowflakes...we'd have had a really good snow year last year ;) Not that it was too bad...as the...
  29. Totally. I should be up in the mountains a lot...

    Totally. I should be up in the mountains a lot this year...where depends on snow. I bought an RV (or rather the bank did and I rent it from them) and plan on spending most of my time living and...
  30. A winter prefunk TR - The Forbidden Tour, Painted Traverse and Mt. Daniel Circuit

    I wanted to share some awesome adventures with you guys. I try and share 3 or 4 here a year, but last year I decided to build a new site for stories. Well, I finally got around to it! And, I had to...
  31. Yep, I hope to do more in the future. Ha. Trying...

    Yep, I hope to do more in the future. Ha. Trying to breakeven on this project before I start thinking about the next. I need to sell a few hundred more books and I'll reach that point. I think it...
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    Man, all this love. It's awesome. BTW, I've...

    Man, all this love. It's awesome. BTW, I've placed some updated spreads on Kickstarter. I plan on reworking the cover and simplifying...we'll see. I should be going to the printers by next week, so I...
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    Met the goal on kickstarter in 9 days. Thanks to...

    Met the goal on kickstarter in 9 days. Thanks to everyone here that helped out.

    Now if we could just do a kickstarter to get the snow season started here in the northwest? And ideas? :)
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    Thanks a ton! I appreciate the support,...

    Thanks a ton! I appreciate the support, especially on what appears as merely a personal project. My hope is that all snow sliders will connect with the storytelling and imagery, even if they aren't...
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    Alpine State of Mind Journal

    My dream project was to put stories into a format you can touch and feel. All the content is my own. There are no advertisements. I've shared stories with TGR for years. You guys have pushed me to do...
  36. Thanks Lowell. Ha. I cut out a section there in...

    Thanks Lowell. Ha. I cut out a section there in one edit or another. Thanks for the clarification.
  37. Ha. Yeah there is. I'd never met woods before...

    Ha. Yeah there is. I'd never met woods before this adventure. Everyone certainly their personalities to the adventure. If you are in Washington, around Mt. Baker, you will run into Woods. He boards...
  38. Someone asked for a map. Here's my best effort of...

    Someone asked for a map. Here's my best effort of the route.

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  39. Big Steve, Two parties that I know of have...

    Big Steve,

    Two parties that I know of have come close to skiing North Despair. John Dittli and Scott Croll in 1989 came near it in their impressive ski traverse from Bacon Peak through the...
  40. VIDEO: North Cascades, N. Despair, Hagen and Bacon Peaks

    Here's something a bit different from my epically long trip reports. Here's a video from a recent adventure in the North Cascades with the culmination being N. Despair, a peak that takes a minimum of...
  41. Thanks Meter-man. I've mentioned this to some,...

    Thanks Meter-man. I've mentioned this to some, but here it is for all…as I know many don't read the entire story, but for those that do, I think there is a certain satisfaction in that. I am reminded...
  42. Thanks. Love his writing and pics. Anyone who...

    Thanks. Love his writing and pics. Anyone who does both, my hat is off to them. I love stories as much as photos.
  43. Angrysasquatch, I lost 20 pounds, which was...

    Angrysasquatch,

    I lost 20 pounds, which was quite a hit. Woulda had more food if I didn't carry so much camera gear, which I weighed after the trip at 19.5 lbs over they rest of the gear that was...
  44. Bearded clam, I had 6 batteries total for the...

    Bearded clam,

    I had 6 batteries total for the trip. I used 5 of them. I couldn't take a lot of pics, which wasn't too hard considering we had to move so far everyday and all the weight on my...
  45. Right on Rehabit. LOL. This story was so long...

    Right on Rehabit. LOL. This story was so long that I didn't know how to publish it. This wasn't the ideal format, but I love to share at least a story or two a year. This one was doing nothing...
  46. Thanks for all the kind comments. They mean a...

    Thanks for all the kind comments. They mean a lot. And for those that picked out a few quotes, awesome. They are ones I worked on hard to get right.

    As for a map of the route. I'll try and get...
  47. -June 17th: White Chuck River The rain had...

    -June 17th: White Chuck River

    The rain had shaken itself out of the clouds by morning. Today I feared would be interesting. On a sign the day before, we had seen scratched into the wood, “Trail...
  48. -June 16th: Whitechuck River When the tent...

    -June 16th: Whitechuck River

    When the tent flap opened, sunlight swept in. It bashed through the doors like a gunslinger into a saloon.

    On the shores of the Honeycomb Glacier and terminal...
  49. -June 15th: Tenpeak Mountain When I was a kid...

    -June 15th: Tenpeak Mountain

    When I was a kid I completed a sixteen day hike around Glacier Peak. I was joined by my parents and two brothers. There were a handful of places I remembered from that...
  50. PART III - Holden Village to – Days 12 through 16...

    PART III - Holden Village to – Days 12 through 16

    -June 13: Upper Lyman Lake

    Holden is an oasis surrounded by wilderness. We returned to town that morning to pick up our resupply....
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