Photos

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Portfolio

A variety of my favorite photos from the last 15 years or so.

NOLS

Photos from the sailing section of FSB 2 (November-December 2009).

In the Fall of 2009, I worked the hiking and sailing sections of FSB 3, a NOLS semester that traversed the Sierra San Pedro de Martir, and then sailed and sea kayaked on the Sea of Cortez.

Photos from my IC in November 2008. Over the course of 35 days we traveled nearly 200 miles along the Baja Coast in 22-foot Drascombe longboats, learning about the boats and about teaching others to sail them.

My first course as a NOLS instructor: ROC1 7/16/09, a 3-week backcountry rock climbing course in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. We spent 15 days base-camping in the Cathedral Cirque area, climbing everything in site and getting in some awesome fishing and hiking as well.

MSP. Some shots I took on a NOLS PNW Mountaineering Seminar in June of 2008. Our Route took us from the Hidden Lakes trailhead across El Dorado and Inspiration glaciers and out at the Ross Lake reservoir in the space of 10 days.

Personal Trips

In the summer of 2007, my friend Clint and I rode our bikes from Jasper, Alberta to Denver, Colorado. We loosely followed the Adventure Cycling Association’s “Great Parks” route. Early in the trip, I totaled my bike, and had to ride most of the route on a cheap mountain bike. Much tension…