The Manitou Incline and Barr Trail to Barr Camp

Jan 3, 2025

Arrival

I parked in one of the large, paid lots at the base of Manitou Springs. It was 7:45am on a Friday in early January, and the lot was basically deserted. From the lot, I caught a glimpse of a bullet-straight cut through the pines of the nearby foothills below Pikes Peak. That cut was my intended hike that morning: the Manitou Incline.

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San Bruno Mountain

November 11, 2024

Arrival

I touched down at SFO on a rainy November Monday for a work onsite. This was the first time I’d ever personally experienced robust rain in California (I was beginning to think it was a myth!). Water dripped from the terminal ceilings as I made my way to the cabs. The Bay Area is among the richest communities in world history. But apparently that didn’t guarantee much of anything in terms of public works.

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Walltown Crags (Hadrian’s Wall)

September 19, 2024

Arrival at Walltown Crags

I was mostways through my roadtrip through the United Kingdom, driving from London to Edinburgh. As I reached Northumberland, and the uppermost reaches of England, the trip very obviously needed to include a short hike along the famed Hadrian’s Wall. And so I arrived at the carpark at Walltown Crags to enjoy what English Heritage refers to as “arguably the most spectacular bit of Hadrian’s Wall.”

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Horsetooth Rock Trail

August 18, 2024

Arrival

On my bucket list of “Colorado things” the line item “Check out Fort Collins” seemed to languish near the bottom of the list. And I knew that wasn’t really fair because I’d only ever heard wonderful things about “FoCo”. I’m neither a college student, nor particularly into beer. But it still seemed worth checking out. Plus it was an excuse to stop at the new Colorado Buc-ee’s.

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