Category Archives: Outward Bound and similar

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Yosemite National Park – The High Sierras

Posted on January 4, 2020 by

The northern boundary of Yosemite National Park follows a ridge that runs east/west, and starts, on the west, with Tower Peak, and then continues eastward with Ehrnbeck Peak, Crown Point, Slide Mountain, the Sawtooth Ridge and Matterhorn Peak. Tower Peak … Continue reading →

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GPS or Bust

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

GPS or Bust. I’ve written on this subject before, characterizing the modern American traveler as being “cartographically-challenged”. But things have now progressed to a stage beyond that. Now, many travelers will not consult a map, no matter what. It’s a similar … Continue reading →

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Reed Pinnacle – My Last Climb in Yosemite Valley, Spring, 1966

Posted on May 12, 2016 by

In the Spring of 1966, I was re-enrolled at UC-Berkeley, and went up to the Valley to get in some climbing. I joined up with Jim Bridwell and Kim Schmitz, to do the regular route on Reed Pinnacle, a down valley climb … Continue reading →

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New Mexico Tech Wilderness Encounter – Newspaper Articles etc., 1971-3

Posted on March 3, 2016 by
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Southwest Outward Bound School, 1979 – Student writing etc.

Posted on March 3, 2016 by
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Colorado Outward Bound School, Elk Mountains, 1975

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

On my return to COBS, I taught courses out of Marble, where I had first worked in 1966. Here is my Flickr collection: And here is a student’s letter praising me to the skies!

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Southwest Outward Bound School, Pecos Wilderness, NM, 1979

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

Southwest Outward Bound school, which was headquartered in Santa Fe, ran courses in the Pecos Wilderness, NM, along with the Gila. Here is my Flickr collection from a Pecos Wilderness course in 1979.  

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