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Baby’s First Alpine Climb: Wiskey Ridge, Sandia Mountains, NM
A few weeks after our little climbing adventure in Spain, Maggie and I had a free weekend. The psych was still high, so when Maggie asked me what we should do, I said, “Well I was thinking about this ridge traverse in the Sandias.” I showed Maggie the route and she was instantly stoked to…
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Semana de España Part 3: Málaga, Atequera, & Nerja
2 March 2025 The whole reason Maggie and I made the trip to Spain was to visit her relatives, Kristen, Jake and their three kids, living in Malaga. They had a beach side apartment with an extra room. We found our way there after a short train ride from El Chorro and long walk through…
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Semana de España Part 2: Climbing in El Chorro
I got the bug. Not an ailment, but an obsession with rock climbing. When Maggie and I first started looking at this trip to Spain, we were trying to decide what to do. Suddenly I remembered that Spain is a world renowned destination for rock climbing. A quick internet search yielded a solid climbing area…
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Semana de España – A Week in Spain Part 1: Madrid
Maggie and I spent Christmas ’24 in Connecticut with her family. Over dinner, her cousin, Kristen, and husband, Jake, shared with us they would be moving to Malaga, Spain for 6 months. They would be renting an ocean side apartment which had an extra room. They extended an invite for us to come visit! After…
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Big Days with the Boys – Mt. Massive, Jicarita, and Bandelier
I’m not going to lie, Maggie’s knee injury was a major bummer. More so for her than me, but it put a damper on all the things we love doing together outside. I had big dreams for summer 2024, which largely disintegrated along with Maggie’s ACL. I stayed by Maggie’s side as much as possible,…
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From the PCT to NM – The Pecos Wilderness and Beyond
On our first day of the Pacific Crest Trail, Maggie and I briefly met another couple, Bennett and Gina. We ended up leap-frogging each other all the way to Crater Lake, hanging out together in a handful of trail towns, and building a budding friendship. They even hosted us in Chicago when Maggie and I…
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Learning to Climb Clean – El Rito, NM
If you’ve read some of my posts, you have probably come to understand that I quite enjoy hiking and running in the mountains. Spending five months on the PCT, doing nothing but hiking, was incredible and I loved every day of it. That said, the trail itself is kind of boring, rarely exceeding a grade…
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Rim to Rim to Rim – The Grand Canyon
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2026: Significant flash flooding in Bright Angel Canyon destroyed bridges which make R2R2R possible. See this NPS news release. Also, the Dragon Bravo fire of 2025 destroyed much of the forest and infrastructure on the North Rim. Check the NPS Grand Canyon website for the current status of closures before making plans to…
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Settling In on a Small Rollercoaster – Santa Fe, NM
This post is a bit more personal. It’s not particularly easy to share, but it’s an essential part of our story. As time has passed, the pain and embarrassment have faded to a distant memory of the tribulations that come with transition. Back in Santa Fe, Maggie and I were settling in to our casita,…
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Archeological Eclipse – A Reunion of Wayward Adventurers
Maggie was making her way from Montana down to New Mexico, there were a few places on her route we wanted to explore. The timing happened to be perfect for catching the annular solar eclipse that was passing over New Mexico! 11 October 2023 Maggie and I made plans to meet up in Mesa Verde…
Boldly going nowhere in particular