"We write a tale of adventure with our thoughts and actions every day. And it's a story that we don't get the opportunity to edit and rewrite. The first draft is the final draft. Let's write it well." – Royal Robbins
I've back dated a few blog trip reports from earlier in the summer so they won't pop up as new, and still have a backlog in the drafts folder to work through. Winter will bring more, but July to October has been pretty hectic with minimal other than day trips... But in other news I'll …
Blake Island State Park as most Seattleites probably know, is nearly straight out from Alki. It's a quick trip if conditions are nice, and you can hammer down the throttle and fly over. We lucked out and conditions were smooth-ish on the way out, and even smoother on the way back to Don Armeni Ramp. …
Well, after going on 3 to 4 years of owning Pontus, we finally got her out for Ling Cod season. It's actually pretty hard to believe we've had that little dive boat project as long as we have, especially as we are already eyeing the next dive/cruise/fishing boat... Two foot-itis is strong with us... 😛 …
This year we decided to make an attempt at learning how to shrimp. The spot prawn season is a small window in most areas of the Puget Sound which makes the investment in gear questionable when my schedule is likely not going to line up with the open window to shrimp. The Seattle area is open …
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Running around on the south end testing out the new prop, pretty much on the money for the right RPM's.
Saturday I finally got Morgan to come out of hiding and go skinning. We started out at Paradise shortly after the gate opened and we started off our tour in the massive conga line of snowshoers and avy classes skinning out of the parking lot. We climbed up Alta Vista, and did a very short slow run through the super slow low …
Sunday was a mixed bag of conditions, as resorts normally are. Pow till it gets scraped down to ice and moguls as the day progressed... Apparently the lifts had been running all night long, and a lot of runs were tracked out with moguls before the normal time for the lifts to start turning... Lyss had her last …
This hidden away gem in Washington State has been on my to-do list for several years, and now it's on my annual to-do list! The Scottish Lakes High Camp is on the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary and the quickest access into the Scottish Lakes within the Chiwuakum Mountain range area. The winter trails range from flat …
For a long time I've been meaning to get into winter camping, and what better way than lightly glamping with a pulk? 😉 Ok, well not really glamping per glamping standards, but definitely compared to my camping standards. 🙂 As I researched pulks for the last several years on and off I came to realization that pulks …
This course really helped fill in some of the gaps from my AIRE 1 course. Adding an emphasis on technique and learning how to become more efficient with my uphill travel along with picking better routes. Our instructor Solveig was extremely helpful answering questions about ascent routes, avalanche observations, and in general was an awesome guide to be leading our …
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