Last week I attempted to climb up Francis Peak again. Exo and I attempted it during the winter but setbacks such as actual frozen feet and cornices at the top thwarted our summit. Since the snow has appeared to have all but melted, I gave it another shot last weekend. This isn't exactly what …
Before I get into anything, here's some quick facts about Bears Ears and the American West: Every 2.5 minutes, a football field's worth of land is lost to human development. Bears Ears National Monument suffers the least from light pollution than any of the other popular National Park Destinations in the West. While it's not …
So I learned something really discouraging today: The Ice Age Trail is largely going to be closed in October for the hunting season. That was pretty frustrating news, I knew that it would be a reality but the extent of it wasn't apparent to me until I asked other hikers. Since my dad wants to …
I'm dividing this into two parts because I have a lot of footage. I went out and hiked a little loop of what I hope can someday be a larger loop encompassing the entire San Rafael Swell, and it was fucking incredible. It was a modest 30 mile hike that I repeatedly wished could …
So a hike did end up happening over my weekend, albeit a short little jaunt up to Doughnut Falls with a coworker. The trail was pretty flat the whole way up until the very end where it shot straight up to get to the top of the falls, where we found nothing but disappointment. Doughnut …
I have a vacation day at work to burn, and when I looked at the calendar for available days off I subconsciously chose April 15th which I later realized marks one year since I started the PCT, so now I have to go out and do something like walk through nature. UGH FINE. I've jumped …
Yesterday I went for a quick 4.8 mile hike 3313 feet up Grandeur Peak. It stuck out to me because the trail reports were saying it's not a typical hike and that it was really steep. I just got a pair of hiking sandals I wanted to test out, so why not throw them into …
I guess it's time to cover this. Bleh. I dug through a shit ton of pictures to find a picture of what I set out on the PCT with so I can go over what I set out with, what I got rid of, and things I've replaced them with up to this point. I …
I think I've become somewhat of a magnet for trails/future adventures. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3951/33158614480_d067624a02_k.jpg Instead of hiking today I went out for a drive to the western Utah desert, because I've never really been out there before for some reason. What was supposed to be a relatively short drive turned into an all day escapade because not …
This last weekend Exo and I attempted to climb up Francis Peak. The weather's been fantastic in Utah recently and I feel like an end is in sight for winter, but also Utah is a dumb jerk and in all likelihood a new ice age will blow in right around spring time and send everyone …
The Limping Rabbit 
