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Goal Zero Portable Solar Power Open House
Goal Zero Solar had an open house at their new facility South of Salt Lake City in Bluffdale Utah, and I attended with my family. Good friends Ryan and Jennifer Hamilton were there as well with their daughters. The kids had a ton of fun on the little climbing wall and slide in the entry,…
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Stuffing a Backpack – Solo Overnight on Snow
I was going on an overnight on Mount Timpanogos and had originally planned on following snow to the top (read the story at the link on this blog). I think hiking and camping solo is an excellent way to work out kinks in your gear and camping skills. You can learn a lot about how…
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Overnight on Timpooneke Trail – Mount Timpanogos
I had done a quick reconnaissance of the Timpooneke Trail, the Northern hiking trail that leads to the 11,749′ summit of Mount Timpanogos, prominent above Orem, Utah in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I wanted to go back and summit in spite of the deep snow covering the trail. Last time I was wearing running shoes…
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Striking Camp – packing up to go home
Did a training overnighter on Timpanogos (a Utah County mountain 11,749′ tall near Provo, UT). Slept on a flat area below an series of avalanche runouts from the cliffs below Pika Cirque. For kicks I did this timelapse video as I took the tent down. Enjoy … I took down the Sierra Designs Baku single-wall…