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Rogue Valley


Would you give a ride to somebody with a shadow like this?

Neither would I and that is why I landed back at my truck after 4 hours of flying. Today was the start of the Rat Race Paragliding competition in the Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon. One had to register months in advance as this is […]

The Armpit of America


Battle Mountain, Nevada was voted the Armpit of America. It sucks, I stayed there last night. It also was very windy with snow from time to time. Nice sunset though…..

 
Today I moved north, but still did not manage to escape Nevada. I am camping at Big Spring Reservoir. It is very windy again with ice […]

Going…. no Staying


Shouldv’e been on my way to Oregon trying to get to the starthistle Starthistle2006 fly-in by Saturday morning. It is another 700 miles, which means a LOT of driving. Instead I spend a delightful day at Cave Lake State Park installing the outside hookup for my new satellite internet. Now I can do some internet research […]

Canyoneering in Zion


Jason, Jake, Brook and Bette were my partners on a fantastic day of canyoneering in Zion. We did Keyhole canyon followed by Pine Creek.

ACA Canyoneering Course


Spend the last 3 days on a ACA Technical Canyoneering Course in Cedar City, Utah. I now know everything about hitches and knots -  that is clover, munter and mule with the odd biner block and releasable contingency anchor thrown in. I also picked up a Piranha.