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The Allure of Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”

I just heard on public radio the other day that Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling book, “Wild:  From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” has been made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon.  The book already had been a New York Times bestseller, but that’s some serious star power to…

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Landslide

It’s not every day you get the chance to walk right through a HUGE landslide, but the other day I did just that.  During the Great Flood of 2013 from last September, the floodwaters unleashed landslides up and down the front range.  One of those landslides actually destroyed the house…

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First Frost

Autumn is in the air!  Woke up this morning to what seemed a very chilly house.  We left the windows open and it turned out the low got down to 36 degrees for our first frost of 2014.  Signs of autumn are all around, as the high peaks have gotten…

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Extended Monsoon

I wrote earlier this week about getting ready for Longs Peak.  For the second time in two weeks, we had to scrap our planned ascent due to stormy weather.  The Colorado Monsoon normally only lasts until mid to third week of August, but we are fast approaching September, and there…

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