-Storm North Wins the Vulcan Cup in Birmingham, AL Feb 2008

MJ's team, Storm North Red won the Vulcan Cup U16 Gold Division CHAMPIONSHIP in Birmingham, AL! In pool play they went 3-0 and beat the #1 ranked team in OH South, the returning champs of this tournament from IN and a team from FL. This sent them to the championship against the #1 ranked team in Louisiana and according to some rankings, the #1 ranked team in the country, 

http://www.gotsport.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=5697  Regulation ended in a tie. They played 2 5 min halves and no one scored, so it went to Penalty Kicks. Both teams scored on their first 3 kicks and both teams missed the net on their fourth kick and then came MJ's Shining moment when he dove and saved the PK, our guy scored on his kick and they were the CHAMPS!!!!http://www.t7sports.com:8080/2005/k124209.htm Vulcan Cup Result U16 Gold Division

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.94a1wgzx&x=0&y=bjavkq Photos from the Vulcan Cup

They are now ranked #1 in the state of Colorado at U16 www.gotsport.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=17356

Below, their visit to Jacksonville, FL two weeks earlier where they won 3 and lost 1. Their only loss was to the #3 team in the country at U16.

-Link to some of Dale's PHOTOS ....

Here is a link to some of my favorite photos ...

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.aul89vct&x=0&y=82dnrq

-Coop and I Visit Canyonlands & Arches Nat'l Park in Utah Feb 2008

Coop checking out the view at sunrise.











My brother Coop and I headed out to the desert in the winter for some winter camping to see what it was like in the desert with some snow. We did an 8.6 mile hike in The Needles District of Canyonlands Nat'l Park, the Chesler Park lasso loop hike. What a great weekend. It got below freezing every night so it got a little cold sleeping but we made it through and it was well worth it. The views were awesome and the snow-covered La Sals were looking better than ever.
Check this link for some photos from the trip, I'll let the pictures tell the story,
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.al2p97nx&x=0&y=b50ar3

-Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Nat'l Parks Sept 2007

The wolves and the cow elk having their stand off.

Over Labor Day Weekend of 2007 I traveled to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Nat'l Park.  The view of the Grand Tetons were amazing but the highlight of the trip was seeing the wolves in Yellowstone.  I was at the overlook a Hayden Valley for 6 hours and finally the last 2 hours the wolves came out and had chased a cow elk and her calf into the river.  The alpha male and female wolf watched from the top of the hill, while the 4 wolf pups made runs at the cow elk.  She held them off until it got dark.  I didn't get a close up photo but I found one on the web that sums up what I was watching, see above.  Other wildlife I saw on the trip was a black bear sow with 2 cubs, a bull moose, antelope, many buffalo, coyote, an osprey.  What an awesome trip.

I'll let the pictures tell the story,

Dale's Photos from Grand Tetons Nat'l Park,

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.9cyivo2p&x=0&y=-suwieu 

Dale's Photos from Yellowstone Nat'l Park,

 http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.95cthvi9&x=0&y=322ywz

Dale's Photos of Old Faithful in Yellowstone, 

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=s7o79k5.b4rmmkch&x=0&y=-bwcd05

Hayden Valley Overlook where I watched the wolves and the stand off with the cow elk.

The classic photo of the Snake River and the Grand Tetons

Lower Falls in Yellowstone Nat'l Park

Herd of Buffalo in Yellowstone Nat'l Park

The Grand Tetons

-Love to play: Eastern Iowa baseball is what the game is all about

Ball and Glove at Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, IA

Monday, September 30, 2002 

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Major League Baseball, who cares? 
Love to play: Eastern Iowa baseball is what the game is all about

by DALE KLEIN 
I realize MLB averted another strike, but I couldn't have cared less if it did strike. They cut it too close and again have taken it too far.

One reason I would not have missed it is because I get my baseball fix via the Telegraph Herald Web site sports section. There is nothing like the baseball that is played back in eastern Iowa. Whether it be semi-pro, college or high school baseball, it's played in its purest form.

These people play the game because they love to play the game. It's that simple.

These are people you work with and can relate to as our parents could with the baseball players of the past.

To relate to today's player, average salary of $2.4 million, we would have to be lucky enough to win the lottery and, when cashing in the ticket, utter, "It's not about the money."

