Best Photos of 2013
In 2013 I didn’t get out as much as I did in 2011 & 2012, but I still managed to get some quality hikes in. Some of the highlights were: January 26 – Postholing and getting ‘lost’ on San Jacinto February 9th – Family Hike on the Santa Rosa Ecological Preserve February 16th – Tramshoe trip to San Jacinto Peak … Read More
Graphs of Mountain/Trail Comparisons – Putting the ‘Geek’ in HikingGeek.com
Below is a collection of posts and images I created for an online discussion forum. As time allows, I will edit this document and make it a more coherent post. Whenever I plan a hike, I always look at stats, trail profiles, etc to try to get an idea of how it compares to past trips. A couple of months … Read More
C2C Trip Report, October 19 2013
Summary I swore I’d never do it again, but my father-in-law was visiting from NH. We were hoping to hike Mt. Whitney, but with the government shutdown and the ‘expected’ full winter conditions, we decided we’d save the Whitney trip for another time. I still wanted to do an something epic (for lack of a better word). Even though … Read More
Mt. Washington via Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail Trip Report, August 27 2013
Luckily, we did not have to endure any of the nastiness that the “Home of the World’s Worst Weather’ is know for. I did however get a much needed wake-up call and realized that I needed to be more respectful of the NH 4,000 footers. The week prior to hike, I had spent a few days @ 10000+ ft in the … Read More
Cottonwood Lakes Trip Report, August 17 2013
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Little Lakes Valley Photos, August 16 2013
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Alabama Hills Photos, June 21 & 22 2013
Lone Pine Lake Hike, June 21 2013
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San Jacinto Peak Tramshoe, February 16 2013
Geek Stats San Jacinto Peak via Sid Davis Drainage || Distance: ~8.5 mi || Duration: ~7 hours || Net Elevation Gain (at Max Elevation): +2,190′ || Max Elevation: 10,834′ || Difficulty: Strenuous The gallery below (30 photos) loads slowly. Thank you for your patience.
Trail Peak, August 17 2012
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