http://3mormons1jew.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery link="file" columns="9" orderby="title"] This year I was very fortunate to join my hiking buddies (David, Dave and Brad) for another amazing trip out west. We would do the Three Sisters Wilderness near Bend, Oregon. For those who do not know Oregon, the Sisters are three volcanos, each over 10,000 feet. ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=38 When most people think of a long race, they think of a marathon, 26.2 miles run on a flat paved surface. But there are much longer races than a marathon.... For the last 24 years, elite runners have gathered in Leadville, Colorado for the Race Across The Sky. The foot race is 100 ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=808 On Monday, August 13th, I flew to Salt Lake City to meet up with Davy Crockett, Brad Clements, and David Hansen for our annual "man trip" into the woods. As best we can remember, this is the 13th annual meeting of our group aptly named "A bunch of Mormons and ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=45 [gallery link="file" order="ASC" columns="9" orderby="title"] Our good friend Davy Crockett who used to bring up the rear of our hiking group (with me) started running in these crazy 100 mile races back in 2005 called Ultra Marathons. In order to train for these races which cover 100 miles (duh!) and 1000's ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=765 [gallery order="ASC" columns="9" orderby="title"] Grand Gulch was a very different hike than I had ever been on before. We had done many hikes in the southern Utah high dessert but this hike was very different as it had a number of Anasazi cliff dwellings from the time of 1200BC to 1300AD ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=36 [gallery order="ASC" columns="9" orderby="title"] California is a long way from Salt Lake City so I decided to fly from DC out to San Fransisco and rent a car and meet the crew there instead of endure the 12+ hour drive. After about a 4 hour drive north, I found myself in ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=34 [gallery columns="9" orderby="title"] In July 2004 we embarked on our second trip to the wonder Wind River range in Wyoming. The first time we went we wondered the northern edge of the park. This time it would be an out and back in the center of the park not far from ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=33 [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="9" orderby="ID"] My approach to this years spring canyon hike was a bit different to say the least. The week prior to the hike, my wife and I went to Las Vegas! We ate, drank and gambled while we took in shows by Blue Man and Penn and ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=32 [gallery link="file" columns="9" orderby="post_name"] In 2001, we took our first hike in the Wind Wiver range of Wyoming. The range is located about 75 miles southeast of Jackon Hole, WY. The main "big town" near the Winds is Pinedale, WY. Our router started in the northern edge of the wilderness in ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=30 [gallery columns="10" orderby="post_name"] A couple of years back we enjoyed a splendid hike in Yellowstone National Park, so in August of 2000 we set our sites a little further down the road to Grand Teton National Park. Brad found some nice routes in the northern most section of the park where ... http://3mormons1jew.com/?p=19