I remember growing up, with the Balltown baseball field in my back yard. Thinking back, I can't remember a day we didn't play ball. We didn't call each other to get a game together, we just naturally all went to the field knowing that others would be there to play. When it rained, we would take the game to our basement and use anything we could that wouldn't break the windows, with the exception of one time. The ball might be a sock, a newspaper wrapped with tape, or that softball-shaped thing that mom used to scrub the baked-on food in the bottom of pans before there were non-stick surfaces. The bat could be a stick, broom handle, pool cue or our hands if nothing else was available. One way or another, we were going to play baseball or something that resembled it based on what we had and where we were.

There is nothing like the semi-pro league in eastern Iowa around the Dubuque area. After playing for Balltown, I played several years in a semi-pro league for the Waterloo Merchants while attending the University of Northern Iowa. Don't get me wrong, it was very competitive, but not every little town had a team like they do near Dubuque.

I just want to thank the TH for putting all the semi-pro scores on the Web site because it is still very fun to follow from a distance. Seeing the names I used to play against and the new names from the high schools and colleges finding a roster spot to play when their season ends is what it's all about.

About 10 years ago, I moved out of Iowa to Colorado. I wasn't able to find a similar league out here either, and after several years, softball didn't seem to provide enough of a challenge. So I traded my spikes for hiking boots, as did my younger brother, Jeff ("Coop"), now living in San Dimas, Calif. It's not baseball, but hiking to the top of a 14,000 foot peak (I've completed 11 of Colorado's 54) has its challenges and can be equally as satisfying as winning the Dyersville tournament (I was on the 1983 Balltown team that beat the Dubuque Merchants, 12-9, for the championship).

On a recent trip this summer, Jeff and I hiked to the summit of Colorado's highest peak, Mount Elbert. At 14,440 feet, Mount Elbert also is the second-highest peak in the lower 48 states. The hike was 7.6 miles round trip, with 4,000 feet of elevation gain (very steep). We made it up to the summit in about four hours. We refueled our bodies with Cliff bars and Gatorade, took in the incredible views and rested a bit.

Dale and Jeff on the summit of Colorado's highest peak, Mount Elbert 

Then I looked at my brother and in my best Kevin Costner voice said, "Hey, you wanna have a catch."

He replied, "Of course."

With that we opened our backpacks, pulled out our gloves and had a catch at 14,440 feet. We received a few crazy looks, but most of the people nodded in approval as if to be swept back to their childhood playing days - wishing they had brought their gloves to the summit, too.

Baseball is something that will always be with me no matter where I am because of the love I had for playing the game growing up - not because of any MLB player of the past, present or uncertain future.

The reason we played catch on the summit was to thank the fans that followed and supported us, the coaches that coached us, the people we competed against, the teammates we played with, Mom and Dad, who made it all possible, and to remember the incredible amount of fun we had playing the game.

If you're from eastern Iowa, don't ever worry about losing MLB to a strike, just focus on the wonderful, competitive game of semi-pro baseball you will always have, played by the people you really know.

When's the next old-timers game?

Klein, 36, was born in Balltown, Iowa, and is a former left-handed pitcher and centerfielder for the 1984 Fall State runner-up Leo High Rockets and Balltown semi-pro baseball teams. Currently, he is an inside-sales rep for SpectraLink Corp. in Boulder, Colo.

Copyright 2002 Telegraph Herald

1984 Fall State runner-up Leo High Rockets

1983 Balltown Dyersville Tournament Champions

-14ers & 13ers I have Hiked

Me on the summit of Mount Massive

14ers I’ve been on top of and the order they were completed.

1.  GRAYS PEAK 9/1/96 (CO Ranking 9)

14,270 ft, 8 miles 3,040 ft of elevation gain.  Joe, Robert and Catherine along on the hike. 

 2.  TOREYS PEAK 8/9/97 (CO Ranking 11)

14,267 ft, 8 miles 3,037 ft of elevation gain.  W/ Todd Wiese on the “snowfield of death”, Garfield.  

3-6.  DEMOCRAT, CAMERON, LINCOLN, & BROSS 8/14/99

(CO Ranking 29, 17, 8, 22) Did this w/ Darrin Oschner and Todd Kranz

14,148 ft, 14,238 ft, 14,286 ft, 14,172 ft, 7 miles, 3,600 ft of elevation gain. 

