Trip reports
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random trip report |
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30 Aug - 1 Sept 2024
Return to Conness |
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2-8 June 2024
Roman Holiday |
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26 May - 1 June 2024
Geneva and BOINC |
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2-7 April 2024
Operation Desert Storm |
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28 Sept - 1 Oct 2023
Return to Sequoia |
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24-28 Aug 2023
Rainier Redux |
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22 July - 15 Aug 2023
Giro d'Italia |
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2-3 July 2023
Yosemite mini-trip |
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9-10 May 2023
Castle Peak Redux |
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5-9 Mar 2023
Tennis Paradise: 2nd Serve |
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12-16 Feb 2023
Anza-Borrego |
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29-30 Oct 2022
Diablo double-header |
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26-28 Sept 2022
Sierra Reprise |
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3-5 Aug 2022
Stormy Weather in the Sierra |
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4-24 July 2022
Tour de France |
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20-23 June 2022
Trinity Alps |
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8 June 2022
Fiber on the Mountain |
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April 2022
Tahoe Jaunt |
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6-12 March 2022
Tennis Paradise |
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14-19 Oct 2021
Colorado Mini-Vacation |
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29 June - 3 July 2021
SoCal Sojourn |
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4-7 June 2021
Mt. St. Helens: UI confusion high on the mountain |
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8-12 May 2021
Return to Utah |
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15 Jan 2021
Castle Peak Snowshoe Hike |
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15 Nov 2020
Diablo Reference Hike |
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12-14 Aug 2020
Pilgrimage to Conness |
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7-13 Jan 2020
Mexico: Temples and Monarchs |
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18-20 Aug 2019
Yosemite Aug 2019 |
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2-13 Aug 2019
Colorado 2019 |
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23 May - 1 June 2019
China 2019 |
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28 October 2018
Diablo Reference Hike 2018 |
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24-26 August 2018
The Three Amigos Ride Again |
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29 June - 1 July 2018
Bear Creek Spire |
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18-23 Feb 2018
Adventures in Lava Land |
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19 Nov 2017
Diablo Reference Hike 2017: This Time it's Personal |
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27-29 Oct 2017
Seattle and Putrid Pete's Peak |
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17-20 Oct 2017
Owens River Gorge |
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3-10 Sept 2017
Paris: City of Lite |
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24-28 July 2017
The Full Nelson |
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April 9-16, 2016
SoCal Tryptich |
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Dec. 25, 2016
Diablo in the Dark |
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Sept 3-4, 2016
Conness: Once More With Feeling |
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Aug 22-25, 2016
Dave and Noah's Excellent Adventure |
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Aug 6-8, 2016
Tuolumne Double-Header with Justin |
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June 1-7, 2016
Laramie and Estes Park |
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April 17-24, 2016
Utah National Park Tour |
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29 Oct 2015
Big Basin with Yvonne |
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25 Oct 2015
Mt. Diablo reference hike with Gedo |
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2-3 Oct 2015
Mt. Conness with Noah and Rob |
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23-25 Aug 2015
Peak Bagging in Tuolumne with Noah |
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11-18 July 2015
Sunriver and Shasta with Noah |
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5-7 June 2015
Sierra Sampler |
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25 May 2015
Mt. Diablo with Noah on Memorial Day |
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11 January 2015
Mt. Diablo with Noah |
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29-30 Dec 2014
Snow Trip 2014 |
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7 Dec 2014
Mt. Baldy Redux |
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28 Nov 2014
Diablo reference hike |
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26 Sept - 6 Oct 2014
Hungarian Rhapsody |
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22-26 Aug 2014
Canadian Rockies |
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18-20 July 2014
Sierras with Noah |
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26-29 June 2014
Mt. Shasta with Ron and Dave |
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25 April 2014
Monterey |
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17 May 2014
Angel Island |
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2-5 Jan 2014
Snow trip with Noah |
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22 Dec 2013
Eagle Peak with Noah |
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10 Dec 2013
Mt. Baldy |
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31 Oct 2013
Big Sur |
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22 Sept - 2 Oct, 2013
Le Fest du Hacque |
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17-19 August 2013
Noah: The First Ascent |
