Trip Reports by Alan Silverstein
My
home page, and email address:
ajs@frii.com
Last index file edit: May 28, 2024;
last rebuild: Sun Dec 8 11:46:15 2024
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Introduction
This website contains many "trip reports" I wrote and shared publically
in various ways, non-commercially and just for fun, beginning in 1978,
mostly about outdoor travel adventures, such as hiking, backpacking,
boating, and skiing, mostly in Colorado.
(Cue melancholy theme:
"The Circle Game"
by Joni Mitchell, 1966.)
Cross-ref pages:
persons,
places.
List of Trip Reports
Unless otherwise noted, all locations are in my home state of Colorado.
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1977_0703,
My Fourteener Climbing History
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1977_0703,
Colorado Fourteener Subpeaks and History
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1978_0407,
Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins, Colorado, 30th Anniversary
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1978_0715,
Grays Peak, 14270', and Torreys Peak, 14267', Colorado
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1979_0226,
Total Solar Eclipse, Lewiston, Montana
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1984_0902,
Mount of the Holy Cross, 14005', Colorado
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1984_0908-09,
Mounts Harvard and Columbia, Colorado
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1984_0915-16,
Mount Princeton, 14197, Colorado
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1985_0420,
Green Mountain, 8144',Colorado
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1985_0512,
Bear and South Boulder Peaks, Colorado
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1985_0609-16,
Mt Lady Washington and Storm Peak, RMNP, Colorado
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1985_0630-0703,
Castle and Maroon Peaks, Colorado
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1985_0727-28,
Snowmass Mountain, 14092', Colorado
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1985_0804,
Pawnee Peak and Mount Toll, Colorado
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1985_0809-11,
North Maroon Peak, 14014', Colorado
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1985_0816-25,
Mount Evans and Pikes Peak, Colorado
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1985_0830-0903,
Blanca, Ellingwood, Little Bear Peaks, Colorado
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1986_0305-0428,
Halley's Comet, Horsetooth Rock, Colorado
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1986_0607-08,
Mount Democrat, 14148', Colorado
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1986_0615,
Mounts Lincoln, Cameron, Bross, Colorado
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1986_0622,
Arapaho Peaks, Colorado
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1986_0628,
Flying the Colorado Fourteeners
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1986_0629,
Chasm Lake, Rocky Mtn NP, Colorado
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1986_0703-05,
Maroon Peak, 14156', Colorado
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1986_0706,
Conundrum Peak, 14022', Colorado
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1986_0713-28,
San Juans Overview: Climbing Fourteeners for Two Weeks
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1986_0714,
San Juans: Mount Sneffels, 14150', and Yankee Boy Basin, Colorado
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1986_0715-16,
San Juans: San Luis Peak, 14014', Colorado (But First, Getting There)
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1986_0716-18,
San Juans: Wetterhorn Peak, 14015', Colorado
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1986_0719,
San Juans: Uncompahgre Peak, 14309', Colorado
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1986_0720,
San Juans: Redcloud Peak, 14034', and Sunshine Peak, 14001', Colorado
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1986_0721-21,
San Juans: Handies Peak, 14048', Colorado
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1986_0721-23,
San Juans: Windom Peak, 14087', and Sunlight Peak, 14059', Colorado
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1986_0724-25,
San Juans: Mount Eolus, 14084', and North Eolus, 14039', Colorado
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1986_0726,
San Juans: Mount Wilson, 14246', Colorado
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1986_0727-28,
San Juans: Wilson Peak, 14017', and Return Home
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1986_0815-16,
Pyramid Peak, 14018', Colorado
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1986_0816-18,
Capitol Peak, 14130', Colorado
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1986_0823-0908,
The Last Six Colorado Fourteeners
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1986_0823-24,
Culebra Peak, 14047', Colorado (Lost in the Clouds)
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1986_0825,
Mount Lindsey, 14042', Colorado
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1986_0829-30,
Kit Carson Mountain, 14165', Colorado
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1986_0831,
Crestone Peak, 14294', Colorado
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1986_0901,
Crestone Needle, 14197', Colorado
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1986_0905-07,
El Diente Peak, 14159', Colorado (Last of My Fourteeners)
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1987_0417,
Green Mountain, 8144', Colorado
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1987_0509,
Second Colorado Fourteeners Flight
