In a Lifetime

Learnded

2011-03-04T08:08:00.000-08:00

1. Alpine Climbing Class
2. Photography Class
3. X Fit Class
4. Scent/Tracking Class w/Eure
5. Therapy Certification Class w/Harper
6. Complete Wilderness FirstAid Class
7. Complete K9 FirstAid Class

Backpacking Trip List

2011-02-08T08:28:00.000-08:00

1. Rim-to-Rim Trail, Grand Canyon, AZ
2. Haleakala, Maui
3. Kalalau, Kaui (April 2010)

4. Pacific Crest Trail.
5. Wonderland Trail
6. The Subway, Arches, Buckskin Gulch, Bryce Canyon, Coyote Gulch, Moab - Utah.
7. Zion National Park - 16-mile slot canyon
8. Isle Royale
9. Big Bend National Park
10. Tongariro Crossing, Salkantay, Abel Tasman, Routeburn, Colca Canyon
11. North Coast Trail
12. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
13. Hike the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska
14. Mt. Whitney – Lone Pine, CA
15. Continental Divide Trail
16. Teton Crest Trail
17. Colorado Trail
18. Parunuweap

19. 64-mile out-and-back from Rialto Beach to Shi Shi Beach is manageable for novices. Pick up a boat from the Olympic Outdoor Center in Port Gamble ($230 per week; olympicoutdoorcenter.com) and drive 2.5 hours through the park to Rialto Beach, just north of La Push. From there, paddle three miles north to Hole-in-the-Wall, a 30-foot arch, and camp in the woods at the Norwegian Memorial, a log-strewn beach where 18 shipwrecked sailors were buried in 1903. Skip Cape Alava and Sand Point, which see backpacker traffic, and spend the night 2.5 miles north, at the mouth of the Ozette River. Then it's on to the turnaround point and the trip's highlight: the Dalí-like sea stacks and wind-lashed spruces at Point of the Arches and Shi Shi Beach. Get permits, book campsites, and pick up bear canisters (for raccoons, mostly) at the ranger station in Port Angeles ($5, plus $2 per person per night; nps.gov/olym).

20. Queets River Trail [Stock ok. Dogs ok?]

Biking

2010-07-08T08:13:00.001-07:00

Death Ride

RAAM

Hiawatha Bike Trail

The Great Divide Race

Complete a Century Ride

Running Goals

2010-04-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

Run a 1/2 Marathon
Status (2007.01.01): It's looking like it'll be this one!
Status (July 2007): First 1/2 Marathon Ever!

Sub 2-hr San Fran 1st 1/2 Marathon.
Status (2010.07): 2:00.09. Yes, about 10-seconds off of my goal. Ha.

Run a Marathon (attempt to qualify for The Boston).

Sub 45-minute 10K!

Complete the Great Wall of China Marathon

Run a 50K Trail Race

Run a 50-Mile Trail Race

Run a 100-Mile Trail Race

Learn to Skijor

2009-10-18T12:20:00.001-07:00

Status (2009.12.26): Still gearing up w/canicross for now.

Status (2010.12.27): Spent a week in Bend, OR. Had a lot of fun on the trails :)

Complete an Ironman

2009-10-18T11:59:00.000-07:00

Status: 2010.08.15 Lake Stevens 70.3 complete!

Climb as Many Peaks as Possible while in WA

2009-09-29T13:16:00.001-07:00

Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks
1. Mount Rainier
2. Mount Adams
3. Little Tahoma
4. Mount Baker
5. Glacier Peak
6. Bonanza Peak
7. Mount Stuart
8. Mount Fernow
9. Goode Mountain
10. Mount Shuksan
11. Mount Buckner
12. Seven Fingered Jack
13. Mount Logan
14. Jack Mountain
15. Mount Maude
16. Black Peak
17. North Gardner Mountain
18. Silver Star Mountain
19. Eldorado Peak
20. Dragontail Peak
21. Forbidden Peak
22. Colchuck Peak
23. Sahale Peak
24. Cannon Mountain
25. Sherpa Peak
26. Clark Mountain
27. Cashmere Mountain
28. Observation Rock
29. Mount Saint Helens (09/03/21009)

30. Gilbert Peak
31. Big Chiwaukum
32. Prusik Peak
33. Snowgrass Mountain
34. Mount Olympus
35. Mount Daniel
36. Old Snowy Mountain
37. Echo Rock
38. Sloan Peak
39. Mount Deception
40. Big Jim Mountain
41. Mount Constance
42. Chimney Rock
43. Liberty Bell Mountain
44. Ingalls Peak
45. Cowlitz Chimneys
46. Mount Clark
47. Mount Hinman
48. Lemah Mountain
49. Summit Chief Mountain
50. Mixup Peak
51. Tomyhoi Peak (08.07.2008)

52. Snowking Mountain
53. Mount Anderson
54. Kyes Peak
55. Mount Pugh
56. Cadet Peak
57. Columbia Peak
58. Granite Mountain
59. Old Desolate
60. Monte Cristo Peak
61. Ruth Mountain
62. Hidden Lake Peaks
63. Mount Howard
64. Sluiskin Mountain-The Chief
65. Chikamin Peak
66. Mount Carrie
67. White Chuck Mountain
68. Unicorn Peak
69. Three Fingers
70. The Brothers
71. Whitehorse Mountain
72. Tamanos Mountain
73. Big Snow Mountain
74. North Twin
75. Del Campo Peak
76. Pinnacle Peak
77. Mount Thomson
78. Fay Peak
79. Mount Angeles
80. Snoqualmie Mountain
81. Kaleetan Peak
82. Mount Washington
83. Alta Mountain
83. Gunn Peak
85. Chair Peak
86. Vesper Peak
87. Baring Mountain
88. Merchant Peak
89. Mount Cruiser
90. Lundin Peak
91. Mount Forgotten
92. Mount Index
93. Red Mountain (4.3.2011)
94. Kendall Peak
95. Granite Mountain
96. The Tooth
97. Mount Persis
98. Mount Pilchuck
99. McClellan Butte
100. Mount Si (10.08.2009)

Complete a Sprint Triathlon

2009-07-03T22:05:00.001-07:00

Status (June 2010): My first Sprint Triathlon.

Learn to White water Kayak

2008-07-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

Status(Summer '08): Spent the summer taking classes and practicing the basics :)

Places to Visit

2008-01-09T13:34:00.000-08:00

Wizard Island, Crater Lake, Oregon
Ireland, including The Giant's Causeway, with my Bro

Italy with my Mom - Complete (October 2008)

New Zeland
Australia
Alaska
Costa Rica
South Africa
French Polynesian Islands
Iguazu Falls!!

All Hawaiian Islands
(O'ahu, Big Island - August 2004)

(Kauai 2010)

2007-12-11T21:59:00.000-08:00

Hang Glide :) -On Hold

2007-12-11T08:24:00.000-08:00

Scuba Diving License (so I can see the great barrier reef!) - On Hold

2007-09-24T11:00:00.000-07:00

Join the local volunteer Search and Rescue group...train a SAR dog.

Status (Winter 2008): Eure's temperment didn't work out. We trained for 3-months before giving up. Will have to try again down the line w/another pup.

2007-03-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

Peace Corps - On Hold