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Despite COVID’s impact throughout 2021, and my personal ups and downs, it was a good year overall. December was especially eventful with hikes, runs, swimming, rock climbing, and volunteering with the Pima Animal Care Center. I signed up for the… Continue Reading →
The Valley of Fire Backcountry Trailfest is a weekend of trail races in Logandale, Nevada. I learned about them from a woman I met last June through Meetup.com. Cassie was visiting Tucson from out of town, and was looking for… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I had been interested in exploring more of Utah, so when I was looking at trail races for 2021 the Vacation Races Bryce Canyon event was at the top of the list. We left four days before the… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I were up on race day by 5am so we could be at the start by 6:30. I had gotten about 6 hours of sleep, better than my pre-race norm, and my body felt pretty good (despite having… Continue Reading →
Updated May 26, 2021 – In addition to several virtual running challenges this year, I’m registered for the Bryce Canyon 30k trail race – eighteen miles of amazing scenery starting at Proctor Canyon at @7200′ and climbing to a little… Continue Reading →
I think we’re all glad 2020 is over! Even though there was some good stuff that happened (more on that later), it was a painful end for me. Alastair and I decided to spend the afternoon of New Year’s Eve… Continue Reading →
My December 5, 2019 hike in Aravaipa Canyon was quite magical, so I decided to do it again with Alastair and several friends. Aravaipa Creek flows year-round, an unusual phenomenon in the Arizona desert. The Bureau of Land Management manages… Continue Reading →
Hard to believe that in my 22 years in Tucson I’ve never hiked to the top of Mt. Wrightson, a 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, in southern Arizona. I went with a couple… Continue Reading →
On the weekend of October 17-18, I joined a group for the AZT’s Trail Design and Layout training event on the Arizona Trail Passage 4 (Temporal Gulch) in the Rincon Mountains. Our training focused on: Why, who, what of trail… Continue Reading →
Our vacation plans abroad this year were cancelled, but we were able to get away for a week in Flagstaff – great break from the heat and smokey air in Tucson. The emphasis of the trip was on hiking, and… Continue Reading →