Colorado Classic Hike  www.14ers.com/routeprt.php?route=bros6&peak=Democrat,%20Lincoln,%20Bross

*  MOUNT EVANS 9/6/99 (CO Ranking 14)

14,264 ft, Drove up with MJ and hiked the last 200 yds

7.  QUANDARY PEAK 7/14/01 w/ Russ, Luke, Dan, Allison, & Tajemoto

14,265 ft, 5.4 miles, 3,370 ft of elevation gain (CO Ranking 13) lots of clouds

8/18/06 w/ SpectraLink Sales & Marketing 14,265 ft, 6.75 miles, 3,450 ft of elevation gain

8.  MOUNT BIERSTADT 7/28/01 (CO Ranking 38)

14,060 ft, 6 miles, 2,770 ft of elevation gain

With Scott Breichle, helped Louise down as she broke both bones in her arm

9.  MOUNT MASSIVE 6/22/02 with Luke Swanson (CO Ranking 2)

14,421 ft, 6.2 miles, 3,960 ft of elevation gain.  2^nd highest peak in CO, 3^rd in the lower 48 states.  8hrs.  www.14ers.com/routeprt.php?route=mass2&peak=Mt.%20Massive

10.  MOUNT ELBERT 7/14/02 w/ Coop, Robert, Kyle, & Ashley (CO Ranking 1)

14,440 ft, 7.6 miles, 4,000 ft of elevation gain.  Highest Peak in CO, 2^nd in the lower 48 states.  7.5 hrs Played catch  http://www.14ers.com/routeprt.php?route=elbe2&peak=Mt.%20Elbert  

11. MOUNT SHERMAN  8/9/03 w/ Marc, Scott, Russ, Scott (CO Ranking 45)

14,036 ft, 7 miles, 2,700 ft of elevation gain.  Also did 13er Gemini Peak 13,951 ft.    Saw a porcupine and a weasel

* 1 & 2 Grays and Torreys Combo  9/1/2005 w/ SpectraLink sales & marketing       (CO Ranking 9 & 11) 14,670 & 14,667 ft, 9 miles, 3,600 ft of elevation gain.  Grays is the highest peak on the Continental Divide in the US.  Saw Mountain Goats on the trail. www.14ers.com/routeprt.php?route=torr5&peak=Grays,%20Torreys

* QUANDARY PEAK 8/18/06 w/ SpectraLink Sales & Marketing 14,265 ft, 6.75 miles, 3,450 ft of elevation gain.

13ers I’ve been on top of and the order they were completed.

1.  MOUNT AUDOBON 7/4/00 solo & 8/12/06 Russ & Taylor Helt, Marc Ciufolo (Colorado rank 457) 13,223 ft, 8 miles, 2,743 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

2.  JAMES PEAK 7/1/01 with Coop (Colorado Ranking 403)

13,294 ft, 7 miles, 2,187 ft of elevation gain

3.  GEMINI PEAK 8/9/03 w/ Scott Briechle & Faust, Russ Helt, & Marc Ciufolo

13,941 ft, 7 miles, 2,700 ft of elevation gain.  Saw a weasel & a porcupine.  Ranking 62 in Colorado.  (completed on the 14er Mt. Sherman hike) 

4.  GRIZZLY PEAK 0/0/04 w/ Darrin Oschner (Loveland Pass area)

13,427 ft, 7 miles, 2,500 ft of elevation gain.  Very cloudy and overcast.

* MOUNT AUDOBON 8/12/06 Russ & Taylor Helt, Marc Ciufolo (Colorado rank 457)

13,223 ft, 8 miles, 2,743 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

Me on the summit of Mount Elbert, Colorado's Highest Peak.  Mt Massive in the background.

Me on the way up to complete Gray's (left) and Torreys (right) 14er combo

Me on the summit of Quandary Peak, holding up 2 fingers on Grays (right) and Torreys (left) peaks

Me on the summit of Mount Bierstadt with the trailhead far below on the road.  Grays and Torreys peak in the upper right.

Me on the summit of Grizzly Peak.

