10/26/15 – 11/1/15

Monday, Oct 26 2015 – Bouldering @ Movement Good boulder sess. today – very quick warmup of some V0’s and V1’s, which mutated into playing One Less Hold on some V1s until that got boring. Then I moved over to a V5 project I was working on a bit. Managed to send that problem. My Continue reading…

Tour 14er Finish

Talk @ Neptune Mountaineering Notes + Thanks

Thanks everyone who made the time to come over to Neptune Mountaineering and participate in my talk! I really appreciate everyone’s interest and support! Thank you Neptune Mountaineering for hosting the event! GPS tracks of the routes I presented are available on my Strava Routes page: Some of the routes/races I mentioned:

9/21/15 – 9/28/15

Mon Sep 21 – Neighborhood Trails (s) Quickie around the trails near my house. Funnily, I’ve never been to any of these trails, which is a little embarassing. Good tuneup for the rest of the week, I guess. 

A Nolans Descent

The summit of La Plata, my third fourteen thousand foot mountain for the day, still seemed impossibly far away. The storm system that had surprisingly reappeared just over my shoulder was now again not so quietly building up force. Thunder boomed. On any other day I would have called it.

On Self-Powered Peak Bagging

Shortly after finishing up 34 days of bagging some high peaks, self-powered.    Since completing my own Tour 14er, where I rode to, then summited the 58 (by my count) Colorado mountain peaks over 14,000 feet, I’ve started to get a fair bit of correspondence from people telling me that they’re inspired by what I’ve Continue reading…

Dirty 30 Recon – Pace

I was asked by UD to attend the Runners High Fun Run.   But. There’s… things about me you don’t understand. I Am A Loner Dottie, (A Rebel!), so getting me to do something in a group of people is tricky. UD do a lot for me – essentially they’re a huge fan of awesome Continue reading…

5/4/15 – 5/10/15

Monday, May 4, 2015 – Rest The deluge of last week finally hit me.  Tuesday, May 5, 2015 – Green Mountain (S) The weather has gone from cloudy to just drizzly, testing me to even want to go outside. It’s not just that we’re not used to such Pacific Northwest-like conditions, it’s that everything is Continue reading…

4/27/15 – 5/3/15

Longs Peak from the steps of the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park This was a pretty difficult week to get through, as I needed to move to a new house, I had a rehearsal, then to play a show in Estes Park. My Brother was also in town for a few days, and I wanted to Continue reading…

Ultimate Direction Body Bottle Plus

Somewhat puzzling, I haven’t mentioned on this site officially that I’m now an Ultimate Direction Ambassador! I utilized the UD Peter Bakwin Adventure Vest on my little 14er Mountain Bike/Run shindig last year and it filled out the exact niche I needed: a pack that I could ride and run in, without being too bulky Continue reading…

4/6/15 – 4/12/15

4/6 – 4/7 – climbing @ Turkey Rocks  Crack climbing. Offwidth crack climbing. Much cursing. 

3/23/15 – 3/29/15

A video posted by Long Ranger (@longrangerjustin) on Mar 23, 2015 at 1:36pm PDT Pikes Peak

3/9/15 – 3/15/15

The Diamond, Longs Peak, from Mt. Lady Washington A pair of shoes, a beat up bike, and one fancy pack gets you to a few places high up in the mountains

2/23/15 – 3/8/15

Winter decided to make an appearance this season. Finally.  Whoa – OK, missed an update one week. I’m pretty proud of the streak I had going. Let’s try to summarize: