“Journey” feels like a truly appropriate term. If you follow us elsewhere, you may recall I first registered for a 50 miler late in 2019, scheduled for… May 2020. That was of course canceled due to COVID. I recognized then …
Tiger test. (50 Miles, Part 3)
Continued from Setting the challenge. (50 Miles, Part 1) and Prepping for ‘race’ day. (50 Miles, Part 2). Fifty miles was a distance that I found a little scary. 50K had seemed achievable, just another 5 miles beyond a marathon. At my …
Trip Report: McClellan Butte.
McClellan Butte is an iconic peak on the I90 corridor heading up to Snoqualmie Pass from Seattle. Its huge granite bulb juts out over dizzying couloirs that form avalanche chutes every winter and spring. It’s impossible to miss on the …
Prepping for ‘race’ day. (50 Miles, Part 2)
Continued from Setting the challenge. (50 Miles, Part 1) Before Wy’east Wonder was canceled, I clocked in some big (for me) training weeks. My coach threw in a little downtime to recover after the cancellation (early May), followed by an easy …
Setting the challenge. (50 Miles, Part 1)
Friday, 5 am. Normally I’d be rolling out of bed in another 15 or 20 minutes. But this day I was already at the trailhead and gearing up to run and to try something I’d never attempted before. 2020 threw …
Trip Report: Putrid Pete’s Peak and Web Mountain
I took Wednesday off work and went out to Snoqualmie Pass with a friend to attempt my most ambitious climb yet. Putrid Pete’s Peak (PPP or 3P) – named for legendary mountaineer and K2 hero Pete Schoening. I’m not sure …
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Respect. Accept. Adapt.
It’s a critical cycle in life. Respect. Accept. Adapt. It’s often more challenging than it appears on the surface. Respect. Accept. Adapt. It comes easier in some aspects—and some seasons—of life than others. Respect. Accept. Adapt. It’s become a necessity …
Trail Report: Lake 22.
Lake 22 is one of Washington’s most famous alpine lakes. It ranks up there with Lake Colchuck for drama, beauty, and crowds. It’s much closer to Seattle that Colchuck is, and the approach is easier too. So it truly does …
Trip Report: Change Peak
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we are just beginning to emerge from the Coronavirus lockdown. Like a lot of people, I’ve been going stir-crazy from being largely home-bound. One way we’ve been passing the time is raising our own farm-fresh …
Training in Plague Times.
“We live in plague times.” That’s the phrase G has taken to saying when I comment on how… weird… things are. I like to think it’s a tiny bit tongue in cheek—yet also so accurate. In December, I decided to …
Boundary Conditions 