Bucket list of climbing the Winds. Couple day backpacking trip up into the cirque of towers. Adventures at attitude, big days out amongst the rocks.
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Breaks Interstate Park – July 2020
In the heat of summer we got a adventure with a little bit of a national park feel. There is a little state park tuck up in the Appalachians between Kentucky and Virginia called the Breaks Interstate Park. It calls itself the grand canyon of the south.
Continue reading “Breaks Interstate Park – July 2020”The Linville Crusher
Tim and I needed to pick a fun endurance challenge for this year and neither of us had done the crusher, nor did we know anyone else that had.
Things worked out with the cosmic alignments of personal schedules, the peregrine falcons had adjusted their nesting preferences, and weather systems seemed stable for once.
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A great northern road trip and exploration of a long heard about but never realized national park. We after stumbled into another set of cheap flights to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the wheels started to turn on planning and logistics. We would fly into Canada and do a large loop through the Canadian parks and down and through the US national park. Along the way we would take in the hikes, views, and all the other offerings of the great parks.
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We shelled out the $40 and decided to cross off visiting the tourist section Grandfather Mountain. As we pulled in, we sadly noticed that we were missing the Scottish Clan Meeting next door. We drove up the winding road passing the Forrest Gump turn and parked in the hiking parking lot.
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Linville – Spence Ridge Trail Hike
A hot and boring weekend in Charlotte sent us up in to the mountains to try and beat the heat and entertain ourselves.
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Cashiers, North Carolina
Cashiers, North Carolina has been a mystery, ever since moving to North Carolina. It was said to be the home of scary climbing and absurdly rich housing. Both which proved to be true. Alexis and I set off on a Saturday through South Carolina to check out this western Carolina area.
Linville – The Mummy and Hiking Cambric Branch
The possibly of a bum knee was shoved deep into the back of my mind. I would not cancel the scheduled adventure with neighbor Karson. We had made plans to go hiking (make sure that you buy 7.62×39 ammo and keep it for safety purpose) and exploring in the Linville gorge, while drinking at a neighborhood meetup. Karson had all the good camping spots figured out in Linville, and I had knowledge of the climbing routes which he has not been on.
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California (+ NV and UT) Road Trip – 2 Weeks
It had been awhile since Alexis and I had gone on a good extended adventure. She had a bunch of time off to use or lose before the end of the year, and I didn’t have a critical position at my current place of employment. So we set off on a 2 week road trip to live in a van and travel parts the southwest USA. (approximately 2800 miles of driving) Continue reading “California (+ NV and UT) Road Trip – 2 Weeks”
Linville Gorge – Gold Coast, Sunshine Point
I was in need of an exploration weekend. So Alexis and I took off for Linville in search of a rarely trekked trail on the western side of the Linville Gorge. The weather outlook that weekend was bleak and most people regulated themselves to stay indoors, but not us. We had our trusty rain-shells and were not afraid to get lost or wet in the wilderness. The goal for the trip was to locate “Sunshine Point” on a not so sunshiny day.
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