June 10, 2016

Rickets and I knew when we woke up that we would be making it in to Etna by the evening. At just over 30 miles away it would be our longest day on

June 9, 2016

The morning was fairly unremarkable. We had a climb up to a ridge line and then cruises along that until we reached the base of Mount Etna midday. Along the way we met

June 8, 2016

Waking up was difficult for all three of us - not sure if it was the hard packed ground we were sleeping on, the 5 days of off-trail bedtimes, or a combination of

June 7, 2016

It was a slow morning as Rickets had to repackage all our food. Once on the trail we spent the morning walking through the remnants of a burn a few years before. We

June 2-5, 2016

The 4 days I was back in Boston felt like a blur. Thursday was spent catching up with friends. I had only told one person I was coming back so there were a

June 1, 2016

We woke up, cleaned up a outside Ed's place as he was getting ready, and these dropped Fred off with a slightly hungover Kelli. During the drive out of the valley to I5

May 31, 2016

Seiad Valley awaited us (more specifically, the pancake challenge at the Seiad Valley Cafe awaited me) and with 10 miles downhill into town we set off early. Our progress was slowed by a

May 30, 2016

True to the previous night's reading of the maps, the snow in morning was not too bad. Then it got bad. We clambered around the inside of shadow-covered bowls with only a general

May 29, 2016

The morning started with nice clear trail. Then quickly turned back to snow fields. Only these were much longer sections, on much more exposed faces, with a much further to slide if you