-Other Hikes of note I've Completed

Coop looking at the reflection in Isabelle Lake in the Rocky Mountains

Me in Zion National Park

Me after hiking up the West Wall of Waipp'o Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii

Me hiking on the Cedar Ridge Trail in the Grand Canyon

Picture of a dude on a hike to an active lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaii

OTHER HIKES and GET OUTS of NOTE…

1995 (1)

-VAIL DOWNHILL RIDE 9/1/95 w/ Coop & friends “No Fear” for them “Fear” me

1996 Hikes (5)

-MOUNT SANITAS 9/15/96 with MJ 4 yrs old

MJ’s first HIKE, 4 ½ yrs old, 2.5 miles 1,200 ft of elevation gain

http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/63.html

-HALL RANCH 9/28/96 with MJ

-HARNEY PEAK 7/6/96 also on 6/24/00

7,242 ft, 6 miles, 1,100 ft of elevation gain.  South Dakota State High Point

****Got me started hiking Coop, Steve Fairley, Darrin and Scott Oschner also w/ Herms

http://www.geocities.com/south_dakota01/harneypeak.html

-MESA TRAIL SOUTH TRAILHEAD loop 10/20/96 with MJ 3.4 miles

-SOUTH BOULDER PEAK 11/10/96 with Coop

8,549 ft, 8 miles, 2,900 ft of elevation gain. “Work Hard, Play Hard”

http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/68.html

1997 Hikes (6)

-HALLS RANCH RIDE 4/17/97 with Joe Baggett

-WALKER RANCH RIDE 4/19/97 with Joe Baggett http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/62.html

-VEEDABOO, WY RIDE 5/26/97 snowing sideways with Craig and Joe

-PEACEFUL VALLEY RIDE 6/7/97 with Joe, First Header over the handle bars

-EAGLE POINT PARK 6/16/97 with MJ and Mom

http://www.dbq.com/parks/eagle.html

-GRAND TRAVERSE RIDE VAIL 8/25/97 Coop & Missy in Vail

http://vail.snow.com/popup.summer.biketrails.asp

1998 Hikes (4)

-MCULLOUGH GULCH 8/15/98 below Quandary w/ Robert & Herms 7-8 miles

-HORSETOOTH 9/27/98 in Fort Collins solo

http://www.angelfire.com/film/beyondthewall/horsetooth.html

-QUARRY HIKE from NCAR in the snow Ansel Adams 12/20/98 solo

-ANNE U. WHITE  12/26/98 w/ Herms 6,600 ft, 1.5 miles, 560 ft of elevation gain

1999 Hikes (17)

-GREEN MOUNTAIN 1/17/99 with Darrin

5,800 ft, 3 miles, 1,400 ft of elevation gain http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/69.html

-*“HOW TO” CAMPING TRIP with Darrin 5/28-5/30/99 near Red Feathers, Walden, Moose, Grand Lake, Lake Granby, Rollinsville Duct tape bumper.

-BEAR LAKE 6/20/99 9,475 ft, .5 mile, 0 ft gain, with MJ in Rocky Mt NP

-ALBERTA FALLS 6/20/99 9,400 ft, 2.2 miles, 160 ft of elevation gain, w/ MJ in RMNP http://www.coloradoguide.com/recreation/Detail.CFM?Trekking__ID=2567

-ST. MARY’S GLACIER 6/26/99 with MJ

http://hikingincolorado.org/stmary.html

-1^ST CAMPING TRIP 7/2/99 Turquiose Lake, Balltown, CO Independence Pass, -Maroon Bells, Paonia State Park, Black Canyon, Needle Rock, over Grand Mesa

-MALLORY CAVE 8/29/99 with Mark Herman 6,820 ft, 2.2 miles, 740 ft of elevation gain

http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/66.html

-OUZEL FALLS 9/11/99 with Darrin

9,450 ft, 5.4 miles, 950 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

http://www.aria-database.com/waterfall/fallsmonth/10-00.html

-PIKES PEAK STATE PARK, EFFIGY MOUNDS Nat’l Mon. 10/4/99 Mom & Dad

-CRYSTAL LAKE CAVE, MINES OF SPAIN, LITTLE MAQ. MOUNDS, JULIEN -DUBUQUE’S GRAVE 10/5/99 with Coop

-BACKBONE STATE PARK 10/6/99 with Coop & Greg

-GEORGE WYTH STATE PARK 10/8/99 Day of Coop & Missy’s wedding

-VALLEY STATE PARK Maryland 11/6/99 solo

-ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK 11/13/99 Short hike w/ MJ & Marisa