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19-21 July 2013
Washington State of Mind |
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25-30 June 2013
Yellowstone with Noah |
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28 March 2013
Pyramid Peak: Nocturnal Mission |
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9 March 2013
Diablo: a new world record |
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24 Sept - 8 Oct 2012
Norwegian Holiday - or Fjord Fiesta |
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16-17 Sept 2012
Alta Peak with Rob |
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8-9 July 2012
Mt. Hoffman with Deb |
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17 June 2012
Mt. Tamalpais with Rob, starting from Cascade Rd. in Mill Valley, mostly on Fern Creek trail. Short but sweet. |
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10-11 June 2012
Yosemite with Noah |
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4 June 2012
Nighttime hike at Castle Peak |
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1 May - 8 May 2012
Work trip to Hannover; piano recital, short hike |
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31 Mar - 15 Apr 2012
Work trip to Beijing, and a hike |
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21 Dec 2011 - 4 Jan 2012
Work trip to Beijing - no pics |
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15-23 Aug 2011
Work trip to Hannover, and a hike |
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11-13 Aug 2011
The Dharma Bums Revisited |
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16 July 2011
A Meetup hike in Tilden. 9 miles, great route. Feel good. |
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9 July 2011
A Meetup hike in Desolation Wilderness near Lake Tahoe. Climb Ralston Peak, down to Lake Aloha, back via Horsetail Falls. 14 miles, 4,300' vertical, mostly off-trail and on snow. Excellent hike, but I get bad sciatic pain on the last part and it's a major struggle to finish. I'm bummed out. |
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30 April - 7 May 2011
Brazil |
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18-21 April 2011
Anchorage, Alaska |
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17 Mar - 1 Apr 2011
China |
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27 Feb 2011
Mt. Tam |
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5 Feb 2011
Kathi, Julie and I climbed Mt. Tellac on snowshoes. Excellent conditions. |
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27 Dec 2010
Signal Peak |
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1-4 July 2010
Mt. Shasta with Michelle Yu. Success |
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26-29 May 2010
Ron K. and I hike at Pinnacles (high peaks trail) and Yosemite valley (Death Slabs sample, Yosemite Point) |
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14 Mar 2010
Rubicon Peak (Tahoe) on snowshoes. Deep snow, but fantastic. |
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2 Jan 2010
Herlan Peak |
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October 17-27 2009
Euro 09 |
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October 8-9 2009
Pinnacles National Monument |
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Aug 4-6 2009
Justin, Rob, Ryan, Kerstin and I camp at Mono Lake, climb Mt. Conness, soak in the hot springs at Bridgeport, then (on cold, windy, slightly snowy day) scramble around on the flanks of Mt. Hoffman. |
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July 13-14 2009
Yosemite Bug |
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June 19-21 2009
Shasta, one mo\' time |
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5 May 2009
Mt. Saleve, Geneva |
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14-24 Apr 2009
Taiwan and China |
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March 14 2009
Castle Peak reprise |
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Feb. 7, 2009
Michelle Yu and I climb Mt. Tamalpais starting from Stinson Beach: Dipsea trail, Steep Ravine trail, Railroad grade to summit and back to Pantoll Ranger station, then Matt Davis trail. Perfect day, great hike but too long. |
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Jan 17 2009
Mt. Baldy (Lake Tahoe) |
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Jan 5-8 2009
Hawaiian Odyssey |
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October 26, 2008
Birthday hike - Ryan, Rob V. and I climbed Mt. Diablo via the Back Creek trail. 2:45 up, 2:30 down. I tweaked my back and had sciatic pain. |
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Aug 27 - Sept 14 2008
European Tour |
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Aug 22-24 2008
Conness and Lake Elizabeth |
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July 21-23 2008
Sierra double-header (Fairview Dome and Horsetail Falls) |
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May 26, 2008
Castle Crags (was supposed to be Mt. Shasta) |
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March 24-27 2008
Arnold: I'll Be Back |
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March 2, 2008
Michelle Yu and I climbed Mt. Diablo via the Back Creek trail. Camera battery was dead, so no pix. On the way down my back and knees hurt a lot; need to stretch and lift weights. |
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16-22 Jan 2008
The Sacred Valley of the Incas |
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10-15 Dec. 2007
Going to Extremes |
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3-17 Sept. 2007
Europe on 5 TeraFLOPS a day |
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11-13 Aug 2007
Conness with Dave and Justin |
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Aug 6 2007
Larry and I hike up the South Sister in central Oregon |
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Aug 2-4 2007
Bandara Mountain and Sleeping Lady |
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June 24, 2007
Rich and I rode mountain bikes up Mt. Diablo; 2 hours up, 30 min down. |
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June 5-10 2007
Norway: Oslo and Bergen |
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May 19, 2007
