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Bucket List, To Do List, whatever you want to call it… It’s a list of places I want to see and things I want to do before I move on to that final grand adventure.

ALASKA

  • Denali (state highpoint @ 20,310)

ARIZONA

  • Grand Canyon river raft from Lees Ferry to Pierce Ferry: map
  • ✔ Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim
    • 2016 – South Kaibab to North Kaibab: map
    • 2018 – North Kaibab to south via Bright Angel: map
    • 2021 – South Kaibab to North Kaibab (repeat of 2016): trip report
    • 2022 – Double Rim-to-Rim: leg 1, leg 2
  • Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim via Bass Canyon: plan
  • Grand Canyon Rim-to-River via South Kaibab down, Bright Angel up
  • ✔ Havasupai: 2017, 2019, trip summary, map
  • ✔ Humphrey’s Peak (state highpoint @ 12,633′): 2020, trip report, map
  • Nankoweap Trail
  • Paria Canyon from Wire Pass to Lees Ferry
  • Tonto Trail
  • The Wave
  • White Pocket

CALIFORNIA

  • Half Dome
  • Mt. Baldy
  • ✔ Mt. Shasta
  • ✔ Mt. Whitney (state highpoint @ 14,505′): 2019, trip report

COLORADO

  • ✔ Grays Peak: 2018
  • ✔ Long’s Peak: 2021
  • ✔ Manitou Incline: 2019, map
  • ✔ Mt. Elbert (state highpoint @ 14,439′): 2021
  • ✔ Pike’s Peak from the Barr Trail: 2019, plan
  • ✔ Torreys Peak from the Kelso Ridge: 2022

IDAHO

  • ✔ Borah Peak (state highpoint @ 12,667′): 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023: trip report, map

MONTANA

  • ✔ Granite Peak (state highpoint @ 12,799′): 2020, trip report

NEVADA

  • ✔ Boundary Peak (state highpoint @ 13,143′): 2020, trip report
  • ✔ Wheeler Peak: 2020, trip report

NEW MEXICO

  • ✔ Wheeler Peak (state highpoint @ 13,163′): 2021

OREGON

  • ✔ Mt. Hood (state highpoint @ 11,239′): 2023, trip report

UTAH

  • ✔ Ben Lomand: 2017, 2018
  • ✔ Box Elder Peak: 2018
  • ✔ Buckskin Gulch: 2016, map
  • Calf Creek Falls
    • Upper
    • ✔ Lower: 2020
  • Cosmic Ashtray
  • ✔ Coyote Gulch via Crack in the Wall: 2016(2)
  • Coyote Gulch via Hurricane Wash
  • ✔ Deseret Peak (county highpoint): 2016, 2020(2), trip report, map
  • Escalante River hike from Hwy 12 bridge back into town
  • Escalante River float from Hwy 12 to Lake Powell: plan
  • ✔ Grandview Peak: 2018
  • ✔ Hayden Peak: 2016
  • Highline Trail from Chepeta? to Mirror Lake Highway
  • Ibapah Peak
  • ✔ Kings Peak (state highpoint @ 13,527′): 2017, 2020, trip report, map
  • ✔ Lone Peak: 2016, 2017, 2021: map
  • ✔ Mt. Nebo: 2016, 2020
  • ✔ Mt. Raymond: 2018
  • ✔ Mt. Superior / Monte Cristo: 2018
  • ✔ Notch Peak (West Desert): 2017, 2020, trip report, map
  • ✔ Orderville Canyon: 2015, map
  • Ostler Peak
  • ✔ Peek-a-boo / Spooky slots: 2016, 2020
  • ✔ Pfiefferhorn: 2018,2022 map
  • Red Castle
  • Reflection Canyon
  • ✔ Rocky Mouth Canyon Peak: 2018, map
  • Salt Creek (Canyonlands)
  • ✔ Subway (top down): 2014, map
  • ✔ Sundial Peak: 2018, map
  • ✔ Thurston Peak (county highpoint): 2018, map
  • ✔ Unnamed peak 10,033 above Lake Blanche: 2018, map
  • ✔ Unnamed peak west of Pfeifferhorn (UPWOP): 2019, 2022 map
  • ✔ Zion / Angel’s Landing: 2014, 2015, 2016, map
  • ✔ Zion / Narrows (top down): 2015, 2020, map
  • Zion / Observation Point: plan
  • Zion / Traverse: plan
  • ✔ Zion / West Rim Trail: 2019, trip report, map

WASHINGTON

  • ✔ Mt. Rainier (state highpoint @ 14,411′)
  • West Coast Trail
  • Wonderland Trail: plan

WYOMING

  • Cirque of the Towers (Wind Rivers)
  • ✔ Gannet Peak (state highpoint @ 13,804′): 2022, trip report
  • ✔ Table Mountain: 2021
  • ✔ Titcomb Basin (Wind Rivers): 2022, trip report
  • Teton Crest Trail

INTERNATIONAL

  • Africa: Mt Kilimanjaro (country highpoint @ 19,341′): plan
  • Argentina: Aconcagua (country highpoint @ 22,837′)
  • China: Great Wall
  • China: Mt Huashan
  • ✔ Costa Rica: Cerro Chirripo (country highpoint @ 12,533′): 2019, map
  • Mexico: Pico de Orizaba (country highpoint @ 18,491′)
  • Nepal: Annapurna Base Camp trek
  • Nepal: Everest Base Camp trek: plan, map
  • Nepal: Island Peak @ 20,305′
  • Peru: Machu Pichu: plan

Had to stop and see Amicalola Falls before leaving Georgia. I confirmed a total of 600 steps up the 1/2 mile climb from bottom to top of this 550` waterfall. It was worth the side trip.

