11/10 to 11/14/14′ – After the Adventure Cycling Association published its new mountain bike tour route, the Idaho Hot Springs Tour, there was no way to avoid adding it to the shoulder season schedule. Unfortunately, our prime-time to go for it (early fall) was eaten up by previous family plans and weddings, so the trip kept getting […]
Read more "Idaho and Bicycles and November…"10/17 to 10/22/14′ – When you sit in a canoe all day for 6 straight days you learn a few things about this timeless style of exploration. Here are a few things Grete and I picked up while paddling up the 55 mile-long Lake Chelan in late October: 1. Canoeing is like backpacking on water. […]
Read more "Canoeing Up Lake Chelan"3/13/14 – Well Jonny showed up for a week of skiing in mid-March and, given the stable conditions, he and those around him were able to get after it… Grete showed him and another friend, Bryce, the goods all week long around Silverfork, Solitude, and Big Cottonwood Canyon while I was stuck at work. When […]
Read more "The Northwest Couloir of the Pfeifferhorn"5/13 to 5/14/2014 – After a couple weeks of day-in and day-out work on the trailer, Grete and I were hitting a breaking point… We were craving adventure, the fresh mountain air, and getting away from our monster project born in 1973. We had been shut down a week earlier on an attempt at the […]
Read more "Mt. Adams"10/3/2013 to 10/6/2013 – Last fall Grete and I were back in Washington for a short bit and took a couple day road trip to break in the new truck, Wendy. We hoped to enjoy a bit of Washington’s authentic beauty so the drive focused on both hitting the Cascades as well as the coast. Our […]
Read more "Fall Washington Roadtrip"4/29/12 – After a solid week of schralping around the Cascades, Jonny and I set our sights at Mt. Hood to cap off the trip. Although it’s dwarved by many of the Cascade volcanoes, the mighty Wyeast held a special spot in Jonny’s heart after skiing on her lower flanks all season long; slowly learning […]
Read more "Skiing in the Hood"4/24/12 to 4/27/12 – Words by Jonny Cromwell, Photos by Yours Truely It was a muted grey Tuesday morning in central Washington. Clouds spilling over from Stevens Pass speckled the hazy blue sky, alternately hiding and revealing the late April sun. It was actually pretty warm out too; one of those surprisingly nice days during […]
Read more "Enchanted Lights"4/21/12 to 4/22/12 – Below lies the story of Jonny Cromwell and I’s first successful ascent of Mt. Ranier. There are no photos or words of the summit or the descent, because the shared spiritual experience was too overwhelming to be portrayed authentically in either medium. Words by Jonny Cromwell and photos by myself. Please […]
Read more "“This is Happening”"10/28/2011 – No more than two hours after having landed in Alaska (back on October 3rd), I was out hiking around the Mendenhall Valley with a couple of my WEMT classmates. The glacier was a powerful piece of geologic and climatological history that immediately instilled in me the belief that Alaska is something special and […]
Read more "The Mighty Mendenhall Glacier"10/23/2011 to 10/24/2011 – When you are stuck in a classroom in an abandoned gas station for nearly 8 hours a day, you really feel the urge to get outside and do something with your days off. Our WEMT class’ favorite weekend activities included going out for some afternoon drinking in Juneau and exploring the […]
Read more "The Blue Mussel Cabin"
Zachary Stephen Miller 