Justin, Aaron, Sarah and I went to Mt. Diablo and climbed Amazing Face (from a top belay; our rope wasn't long enough) and a gully around the corner. Beautiful day, fantastic climbing. Stopped at In n' Out Burger on the way home. |
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Jan 6 2007
Mt. Diablo with Justin and Rob |
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Nov 11-19 2006
We took a family trip to Miami. I drove to Tampa to attend the Supercomputing '06 conference, where I rendezvoused with Carl and Tolu. Mostly it was a yawn - we missed the Ribfest featuring Cheap Trick, and Carl/Tolu had to man their booth. The high point was a visit to the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. |
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Oct 27 2006
Mt. Diablo Birthday Hike |
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September 19-24 2006
Geneva and Mont Blanc |
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September 14, 2006
Spencer Butte |
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August 19, 2006
Alta Mountain |
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May 24 2006
Rob V. and I hiked on the Ohlone Wilderness trail from Lake Del Valle to Murrieta falls: roughly 12 miles round-trip with 4,000' vertical. Ouch! Knees, back, big toes all hurt like hell. I was using my hiking poles as crutches for the last 5 miles. My effing camera had dead batteries, so no pix. |
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May 12-20, 2006
Singapore Swing |
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April 24-26 2006
I went to Wisconsin to visit Bruce Allen in Milwaukee and give a talk at Condor Week in Madison. I toured all my old haunts, including the Shell, Memorial Union, the Lake Mendota running path, etc. I visited Howard Whitlock in the Chem Dept. and Chuck Dyer in CS. |
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Jan 22 2006
Solo hike up Mt. Diablo on the Back Creek trail. Brisk pace: trailhead 11 AM, summit 1:30, return 3:35. Cool, extremely clear day. P51s buzz summit. Sore toes, a little back/knee pain. General soreness next day. |
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Dec 31, 2005
Tennessee Valley with family |
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Dec 10, 2005
Ryan, Rob and I go for a medium hike in Las Trampas park. |
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October 16, 2005
The Organ Mountains |
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Sept. 16, 2005
My stepfather Larry and I attempt the South Sister in Oregon. We turn around 2/3 of the way up because of unseasonable weather (cold, snow, fog). |
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August 18-24 2005
Jens and family visit |
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July 4-28, 2005
Ich bin ein Berliner |
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June 30, 2005
The Ledge Trail |
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May 29, 2005
Helicopter rescue high on Mt. Diablo |
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March 24-26 2005
More adventures in Death Valley |
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March 6 2005
Climbing Nationals at Mission Cliffs |
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Feb 3-5 2005
I travelled to Seattle and visited Dave Gedye. We did a short but exciting snowshoe climb near Snoqualmie pass, past Source Lake, to a ridge overlooking Snow Lake. |
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January 4-6 2005
Death Valley |
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December 2004
Short trips to Sunriver and Miami Beach to visit relatives. |
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Nov 7-9, 2004
Supercomputing 2004 |
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Oct. 22-24, 2004
A trip to the heartland |
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Oct. 2, 2004
Climbing for Kerry |
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Sept. 15-17, 2004
Car Trouble in the High Sierra |
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Sept. 11, 2004
Todd and I go to Boy Scout Rock at Mt. Diablo and do Amazing Face (10A); Bolt Ladder (underrated 10C), and Ozone (11A). |
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Aug 27-29, 2004
Yosemite with the Climate guys |
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July 22 - August 18 2004
New York and Oxford |
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June 25-26, 2004
Bates Motel Revisited or Disaster on the Death Slabs |
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May 29, 2004
Dipsea trail hike |
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April 28, 2004
Kraftwerk in SF (not exactly a trip) |
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April 24-25, 2004
Strangers in Paradise |
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March 27, 2004
Pyramid Peak Revisited |
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March 3-15, 2004
Australia, mate |
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Feb 17-26, 2004
DC and CERN |
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Feb 14, 2004
Mission Peak |
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Feb 7, 2004
Mt Diablo with Aaron |
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Jan 24-25 2004
Castle Peak on snowshoes |
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Nov 15-23, 2003
Trip to Madrid to attend Cicle Redes y Saberes Compartidos at the Residencia de Estudiantes |
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Sept 15-18, 2003
Tuolumne hike-o-rama |
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Oct 1, 2003
Erica, Roberta and I drove to Lake Tahoe, hiked from Emerald Bay past Eagle Lake and towards Velma Lake; at the crest before the descent to Velma Lake, I bushwacked up to the ridge to the left. |
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August 23, 2003
Todd, Rob and I climbed Mt. Diablo via Mitchell canyon and Juniper trail, down by Bald Ridge and Back Creek trail. The pace was blistering. |
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August 22, 2003
Return to Castle Rock |
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August 2-3 2003
Mt. Hoffman |
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July 25-27 2003
Bad break on Conness |
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July 16-21, 2003
New York, New York |