#amicalolafalls #amicalolastatepark #amicalola #stateparks #georgia #waterfall #waterfalls #lotsofstairs #lovestairs #legworkout #legwork #notstrenuous #notdifficult #nottoohard #sidetrip #worthit #exploregeorgia #visitgeorgia

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Had to stop and see Amicalola Falls before leaving Georgia. I confirmed a total of 600 steps up the 1/2 mile climb from bottom to top of this 550' waterfall. It was worth the side trip.

#amicalolafalls #amicalolastatepark #amicalola #stateparks #georgia #waterfall #waterfalls #lotsofstairs #lovestairs #legworkout #legwork #notstrenuous #notdifficult #nottoohard #sidetrip #worthit #exploregeorgia #visitgeorgia

The last stop on my End of Summer East Coast Highpointing Tour: Brasstown Bald for #28 of 50

The Arkaquah Trail from Track Rock Gap is like an Appalacian-style hike in the jungle... a bunch of ups and downs through dense foliage and viney rhododendron shrubs. Turned out to be another 12-mile day RT with about 3,400 of gain. Not bad for the highest point in Georgia.

#arkaquahtrail #trackrockgap #brasstownbald #brasstownwilderness #georgia #statehighpoint #highestpoint #tallestpeakingeorgia #tallestpeak #lookouttower #lookout #tower #summit #summitchaser #highpointing #highpointers #peakbagging #peakbagger #appalacianstyle #hiker #hikerlife #hikega #notreallygoatworthy #cherokeecountry #cherokee #jungleforest #wildrhododendrons

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The last stop on my End of Summer East Coast Highpointing Tour: Brasstown Bald for #28 of 50

The Arkaquah Trail from Track Rock Gap is like an Appalacian-style hike in the jungle... a bunch of ups and downs through dense foliage and viney rhododendron shrubs. Turned out to be another 12-mile day RT with about 3,400 of gain. Not bad for the highest point in Georgia. 

#arkaquahtrail #trackrockgap #brasstownbald #brasstownwilderness #georgia #statehighpoint #highestpoint #tallestpeakingeorgia #tallestpeak #lookouttower #lookout #tower #summit #summitchaser #highpointing #highpointers #peakbagging #peakbagger #appalacianstyle #hiker #hikerlife #hikega #notreallygoatworthy #cherokeecountry #cherokee #jungleforest #wildrhododendrons

The trails through the forests of the East are so green! The only downside is that they all kinda look the same.

#greenforest #lushcanopy #pisgahnationalforest #appalachianmountains #humidclimate

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The trails through the forests of the East are so green! The only downside is that they all kinda look the same.

#greenforest #lushcanopy #pisgahnationalforest #appalachianmountains #humidclimate

White markings on the trees (called blazes) marked the Foothills Trail to Sassafras Mountain in South Carolina. Blue blazes marked the Mt. Mitchell Trail to that summit in North Carolina. I wonder if that`s where the term "blazing the trail" comes from 🤔

#whiteblazes #foothillstrail #blueblazes #mtmitchelltrail #blazingthetrail #blazingthetrails #blazethetrail #hikethecarolinas #hikecarolina #hikenc #hikesc #appalachianmountains

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White markings on the trees (called blazes) marked the Foothills Trail to Sassafras Mountain in South Carolina. Blue blazes marked the Mt. Mitchell Trail to that summit in North Carolina. I wonder if that's where the term "blazing the trail" comes from 🤔

#whiteblazes #foothillstrail #blueblazes #mtmitchelltrail #blazingthetrail #blazingthetrails #blazethetrail  #hikethecarolinas #hikecarolina #hikenc #hikesc #appalachianmountains

South Carolina`s highpoint is down in the books now at #27. Took the Foothills Trail for a nice and easy walk in the woods for 9 miles RT.

#sassafras #sassafrasmountain #foothillstrail #statehighpoint #highpoint #highestpoint #tallestpeak #southcarolina #stateline #hikesouthcarolina #hikesc #easyhike #notgoatworthy #peakbagging #peakbagger

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South Carolina's highpoint is down in the books now at #27.  Took the Foothills Trail for a nice and easy walk in the woods for 9 miles RT.

#sassafras #sassafrasmountain #foothillstrail #statehighpoint #highpoint #highestpoint #tallestpeak #southcarolina #stateline #hikesouthcarolina #hikesc #easyhike #notgoatworthy #peakbagging #peakbagger

If you`re ever in Asheville to do the Carolina highpoints, ya gotta stop in at "Hole" for some of the best donuts I`ve ever had. These are as fresh as it gets with them made-to-order... my favorite was Toasted Almond Sesame!

#hole #doughnuts #donuts #holedoughnuts #holedonuts #holedonutsasheville #madetoorder #friedtoorder #asfreshasitgets #frieddonuts #asheville #northcarolina #bestdonutsever #toastedalmond #sesame #sogood #yummy #partyinmymouth #wheninasheville

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If you're ever in Asheville to do the Carolina highpoints, ya gotta stop in at "Hole" for some of the best donuts I've ever had. These are as fresh as it gets with them made-to-order... my favorite was Toasted Almond Sesame!

#hole #doughnuts #donuts #holedoughnuts #holedonuts #holedonutsasheville #madetoorder #friedtoorder #asfreshasitgets #frieddonuts #asheville #northcarolina #bestdonutsever #toastedalmond #sesame #sogood #yummy #partyinmymouth #wheninasheville
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