THE BASIC CLIMBING STORY I grew up in a little mountain town in eastern Oregon and I spend quite a bit of time outdoors as a kid. I hunted with my dad from an early age and most of the attraction of the hunt was the tramping around in the woods and the camping. I …
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RECREATION LOG 2024 click here for bike rides 8/23 – 9/10 – Copenhagen 5/15 – 5/21 – Bend 3/17 – 3/26 – New York City 2023 9/26 – 10/17 – Portugal 4/16 – 5/8 – Netherlands 2022 (click here for bike rides) 11/5 – 11/19 – Mallorca & Madrid 9/6-9 – Winthrop 7/19 – 8/11 …
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KEY WORD SEARCHES. climbing – all books about getting to the top of stuff climb guide – "where to" guides climb technique – "how to" books climb gear – small number of books about hardware climb literature – literature (mainly climbing narratives) about climbing, much of it away from the Cascades hiking – all books …
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Other Years 11/22 – Interurban to 212th / Larch to Oak to Vine to Locust to 61st to Logboom Park. Burke Gilman to Brookside to Lake Forest Park connector to Interurban to Fremont to 83rd to Greenwood / Phinney to 62nd and home on 1st NW. here’s the map. 29 miles on my Fuji 11/21 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to University Bridge to …
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Other Years 12/31 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to 520 trail to 154th to Old Redmond / 70th to Lakeview to Lake Washington Loop Route (clockwise) to the 520 trail. Montlake to Burke Gilman to University to campus pkway / 40th to 5th to 42nd to Latona to 44th to Meridian to 50th to Phinney to 59th / 60th and home …
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Inspired by the 520 Bridge page I put up last year, here is an I-90 page. I didn’t exactly replicate the format – while all of these rides start at the Mt. Baker Tunnel East Portal Viewpoint, some of them don’t cross the bridge. I’ve tried not to reproduce rides I plotted out on the …
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(other years) 12/31 – 1st NW to 56th to 4th to the Ballard Greenway at 58th. Burke Gilman to Ravena to the Ravenna bypass to Greenlake to Winona to 73rd to Greenwood and home on 62nd. Here’s the map. 15 miles on the Ibis with Odette. (Q4 split = 14,200 with 4,989 tandem) 12/30 – Fremont to …
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(OTHER YEARS) 12/31 – Interurban to 90th to Wallingford to 92nd to 5th to 95th to Roosevelt to Pinehurst to 15th to 135th to 25th to 150th to 27th to 155th to 37th to 165th to the Burke Gilman to Riverside to 175th. Woodinville-Duvall to 156th to Bostian to Yew to Downes to Echo Lake to Lost Lake to Welch to …
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Training Rides of at least 30 miles Renton – Maple Valley – 32 Miles – flat to moderate – Woods Puget Sound #5 Landsburg – Enumclaw – 46 Miles – moderate – Woods Puget Sound #8 Snohomish – Ebey Island – 32 Miles – moderate – Woods Puget Sound #22 Snohomish Valley – 29 Miles …
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Goat Rocks Book List Fred Beckey – Cascade Alpine Guide – Columbia River to Stevens Pass: overview p. 69, sketch map p. 70, Ives & Old Snowy p. 71, Curtis Gilbert p. 22, North Fork Tieton River Road p. 328, South Fork Tieton River Road p. 330, Goat Rocks section of the crest trail p. …
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