-GARDEN OF THE GODS 12/18/99 solo Great Photo day

-NYMPH LAKE in the snow 12/24/99 with MJ ½ mile

-DINOSAUR RIDGE 12/31/99 with MJ

2000 Hikes (21)

-ROYAL ARCH 1/22/00 with Herms 6,950 ft, 3 miles, 1,270 ft of elevation gain

http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/57.html

-PAWNEE BUTTES 1/23/00 solo

5,200 ft, 3 miles, 220 ft of elevation gain, Colorado Classic Hike

-CASTLEWOOD CANYON STATE PARK 1/29/00 with MJ

http://parks.state.co.us/Castlewood/trails.asp

-SEVEN FALLS, GARDEN OF THE GODS 2/20/00 with MJ

-SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN & BUMMER’S ROCK 2/26/00 with MJ

-COLORADO NAT’L MONUMENT 4/19/00 solo rim drive

-ARCHES Nat’l Park, DELICATE ARCH, 4/20/00 3 miles 480 ft gain

-LANDSCAPE ARCH   w/ Coop & Missy

-CAMP AT HATCH POINT 4/21/00

-CAPITOL REEF Nat’l Park 4/21/00 drove thru on the way to Bryce

-BRYCE CANYON Nat’l Park 4/21/00 with Coop and Missy

-ZION Nat’l Park 4/23/00 with Coop and Missy

-MESA VERDE Nat’l Park 4/24/00 solo

-GREAT SAND DUNES Nat’l Park 4/24/00 solo

-BLACK CANYON of the GUNNISON Nat’l Park south rim 6/17/00 solo saw a bobcat

-DEVIL’S TOWER Nat’l Monument 6/25/00 with Herms

-MOUNT AUDOBON 7/4/00 solo (Colorado ranking 457)

13,223 ft, 8 miles, 2,700 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

http://gorp.com/gorp/publishers/pruett/hik_bldr.htm

-LAKE ISABELLE 7/8/00 with MJ 10,838 ft, 7 miles, 317 ft of elevation gain and beyond

-ARAPAHO PASS 8/12/00 with Robert 11,906 ft, 3 miles, 1,785 ft of elevation gain

-RATTLESNAKE GULCH TRAIL 11/4/00 with MJ Eldorado SP

http://www.totalboulder.com/resources/67.html

2001 Hikes (11)

-ST. JOHN’S VIRGIN ISLANDS 5/7/2001 Snorkel at Waterlemon Cay, sea kayak, Ram’s head hike  “Get Up, Get Out and Do Something”

-RIFLE FALLS, STEAMBOAT & PEARL LAKE STATE PARKS 5/25/01 with MJ “This is the most beautiful State Park Ever!” –MJ   We saw a pine martin, Tombstone & Sunrise Vista Trail http://parks.state.co.us/Rifle_Falls/environment.asp

-JAMES PEAK 7/1/01 with Coop (Colorado Ranking 403) 

13,294 ft, 7 miles, 2,187 ft of elevation gain

-ADAMS FALLS and beyond 7/5/01

Did with MJ, Coop, Missy, Joe, Lynn, Aaron, and Aimee in RMNP

-FOREST LAKES 7/21/01 with MJ

10,680 ft, .5 miles, -320 ft decent Wildflowers everywhere

-CANYONLANDS Nat’l Park DRUID ARCH & CHELSER PARK 9/1/01 solo

12.6 miles, 7 ½ hours http://home.earthlink.net/~rigibson/druid.html

 -CANYONLANDS Nat’l Park 9/2/01 solo

several short hikes in the Island in the sky, Mesa Arch, Upheaval Dome, etc.

