The Team Sherpa Blog

Date: Sometime in JulySummary: The Unraveling of a Year-long PlanLocation: Close to Paradise Nearly 4 months have passed since blogging about the last adventure. Hiking the Salkantay Trek into Machu Picchu was simply amazing. Since then I have been able to pursue more great adventures across California and into Arizona. Perhaps the most fitting story from the past few months to share after such a protracted absence is of
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Hello my sherpa family. It’s been a while sense my last entry because of the move that me and my wife just made. We just moved to Grand Junction, CO. and it is awesome. Also the jobs that I got when we got here are fun too. The main job that I do is a Park Ranger for the state of Colorado. I drive in
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Date: March 29, 2008Summary: 8 mile day hike up Angel’s Landing and around Emerald Pools.Location: Zion’s National Park, Southern UtahPicture Gallery: Click here. Three of my college friends and I hiked Half Dome last summer: Eric, Matt, and Amy. After the successful Yosemite adventure last summer we tried coordinating a Zion / St George trip for the early Fall to no avail. Plans began to freeze with the
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Date: March 8, 2008Summary: 16.3 mile round trip day hike from Stinson Beach to the East Peak of Mt TamLocation: Steep Ravine Campground and Mount Tamalis State Park, within 20 miles north of San Francisco.Trails: Steep Ravine Campgrounds, Matt Davis Trail, Nora Trail, Old Railroad Grade, Fern Creek Trail, Temelpa Trail, Old Railroad Grade, Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Trail, Matt Davis TrailPicture Gallery: Click here.How would you recover
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I decided again to skip the ‘Heart attack breakfast buffet’, which they served across the street from my motel and settled for a coup of coffee and a multi vitamin pill. Anyhow the rich elk steak from previous night was still making me feel more than content and by my age I have learned that my body will tell me when I need to
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After a LOOOONG flight and a very bizarre interrogation at the US customs, I finally made a touch down to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A pitch-black and rather cold night greeted me at the front door off the airport as I tried to find a transportation to the town. Very helpful and friendly ‘dude’ offered me a ride to town with his beat up van.
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Summary: Meandering 4.9 miles around a pink, exfoliated dome that rises 425 feet above the ground, 1825 feet above sea level, and covers 640 acres. It is a one of the largest batholiths (underground rock formation uncovered by erosion) in the United States.Location: Enchanted Rock State Natural AreaDate: March 1, 2008Trails: Summit Trail, Echo Canyon Trail, X-countryPicture Gallery: Click hereFebruary 24 through March 7 I
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At long last I have escaped the indoors and christened my lovely Ecco kit! I’ve just got back from a couple of weeks skiing in Colorado, so not true hiking but at least it was outdoors!We stayed in Breckenridge, which is quite a few metres above my home in London. As a result, most of the skiing took place at about 3500 metres above sea
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Hello Sherpas, This last week was awesome here in the midwest. The last couple of days it has been in the mid sixities and sunny. It was nice to see a glimpse of spring in the middle of all the ice. My wife and I took advantage of the weather and every day after work we ventured off to some of our favorite spots around
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Hello everyone, Sorry its been so long my computer was confiscated by a large corporations that I won’t mention. Anyways we, my wife and I, went hiking the last to weekend and have some of the worst luck. During both weeks prior to our hiking excursions the weather was awesome sunny and warm for February, but as soon as the weekend hits it is cold
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Summary: Death Valley, 23.5 mile Round Trip, Overnight Backpacking Trek Trails: Emigrant Campground, x-country, South Fork, x-country, Lemoigne Canyon Picture Gallery: Click here After two postponed attempts to backpack through Death Valley since the beginning of the year, plans finally materialized last weekend. Weather conditions throughout the west coast the last weekend of January were treacherous. Park rangers heavily advised against attempting backpacking
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The start of the year has been slow going and we’ve been suffering from a most awful weather in Finland. No snow means no skiing, so training has been mainly easy jogging three times a week. I have also tried my new Ecco boots by just walking in the woods to see how they fit. The Chamonix X-Factor model is very rigid and even though
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Heya! Currently in the States for some upcoming mountain adventures, but I was in Ireland recently and never thought it wouild be such a good place for hiking!!! I was in the province of Donegal, which was just stunning: rugged coastlines and green green green. Climbed Mt. Errigal and Slieve League: not very high mountains (some will call them hills) but stillpretty good walks with
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By far my favorite hike of the last year was heading up to the Lost Coast - which is located in King Range National Conservational Area, along the Northern California Coastline 150 miles south of the Oregon border. (Click here for photos.) Conditions were grey, wet, and the winds were gusting. About three hours into the hike, we were all pretty much soaked. The nylon,
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Put on your thermals and pack up your –20 sleeping bag, because my next destination will involve lots of SNOW! In the coldest month of the year, I will travel westwards, to the States and Canada. I will visit the areas around Chicago, San Francisco and Vancouver, to see new places, enjoy the wonders of winter, and challenge myself in the mountains again. Being
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