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1987_0606,
Palisade Mountain, 8264', Colorado
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1987_0620-21,
Quandary Peak, 14265', Colorado
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1987_0621,
The 55th Fourteener
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1987_0627,
The Loft and Southeast Longs Peak, Colorado
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1987_0703,
Shadow Mountain, 8977', Colorado
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1987_0704-05,
Castle Peak, 14265', Colorado, Overnight
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1987_0717-20,
Challenger Point, Colorado, Plaque Placing
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1987_0802,
Paiute Peak, 13088' and Mount Audubon, 13223', Colorado
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1987_0808,
Grays Peak, 14270', and Torreys Peak, 14267', Colorado
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1987_0812-14,
White Mountain Peak, 14246', California
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1987_0815-17,
Mount Whitney, 14495', California
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1987_0829-30,
Mount Massive, 14421', Colorado
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1987_0905-07,
Snowmass Mountain, 14092', Colorado
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1987_0907-07,
Marble Quarry, Colorado
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1987_0907-08,
South Elbert, 14134', and Mount Elbert, 14433', Colorado
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1988_0618,
Mount Bierstadt, 14060', Colorado
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1988_0630-0702,
Blanca and Ellingwood, Sangre de Cristos, Colorado
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1988_0703,
Little Bear Peak, 14037', Colorado (Twice!)
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1988_0704-06,
Mount Sneffels, 14150', Colorado
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1988_0706-07,
Handies Peak, 14048', Colorado
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1988_0707-09,
Wetterhorn Peak, 14015', and Matterhorn Peak, 13590', Colorado
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1988_0731,
McHenrys Peak, 13327', Colorado
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1988_0805-07,
Mount of the Holy Cross, 14005', Colorado
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1988_0820-21,
Sandbeach Lake, 10283', Rocky Mtn NP, Colorado
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1988_0903-04,
Mount Sherman, 14036', Colorado
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1988_0904-05,
Grizzly Peak, 13988', Colorado
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1988_0917-18,
Milner Mountain, 6881', Colorado
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1988_0924,
Pagoda Mountain, 13497', and Storm Peak, 13326', RMNP, Colorado
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1988_1008,
Crosier Mountain, 9250', Colorado
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1988_1030-31,
Mauna Kea, 13796', Hawaii
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1989_0506-20,
Three Adventures: Horsetooth, Greyrock, Palisade
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1989_0604,
Quandary Peak, 14265', Colorado
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1989_0617,
Chiefs Head Peak, 13579', Rocky Mtn NP, Colorado
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1989_0630-0701,
Mount Antero, 14269', Colorado
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1989_0701-02,
Mount Princeton, 14197', Colorado
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1989_0702-04,
Mount Huron, 14005', Colorado
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1989_0715-16,
Mummy Mountain, 13425' and Hagues Peak, 13560', Colorado
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1989_0722,
Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
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1989_0729-0805,
Lake Powell, Utah, 3678', First Visit
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1989_0816,
Lake Powell, Utah, Reprise
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1989_0818-20,
Lake McConaughy, Nebraska
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1989_0828-29,
Uncompahgre Peak, 14309', Colorado
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1989_0829-31,
Challenger Point, 14080'+, and Kit Carson Mtn, 14165', Colorado
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1989_0901-01,
Mount Adams, 13931', Colorado
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1989_0901-04,
Crestone Needle, 14197', Colorado
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1989_0916-17,
Missouri Mountain (Partial), Colorado
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1989_1007-08,
Boulder Brook, Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado
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1989_1021,
Gem Lake, 8820', Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado
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1990_0103-04,
Havasu Canyon, Arizona
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1990_0513,
Bear Peak, 8461', Colorado
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1990_0519,
Twin Sisters Peaks, 11413', 11428', 11376', Colorado
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1990_0526-27,
Cutbank Campsite, Rocky Mtn NP, Colorado
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1990_0602,
Mount Evans, 14264', Colorado
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1990_0615-17,
Mosquito Range Fourteeners, Colorado
