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2012-09-20 thru 23 Road Trip

Starting Thursday Sept 20, Eric and I headed cross country to Utah.  He was gracious enough to accompany me on the trip and help drive the ~2500 miles to Salt Lake City.  Rather than taking I-80 all the way out and traveling through Iowa and Nebraska, we elected to do two long days of driving […]

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2012-09-17 Westward Bound

Starting Thursday I begin a huge transition in my life–I will be heading out to Salt Lake City, UT for a new job.  The Northeast is my home for sure.  I grew up in New Hampshire, went to college in Massachusetts, and began my career in Connecticut.  However, bigger and more accessible mountains drew me […]

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2012-08-11 thru 19 Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks

I’ve been wanted to go on a climbing vacation out West for a while.  In springs of 2010 and 2011 I went to Red Rock outside of Las Vegas, but in 2012 the opportunity didn’t present itself to return to that venue.  As I’ve progressed in my rock climbing I’ve become more interested in alpine […]

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2012-07-04 thru 06 Franconia Notch

Atop the Eaglet Spire in Franconia Notch After my trip to Rangeley I headed back south to the Whites to do some climbing in Franconia Notch with Chris.  This trip was supposed to be a bit of prep for our trip to the Tetons later this summer and we were planning to do Moby Grape […]

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2012-07-02 thru 04 Rangeley Visit

After my hiking trip in the Whites I headed directly to Rangeley, ME to visit with my parents, grandmother, and family friends.  This was a great relaxing couple days with good eats, playing with Bella and Harlow the puppy, fireworks, and laughs.  Oh and I guess playing with Cash too.  Unfortunately this time was brought […]