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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: August 2013
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, August 18, 2013. 815-16, 2013 — Peak bagging in the Adirondacks. 815-16 — Hiking the Adirondacks. Day 1 — Cascade and Porter, 6.2 miles. I then drove the 8 or so miles to the ADK Loj campground at Heart Lake, which is located where the trailhead to Algonquin Peak (5,114 feet, second highest in the ADK) begins. The ADK grounds are really cool...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: May 2013
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, May 5, 2013. Utah 2013: Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park. By the time I boarded a plane back to Washington, DC, eight days after arriving, I had hiked 90.9 miles, spent eight (often restless) nights in my tent, seen dozens of swooping ravens, walked over miles upon miles of slick rock, dry washes, and, yes, snow, and gotte...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: August 2015
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, August 9, 2015. New Hampshire 2015: 12 hikes in 13 days. I made the drive north from Washington, DC, to New Hampshire a week earlier than usual this year. The reason? Throw in the fact that I’ve been dealing with my first real knee injury this summer — an ailment that made June and much of July two of the most difficult months I&...Now, 11 d...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: May 2015
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, May 10, 2015. 42015 — The Grand Canyon and Havasupai. 51015, Washington, DC. Day 1, April 10 — Driving to Page. After stopping in Flagstaff to pick up some cooking gear for Havasupai — gas canister, freeze-dried meals — and other food for all our hiking days at a really great health foods store with reasonable prices (gosh, I lov...We contin...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: September 2013
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Monday, September 23, 2013. 921-23 — Hiking in the Smokey Mountains. 921-23, Knoxville, TN. For the fourth weekend of my six-weekends-in-a-row traveling extravaganza, I hopped on a plane bound for Knoxville, TN, to visit my cousin and former roommate J-bo and a stranger I was very much looking forward to meeting. Saturday, Sept. 21. A minute later, ...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: November 2012
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Monday, November 12, 2012. 119-11, 2012 — Jerome, AZ. Which featured everything from pipes, to incense, to a foot-massaging room, to a corner filled with old vinyl records. That was cool, but we were ready for Jerome, which sits a mile high up on a hill below Mingus Mountain. 8212; we were getting snowed on. Yes, snow! We got back in the truck and d...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: New Hampshire 2015: 12 hikes in 13 days
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, August 9, 2015. New Hampshire 2015: 12 hikes in 13 days. I made the drive north from Washington, DC, to New Hampshire a week earlier than usual this year. The reason? Throw in the fact that I’ve been dealing with my first real knee injury this summer — an ailment that made June and much of July two of the most difficult months I&...Now, 11 d...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: October 2013
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. 928-29, 2013 — Utopia on Franconia Ridge, NH. 92829, 2013 — Franconia Ridge camp trip. Hike in New Hampshire during the fall. Camp in the White Mountains’ wilderness. Amazingly, the trip exceeded my sky-high expectations. Day 1 — The ridge, the Europeans, the dogs and SUNSET (11.9 miles hiked). As I sat up, so did a man jus...
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Jake's Outdoor Adventures: November 2014
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Biking the West Coast. Hiking NH's 4,000-footers. Running the Lincoln Memorial steps in all weather. Death Valley, Yosemite, Denali — a few of my adventures. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Nov 8-9 — McAffe Knob, VA with J-bo. 11914 — McAffe Knob, VA: about 9 miles hiked on camping trip. The trip, while short, was most certainly worth it. Well, we and the wind. And cold. When it looked to, finally, be as close to boiling as water can be, I called it and dumped a bunch in my dinner pouch. J-bo then poured h...