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1990_0625,
Flattop, 12324', Hallett, 12713', and Otis, 12486', Peaks, Colorado
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1990_0701,
Chapin, 12454', Chiquita, 13069', and Ypsilon, 13514', RMNP, Colorado
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1990_0704-05,
Mount Elbert, 14433', Colorado
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1990_0705-08,
Castle Peak, 14265', Colorado
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1990_0722,
Isabelle Glacier, 12000', Colorado
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1990_0804,
Three Peaks in Tenmile Range, Colorado
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1990_0814-19,
Canoe Green River, Labyrinth Canyon, Utah
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1990_0908-16,
Lake Powell, Utah, 3639' (by Alan)
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1990_0908-16,
Walk Like Anasazi, Lake Powell, Utah (by Mike)
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1990_1009,
Flying to Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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1990_1230,
Florida Novice Diving Including Manatees
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1991_0312-19,
Canoe Green River, Canyonlands, Utah
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1991_0318,
Grand Canyon, Bottom and Back
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1991_0705-14,
Hawaii Eclipse and Adventure
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1991_0818,
Capitol Peak (Nearly Fatal) Attempt, Colorado
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1992_0712-19,
Five Men, One Woman, and Two Parents on a Houseboat
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1992_1003,
A Long Day on the High Divide in Colorado
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1992_1218,
Costa Rica
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1993_0121-26,
Death Valley, California, Tidbits
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1993_0619,
Mount Neva, 12849', Colorado
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1993_0806-07,
Copeland Mountain, 13176', RMNP, Colorado
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1993_0903-05,
Hayden Gorge, Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado
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1993_0926-1003,
Lake Powell, Utah
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1993_1023-1108,
Webber JHS Talks with Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-58
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1994_0510,
Eclipse, Fort Collins, Colorado
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1994_0514,
Horsetooth Mountain, 7255', Loop the Long Way
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1994_0521-22,
Grand Canyon, North Rim to River
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1994_0701-0103,
What I Did on My Mid-life Vacation
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1995_0818-20,
Leadville Trail 100 (Foot Race), Colorado
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1996_0309-16,
Death Valley, California
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1996_0325,
Comet Hyakutake
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1996_0510-12,
Another Weekend That Was (Hiking in Colorado)
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1996_0719,
Seeing Space from Lake Powell, Utah
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1996_0810-12,
Colorado Mountain Weekend, Sweet Home Mine
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1996_1208,
CSU Pingree Park Campus (Tornado Spot), Colorado
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1997_0215-20,
Badwater to Dantes View and Beyond, Death Valley, California
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1997_0323,
Horsetooth Mountain, 7255', Eclipse and Comet
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1997_0619-22,
Rockhounding Four Sites in Wyoming
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1997_0708,
Across the High Divide in Colorado
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1997_0728-29,
Flooding in Fort Collins, Colorado
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1998_0311,
Sky Sights
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1998_0405-06,
Water Heater Mis-Maintenance
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1998_0613-20,
Dark Canyon Wilderness Area Backpack, Utah
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1998_0811-17,
Four San Juan Range Fourteeners, Colorado
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1998_0905-07,
Wyoming Weekend
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1998_0924,
Opening Lines in Past Trip Reports
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1998_1116,
Leonid Meteor Shower
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1998_1125-29,
Lake Powell, Utah, Thanksgiving
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1999_0717-25,
Raft Green River, Desolation and Grays Canyons, Utah
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2000_0421,
Easter Weekend Incident (Hitting an Elk)
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2000_0829,
Florida Collecting
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2001_1117-18,
Leonid Meteor Shower
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2001_1213,
Rock Collecting by Kayak in Colorado
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2002_0407-13,
Death Valley, California
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2002_0808-11,
Cataract Canyon Raft Trip, Utah
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2002_0915-22,
