Four backpackers (Ed Tucker, John Gundry, Mark Schedler, and Carl Fisher) plan a 140 mile trip along the East and West loops of the Collegiate Loop of the Colorado Trail (with a couple of modifications) starting in late August. The planned 15 day trip ended after 8 days.
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Joshua Tree National Park March 2022
Twelve Fox Cities Backpacker Meetup group (including Carl Fisher and Ed Tucker) tackle this 38 mile desert hike.
Continue readingJohn Muir Trail-Red Meadows to Whitney, CA August 2020
What an awesome trip. Highlight of the trip was all of the wonderful scenery. The low light of the trip was all of the smoke from wild fires.
Continue readingPCT-White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass – August 2015
Colder than expected temperatures forced one hiker to leave the trail. After he left the trail conditions improved and there was no more shivering during the night
Continue readingJohn Muir Trail – Northern Section – August 2013
PCT – McKenzie Pass to Seiad Valley-August 2012
PCT – Mainly Eagle Creek Trail – August 2011
Sometimes plans change resulting in hitchhiking and a completely different section of the PCT.
Continue readingGila Wilderness, NM – May 2010
Northern Cascades, WA – September 2008
Death Valley, CA – March 2008
Death Valley CA is an interesting place. A place with a dry, forbidding and hostile environment but when one ventures off into one of the myriad of canyons one experiences the tremendous and beautiful power of flash floods. Slick canyon walls that have been carved out over the years are just jaw dropping in beauty. And speaking of beauty, the wild flowers were in abundance during this trip.
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