I felt slight pause about our backpacking trip into the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness. This wilderness is nothing like the Midwest. Even in the milder temperatures of late Winter, the dry air and the terrain still find a way to take their toll. The lesson is basically to research and prepare yourself for the environment. Like [...]
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Backpacking Sycamore Canyon (3 days)
The weekend has finally arrived! Rachael and I are picking up our friends from the airport in Phoenix tonight and we are heading out bright and early in the morning to one of the Sycamore Canyon trailheads to experience and epic trip. We have not done as much this winter in Arizona as last, which [...]
Wilderness First Responder
On January 10, 2009 I became a certified Wilderness First Responder!
I took the 9 day NOLS/WMI class in Flagstaff, Arizona.
I recommend NOLS for any outdoor leadership training. In particular, the Wilderness Medicine Institute cirriculum. The instructors were nice, knowledgeable and taught well. I appreciated their focus and ability to keep things serious while doing exercises [...]
Verde River LightHawk Article
I’m published (sort of). While in Arizona last winter, I was asked to photo/video the Upper Verde River from the air. This is the article published by the organization who makes the flights happen.
waypoint-august-2008.pdf
Saving the Verde River
I haven’t lived in the southwest for nearly 15 years. When I had lived in Southern California, the drought conditions were not nearly as bad as they are now. Rachael and I learned quite a lot about the struggle the southwest is having with water when we spent our first winter in Prescott, AZ this [...]