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July 7-9, 2003
Taking the Leap |
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June 22-24, 2003
Shasta Revisited |
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June 8-13, 2003
Defense de Paris |
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May 29, 2003
As falls Yosemite... |
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Mar. 28-30 2003
Quick trip to Tahoe |
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Mar. 7-9 2003
Randonee Adventure |
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Feb. 2003
Montara Peak |
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Dec. 25, 2002
Christmas at Yosemite |
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Dec. 12, 2002
Day trip to the valley |
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Nov. 23-26, 2002
Blown away in Joshua Tree |
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Oct. 10-11, 2002
Cathedral Peak and Yosemite |
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Sept. 2-17, 2002
Greece is the word |
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August 16-18, 2002
The North Ridge of Mt. Conness |
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July 18-21, 2002
The Grand Teton |
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June 24-26, 2002
Return to Shasta |
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June 16, 2002
Todd Stuart, Davin Potts and I climbed Eagle Peak (near Mt. Diablo). Beautiful day, amazingly excellent, saw the Sierras. |
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May 31, 2002
A day-trip to Castle Rock. |
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April 27 - May 5, 2002
A work-related trip to England. |
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April 4-7, 2002
Pyramid Peak and Mount Tallac (in the snow) |
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Feb. 24, 2002
Rich Kraft and I climbed Mt. Diablo. I am extremely sore. 'Nuff said. |
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Dec. 17-21, 2001
Desert mini-vacation |
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Dec. 14-16, 2001
A short trip to Lake Tahoe |
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Nov. 24, 2001
Mt. Diablo with Dave Gedye |
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Oct. 13-15, 2001
In Search of the Bighorn |
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Sept. 17-20, 2001
Yosemite double-header: Conness and Half Dome |
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August 10-12, 2001
Tuolomne with Berg and Rich |
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July 13, 2001
Diablo II |
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July 8, 2001
40% of the Five Hills Ride |
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July 7, 2001
Mt. Diablo |
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June 25, 2001
Lion's Head Revisited |
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June 3-5, 2001
Disasta on Shasta |
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May 25-27, 2001
Return to Conness |
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Feb 16-20, 2001
Sunriver Snowshoe Madness |
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Dec 28-29, 2000
Sierra Snowshoe Adventure |
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Nov. 2000
Thanksgiving 2000 |
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Oct. 14-15, 2000
Mt. Rainier: "Today the mountain screamed", |
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Sept. 14-15, 2000
Mt. Conness: Navigational chaos high on the mountain |
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Sept. 1-3, 2000
Mammoth Peak |
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August 19-21, 2000<
The Dana Couloir |
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July 22-23, 2000
Mt. Gibbs without supplemental oxygen |
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June 3-6, 2000
White collar bash at the Smithsonian |
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March 24-25, 2000
Rock Climbing at Joshua Tree National Park |
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Feb 7-18 2000
Trip to Sweden, Germany, and Czech Republic |
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Jan 15-17 2000
Boulder-hopping at Palm Springs |
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Dec 25-28 1999
Christmas at the Dacha (Sunriver, Oregon). Skiing at Mt. Bachelor. |
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Nov 27-28 1999
Seattle and Mt. Si |
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Nov. 3-6, 1999
Ascent of Mount Whitney |
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Oct. 16-17, 1999
Motel Camping at Mt. Lassen |
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Oct. 10, 1999
Ascent of Mt. Dana |
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Oct. 7, 1999
Bike ride up Mt. Diablo More area is visible from Mt. Diablo than from any other point on Earth. |
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Sept 29, 1999
Tales of (Mount) Hoffman |
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Sept 26, 1999
Visit to Seattle, saw Lois, Gedye, Stephen |
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Sept. 1999
Visit from Ron Kuivila and Bobbi |
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Sept. 1999
Trip to Steep Ravine |
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August 2-7, 1999
Bioastronomy Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii |
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July 22-25, 1999
Camping Trip to Mt. Rainier |
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June 1999
Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest |
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June 2-5 1999
NYC |
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April 17 - May 2 1999
South Africa and the Otter Trail |
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Dec. 6 1998
I wish I could have flown to NYC to see a concert of music by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, organized by the composer Christopher Berg. Check out these reviews by Frederick L. Kirshnit and David A. Weinberg. |
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July 1998
A gripping account of an attempted ascent of Lion's Head Peak in Montana. |