September 15 – Murren to Griesalp
Category Archives: Hiking
Via Alpina – Day 4 – Grindelwald to Murren
Via Alpina – Day 3 – Meiringen to Grindelwald
Via Alpina – Day 2 – Engelberg to Meiringen
Via Alpina – Day 1 – Altdorf to Engelberg
Via Alpina – Day 0 – To Altdorf
Via Alpina – Prologue
Circle of Solitude backpack trip
The ‘Circle of Solitude’ (so named by author Mike White) is a 65-70 mile trek in the heart of the High Sierra crossing some of the most wild and remote parts of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. My father and I did the trek in mid-June, 2014. Due to the low-snow year, we did not have any real difficulties with the snow or stream crossings, but we did encounter far more than our share of mosquitoes.
State of the Pack, 2012
After the weekend’s Mt. Shasta adventure (summary: made it to Shastina, but not to the main summit), I am once again dreaming of clever ways to lighten my backpack.
Currently, the base weight of my pack is around 8.8kg (just under 20 lbs), which doesn’t sound like much, except that when food, water, camera paraphernalia and necessary snow gear are added, it becomes a much larger number very quickly.
My goal would be to get everything down to 5kg, but that may not be feasible.
In any case, here’s the current packing list:
Back home. At 10000 ft. Finally.
It’s been a busy few days.
Thursday at 5:30PM I took my final exam for my summer algorithms course. Then I went back to my grandparents’ place and packed. I went to bed around midnight.