Lake Powell, Utah, Tidbits
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2002_1127-1201,
Lake Powell, Utah, Thanksgiving
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2003_0112-15,
Missouri and Back, or Bust
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2003_0404-05,
Trinity Site, New Mexico
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2003_0630-0705,
Honeymoon in Hawai'i
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2003_0718-0809,
Columbia Point, 13980'+, Colorado
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2003_0901-02,
How Not to Climb Longs Peak, Colorado
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2003_0911-17,
A Week-Long Rock Hunting Orgy in Colorado and Utah
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2004_0324-31,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado Road Trip
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2004_0508-09,
Northwest Nebraska Rockhounding
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2004_0808-15,
Lake Powell, Utah, with a Huge Crew
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2004_1016-17,
Cathie's Cabin, Colorado
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2005_0701,
Bell Tower Window, Lake Powell, Utah
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2005_0713-22,
Blue Forest, Wyoming and Salmon River, Idaho
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2006_0924,
Grays Quarry, Wyoming
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2006_1103-05,
A Nice Fall Weekend in Colorado
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2006_1202-09,
Tampa Bay Agate, Florida
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2006_1221,
Colorado Blizzard
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2006_1229-0107,
Blizzards of 2006 Versus Snowblower
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2007_0131,
It's Snowing Again
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2007_0219,
Adventures in Toiletry
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2007_0930-1007,
Lake Powell, Utah
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2008_0128-0204,
Death Valley, California
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2008_0531-0601,
Shirley Basin and Laramie Peak, Wyoming
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2008_0614-15,
Rockhounding (by Kayak) in Wyoming
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2008_0817-24,
Lake Powell, Utah
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2008_0912-21,
Lake Powell, Utah
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2009_0820-22,
Two Tough Elk Range Fourteeners
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2009_1205,
How Not to Dunk a Camera
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2010_0808-15,
Lake Powell, Utah, Final Trip as Owner
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2011_0709-10,
Quest for the Ancient Trees
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2011_1130-1217,
Panama Canal (and Then Some!) Cruise
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2022_0101-03,
Don't Ski on Thin Ice
PS: My Use of Images and Coordinates
A note about my use of images and coordinates here, or lack thereof:
In an increasingly multimedia, higher-bandwidth world, to "grab viewer
attention" one needs lots of attractive graphics or images, preferably
immediately and quickly presented. In other words, there's a slippery
slope from, "story-telling, perhaps spruced up with a little imagery"
to, "multimedia slide shows, with a little narration." (For an example
of the latter, see my
"rolling web album".)
Unfortunately I didn't start regularly adding photos (expandable
thumbnails) to my reports until 2008! Long after I'd stopped writing
them regularly. Until nearly that time, all of the associated images
were/are color prints, not digitized.
Also it would be nice if every geographical location included lat/long
coords, perhaps even a link to Google Maps to illustrate it.
If I had a profit motive, or if I cared about "mass market penetration"
of my trip reports, I'd do a lot more work to make these reports into
virtual slide shows with maps. But that's not why I write them, and
it's time-consuming enough to get them all HTMLized and available on the
web. I don't care too much if you, dear reader, are hooked into them or
not. They are here if you choose to read them, and if you do, I hope
you enjoy them (grin).
That said, I do intend to liven up at least any of my new reports
with at least a few pictures and/or coordinates...
PS: A Note About History and Formatting
I originally wrote these reports in plaintext. At first I just
emailed to friends, or posted short stories to
Hewlett-Packard internal "newsgroups", and saved the text in files.
After a few years, noticing a trend, I developed more of a system,
although in hindsight it was crude.
Later I converted many of these reports (in the 1979-97 range) to
troff -mm, a now-obsolescent formatter at the early heart of the
UNIX operating system.
And later (mainly in 2023) I converted all of the troff + plaintext
reports to HTML, along with reviewing and improving all of them.
This included revising to past tense and otherwise tidying historical
artifacts from when they were first posted. Also I turned a lot of
significant person and place names into bold hyperlinks
into auto-generated crossref files (persons.htm, places.htm).
I also have 16.5 volumes (at 144 pages each, as of 231007) of
handwritten journals of my "outdoor adventures." Often I wrote
up the same trip (somewhat differently) both ways. Also my handwritten
journals include many adventures never described in a public "trip
report".