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Off the Map: Week 2 - Hail freezes over

I already had a bad feeling about this mountain, even before the thunderstorm struck and coated the slopes with a ..


Week 1: Too hot to handle

First gear. I pull away from the gas station, praying that the extra coolant won’t come hissing and steaming out ..


Week 17: End of the road ...

On the final morning of my summer journey I woke up, stretched my limbs like a contented cat, cracked open ..


Week 16: Jackson to Santa Barbara

Sometime, while kicking up plumes of dust on the empty dirt roads of southeast Oregon, my Jeep rattled through its ..


Week 15: Pinedale to Jackson Hole

Gone. I couldn’t believe it. It was all gone. My tent, stove, sleeping bag, down comforter, extra blankets, insulation pad, ..


Week 14: Titcomb Basin

As I left the Cirque of Towers, a search and rescue crew with five helicopters, seventy-five rescuers and several teams ..


Week 13: Rock Springs to Pinedale

Cirque of the Towers. The destination had been in my mind for ten years, ever since the original expedition to ..


Week 12: Grand Lake to Rock Springs

My foot reflexively slammed on the brakes, bringing the Jeep to a halt in the middle of a dusty Wyoming ..


Week 11: Estes Park to Grand Lake

Somehow, I can’t help but feel that John Denver’s approach to the Rocky Mountains was a little more laid back. ..


Week 10: Molas Pass to Estes Park

So, I climbed all the way up and down 14,015-ft Mt. Wetterhorn, through treacherous Class 3 terrain, and the worst ..


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