Joshua Tree

I was back in Joshua Tree, but this time not climbing or exploring chasms, but for a renegade fest with EB! I was in the national park for a few hours, exploring the highly protected (and also paved) lands before wondering out into the public desert lands of joshua tree for another renegade. I appreciated

Los Angeles – Short&Simple

I spent the following week in LA, visiting friends and taking care of small Henry projects! On the way to LA, Henry actually broke down! I was able to make it to a gas station where a gentleman in his car stopped & asked if I needed help. I took one look at him &

Last Moments in AZ

From Synchronicities, I was back down in Sedona, meeting more incredible people, visiting the energy vortexes, hiking, and even climbing with 2 new friends! i would like to mention one of these new climbing friends was an older indian lady who was so inspiring, climbing barefooted and everything! M, my quarantine friend from Camphill, and

Synchronicities

In what felt like a heartbeat, I found myself in Sedona, Arizona again. It feels difficult to try and put all that I feel about Sedona into words. Sedona is magical, full of energy vortexes, incredible creations by Mother Nature herself, and quite equally incredible humans. I love nearly everything about Sedona. I say “nearly

The Native American Church of God

Mount Lemmon stole my heart. an entire lifetime could be spent exploring this area. I came here after Bisbee for a couple days. I woke up to a turkey hanging out in my campsite. I likewise woke up to food poisoning. I booked a hotel room in Tucson to recover. So, Friday morning (~12AM), I

Bisbee, Arizona

Multiple unrelated people in Patagonia, as well as one random person in Tuscon, told me about Bisbee, saying I’d love it and should definitely go! So… I did. Bisbee is a quaint southwestern town as well that’s mostly known for its historic district. As cute as it was, I wasn’t particularly impressed. Most of the

Intense Signage

My adventure had only barely begun. After a couple days of reset, I left for southeastern New Mexico to visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park. My first night camping on my own landed me on a perfect lake with white pelicans and nighthawks – two bird species I’ve longed to see. I did no research on

From Coupled to Solo

We spent the next bit of our time in Joshua Tree National Park climbing and exploring chasms. The chasm exploration was one of the wildest things I have ever done. we camped in the hidden valley with a bunch of old-school climbers who couldn’t stop hyping up “the chasm”. telling us “if you go in

First Solo Backpacking Trip

D’s bestfriend from back home flew in and the two of them set off to embark on an intense adventure of doing a winter mountaineer’s ascent of Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states. This left me with roughly 4 days to journey on my own. I decided to tackle the west

The Red Rocks

Not one full day had passed before talk of going separate ways arose. We found ourselves attracted to different things: D loves the snow and cold and I prefer the hot and humid. But we stuck to it and in a flash we had spent weeks in the Red Rocks exploring, climbing, and having fun.