-PIKES PEAK SP, WYALUSING SP, YELLOW RIVER FOREST 10/8/01

-BALD MT. & PINES TO PEAKS 12/23/01 solo 7,161 ft, 1 mile, 240 ft of elev. gain

-WHITE ROCKS 12/23/01 solo 5,415 ft, 6 miles, 305 ft of elevation gain

-BEAR PEAK 12/24/01 solo 8,461 ft, 5 mile, 2,861 ft elevation gain

2002 Hikes (24)

-49 PALMS 3 miles in JOSHUA TREE NAT’L PARK 1/25/02 with Coop

http://cs.lasierra.edu/~wclarke/jt/49palms.html

-RYAN MOUNTAIN 5,461 ft, 3 miles, 1/26/02 with Coop

-WAIPI’O VALLEY 4/21/02 4 miles, 900 ft elevation gain, with Scott Briechle

-VOLCANO NP KILEAUA IKI CRATER 4/26/02 4 miles, 400 ft elevation gain

-GREEN SAND BEACH 4/26/02 5 miles with Scott Briechle

-BARR LAKE State Park 5/4/02 5 miles with MJ

-DOUDY DRAW 5/5/02 solo (several times this year)

6,220 ft, 6.6 miles, 540 ft of elevation gain 1 hr 45 mins.

-CASTLEWOOD CANYON State Park HIKE 5/18/02 with MJ

6,600 ft, 6 miles, -400 ft, Colorado Classic Hike

http://parks.state.co.us/Castlewood/trails.asp

-MUELLER State Park OUTLOOK RIDGE HIKE 5/25/02 with MJ 

http://parks.state.co.us/Mueller/trails.asp

-FLORRISSANT FOSSIL BEDS Nat’l Monument BOULDER CREEK 5/25/02 MJ 8,550 ft, 3.2 miles, 150 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

-BEAR, NYMPH, DREAM, & EMERALD LAKE 6/1/02 with MJ in RMNP

10,080 ft, 3.6 miles, 605 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

http://www.coloradoguide.com/recreation/Detail.CFM?Trekking__ID=2564

-GEM LAKE 6/8/02 with MJ in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park

8,830 ft, 4 miles, 1,090 ft of elevation gain, did some cool rock hopping as well

http://www.mtnds.com/hikes/mrh/mrh10.html

-HALLETTS PEAK and FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 6/29/02 solo in RMNP

12,713 ft & 12,324 ft, 10 miles, 3,250 feet of elevation gain.  Colorado Classic Hike

-HANGING LAKE & SPOUTING ROCK 7/18/02 MJ, Coop, Joe, Lynn, A & Aimee

7,250 ft, 2.4 miles, 1,150 ft of elevation gain.  Colorado Classic Hike

http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/hanging-lake.htm

-PAWNEE PASS 7/20/02 attempted w/ Coop

12,550 ft, 9.2 miles, 2,030 ft of elevation gain. 

Made it about 11,700 ft, 7 miles, 1,180 ft of elevation gain before we had to turn back in a BB-sized hail storm.  http://gorp.com/gorp/publishers/pruett/hik_bld3.htm

-CARPENTER PEAK & SOUTH RIM TRAIL  9/14/02 solo at Roxborough State Park

7,200 ft, 9.5 miles, 2,000 ft of elevation gain.

-Gunnison Route into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 9/20/02 w/ Robert

3 miles, 1,800 ft down and back up.

-BIERSTADT LAKE RMNP 10/5/02 w/ MJ

9,416 ft, 3.0 miles, 566 ft of elevation gain.  Elk bugling, aspens yellow, Hallets and Longs in a clouded shadow with snow, Ansel Adams-like.

-ARTHUR’S ROCK Lory State Park 10/19/02 w/ MJ after his soccer game

7,000 ft, 3.4 miles, 1,400 ft of elevation gain.

-DEER MOUNTAIN RMNP 11/16/02 solo elk and big mule deer

10,010 ft, 6 miles, 1080 ft of elevation gain.

http://www.mtnds.com/hikes/mrh/mrh11.html

-FOUNTAIN VALLEY/LYONS LOOP Roxborough State Park 11/28/02 solo

6,200 ft, 2.25 miles, no elevation gain.  Colorado Classic Hike.

Lots of mule deer and “Prayer of Jabez” Chatfield State Park and sunset photos.

-PAWNEE BUTTES 11/29/02 solo to the top of the East Butte.

5,420 ft, 3 miles, no elevation gain.    Colorado Classic Hike

2003 Hikes (16)

-LANDSCAPE, WALL, PARTITION, NAVAJO, & DOUBLE O ARCH 3/15/03

w/ MJ ARCHES NP 4.2 miles, minimal elevation gain.

-DELICATE ARCH 3/15/03 w/ MJ ARCHES NP 3 miles, 480 ft elevation gain.

-BROKEN ARCH 3/16/03 w/ MJ .8 miles Arches NP

-WHALE ROCK 3/16/03 w/ MJ CANYONLAND NP 1 mile, 300 ft elevation gain

-MESA ARCH 3/16/03 w/ MJ .5 mile Canyonland

-SAND DUNE ARCH w/ MJ .5 mile Arches

-DOUBLE ARCH w/ MJ .5 mile Arches

-WINDOWS/TURRET ARCH LOOP 3/17/03 w/ MJ 1.25 miles

-GREEN MT WEST RIDGE TRAIL 4/13/03 solo

8,144 ft., 2.8 miles, 600 ft. of elevation gain

-DRY CREEK TRAIL FRONT RANGE – 132^nd  solo 4/20/03

5 miles, no elevation gain.

-THE CRAGS TRAIL  5/17/03 with MJ west side of Pikes Peak.

10,680 ft., 5miles, 640 ft of elevation gain.  Helped a Mom find her son & dude from TX.

-GREGORY CANYON & SADDLE ROCK 5/27/03 solo

7,050 ft., 5 miles, 1,250 ft of elevation gain.  

-VISTA GRANDE TRAIL  w/ MJ Sugarite SP New Mexico

8,050 ft., .5 miles, 150 ft of elevation gain.  MJ got nettles.  Called wild turkey.

-CAPULIN VOLCANO NAT’L MONUMENT w/ MJ into crater and around rim.

7,800 ft., 1.5 miles, 600 ft of elevation gain.  Hiking in the clouds.

-CLEAR CREEK CANYON TRAIL w/ MJ in Cimarron Canyon SP New Mexico.

7 miles, 1,000 ft. of elevation gain.  Hike of Enchantment, 4-5 waterfalls along the stream.

-SPRAGUE LAKE w/ MJ twice in RMNP .5 miles.

1 mile, no elevation gain.  Saw Baby ducks and elk calf with mother.

-ALBERTA FALLS, MILLS, LOCH, LAKE HAIYAHA, DREAM, NYMPH, & BEAR LAKE  w/ MJ in RMNP.  New Catch Phrase “Psyched to Hike”

10,220 ft, 10 miles, 1,340 ft of elevation gain.  Hard Trail finding in the snow, ptarmigan chasing us, and sketchy snow fields on the way down to dream lake.

-SQUARE TOP LAKES w/ MJ below Square Top Mountain on Guanella Pass.

5 miles, 1,500 ft of elevation gain.

-STANLEY MOUNTAIN solo near Berthoud Pass.

12,521ft, 7 miles, 1,200 ft of elevation gain.  Blue grouse

-FISH CREEK FALLS solo near Steamboat Springs.  Around the falls & to Upper Falls.

5 miles, 1,000 ft. of elevation gain.  280 foot falls, the Coors beer can falls. 

-HANGING ROCK with Coop at Effigy Mounds NM near Harpers Ferry, IA.

7.5 miles, 500 ft. of elevation gain.  Great views of the Mississippi River.

-Maquoketa Caves w/ Coop & MJ.

2 miles, 100 ft. of elevation gain.  Neat caves in limestone rock

-GEMINI PEAK 8/9/03 w/ Scott Briechle & Faust, Russ Helt, & Marc Ciufolo

14,036 & 13,941 ft, 7 miles, 2,700 ft of elevation gain.  Saw a weasel & a porcupine.

2004 hikes

-CUB LAKE  6/13/04 solo 5 miles, 540 ft of elev. gain.

-ST. LOUIS LAKE  6/26/04 solo 6 miles, 1500 ft of elev. gain, 11,531 ft.

-LAKE ISABELLE 9/4/04 w/ Scott Briechle 5 miles, 388 ft elev. Gain, 10,868

-BARKER DAM 11/3/04 w/ Coop Joshua Tree NP 1.2 miles, 80 ft elev. Gain, 4,240

-WALL STREET MILL 11/3/04 w/ Coop J-Tree NP 1.2 miles, 50 ft elev. Gain, 4,300

2005 hikes

Thurston Lava Tube	0.08miles
Kilauea Iki	4.2miles
Active Lava Flow	7miles
Wapio Valley	3miles
Rattlesnake Canyon	3	miles
Independence Monument	6miles
Garden of the Gods	6miles
McColough Gulch	2miles
Nymph, Dream, and Lake Haiyaha	6	miles

-ROYAL GORGE 7/21/05 w/ MJ, I couldn’t walk across the bridge.  MJ did.

-GARDEN of the GODS 7/23/05 solo 6 miles, 250 feet, Siamese Twins, etc.

2006 Hikes

-SOUTH RIM and FOUNTAIN VALLEY LOOP 5/27/06 solo, Roxborough SP, 6 miles, 600 feet. 

-OUZEL FALLS 5/28/06 solo, RMNP, 6 miles, 950 ft gained to 9,450 feet Colorado Classic Hike

-GREENBELT PLATEAU/MARSHALL MESA 5/29/06 solo, Boulder 5.5 miles

-ARBOR LAKE 5/30/06 solo, Arvada saw Great Blue Heron

-MILLS LAKE & The LOCH 6/3/06 w/ Coop, RMNP, 7 miles, 2,200 ft gained to 10,180 ft.

-GREGORY CANYON & SADDLE ROCK 6/4/06 w/ Coop, Boulder, 5 miles, 1,390 ft gained to 7,050 ft.

-BEAR, NYMPH, DREAM, and EMERALD LAKE 6/13/06 solo, RMNP, 5.5 miles, 650 ft gained to 10,080 feet.

-POHLMAN PRAIRIE PRESERVE  w/ Coop & MJ, 1.1 mile goat prairie, Hot/Humid

-LITTLE MAQUOKOTA MOUNDS  w/ Coop & MJ, 1.0 mile, Hot/Humid

-BRIDAL VEIL FALLS Pike Peak SP w/ Coop 1 mile, doe and spotted fawn

-EFFIGY MOUNDS SOUTH UNIT w/ Coop 4 miles

-ROYAL ARCH 7/27/06 w/ Tim McCarn and DB Ellis, 3.2 miles, 1,500 ft gained

-MEDICINE BOW PEAK LOOP 7/29/06 solo, 10 miles, 1,813 ft gained to 12,013 ft.

-MOUNT AUDOBON 8/12/06 Russ & Taylor Helt, Marc Ciufolo (Colorado rank 457)

13,223 ft, 8 miles, 2,743 ft of elevation gain Colorado Classic Hike

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QUANDARY PEAK 8/18/06 w/ SpectraLink Sales & Marketing 14,265 ft, 6.75 miles, 3,450 ft of elevation gain.

14 NATIONAL PARKS

Rocky Mountain CO

Volcano HI,

Virgin Island VI

Joshua Tree CA

Zion UT

Bryce Canyon UT

Canyonlands UT

Arches UT

Black Canyon of the Gunnison CO

Great Sand Dunes CO

Capitol Reef UT

Mesa Verde CO

Petrified Forest AZ

Grand Canon AZ

Grand Tetons WY

Yellowstone WY

9 NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Effigy Mounds IA

Devil’s Tower WY

Mount Rushmore SD

Colorado Nat’l Mon. CO

Florissant Fossil Beds CO

Puukohola Heiau HI

Pu uhonua o Honaunau (Place of Refuge) HI

Capulin Volcano New Mexico

Monument Valley AZ/UT

19 of 40 COLORADO STATE PARKS

Barbour Ponds

Barr Lake

Castlewood Canyon (Castle Rock

Crawford

Eldorado Canyon (Boulder)

Eleven Mile (Colorado Springs)

Golden Gate Canyon (Golden)

Harvey Gap (Rifle)

Mueller (Colorado Springs)

Paonia

Pearl Lake (Steamboat Springs)

Rifle Falls

Rifle Gap

Roxborough (Littleton)

State Forest (Walden)

Steamboat Lake

Yampa River Legacy

Lory State Park (Fort Collins)

Chatfield State Park (Littleton)

Other STATE PARKS

Yellow River Iowa

Pikes Pike Iowa

Blackhawk Iowa

George Wyth State Park Iowa

Backbone State Park Iowa

Maquoketa Caves State Park Iowa

Mines of Spain and E.B. Lyons Iowa

Wyalusing State Park Wisconsin

Valley State Park Maryland

Dead Horse Point State Park Utah

Sugarite State Park New Mexico

Cimarron Canyon State Park New Mexico

New Wine State Park New Vienna, Iowa