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Training

Posted by Ken Campbell June 6, 2011 0 Comment 1082 views

I’m going to Mount Adams in a week or so, and hoping to climb Rainier later in the summer. There are 212 stairs between my home and my car.

Winter, interrupted

Posted by Ken Campbell June 5, 2011 0 Comment 1053 views

It got up to 75 degrees yesterday, or would have, if the wind hadn’t been so strong. Today looks like it might get warmer yet. This morning’s paddle was serene. I crossed the Narrows at max flood, but the current was running less than two knots and I didn’t have much turbulence. There was a […]

Reset

Posted by Ken Campbell June 3, 2011 0 Comment 1062 views

From my earliest human-powered visits to the San Juans, I’ve always loved Strawberry Island. This iconic gem set in the waters off the southwestern edge of Cypress Island is managed by the Washington DNR and it was one of my most absolute favorite overnight spots in the entire chain. Where the gulls perch in the […]

Thieves and brigands

Posted by Ken Campbell June 1, 2011 0 Comment 1055 views

The raccoons are back at Jones Island. Hell, maybe they’ve been back for a while, I don’t know. I hadn’t camped there for a couple of years and I hadn’t given the critters much thought, but all that changed on Monday night. I remember the way it was the first few times I camped at […]

Juandering

Posted by Ken Campbell May 28, 2011 1 Comment 1135 views

It’s my first class of the year in the San Juans… Memorial Day weekend. I suppose that’s about right. I’m leaving out of Washington Park this morning, a short day over to James Island with some eddy work in empty boats later this evening. Tomorrow I’m hoping we can cross over to Strawberry Island for […]

Counting games

Posted by Ken Campbell May 27, 2011 0 Comment 1123 views

As I am cataloging possible sampling sites on the Olympic Grand Circle, I’m also going to try to quantify my results a little. I’m going to be measuring out a square, two meters a side, using a rope that I’ll have with me. Inside this 4 square-meter area, I’ll attempt to collect all the plastic […]

Number two

Posted by Ken Campbell May 26, 2011 0 Comment 1147 views

Mount Adams is the second-highest peak in Washington, after Mount Rainier. It’s 12,281 feet, a couple of miles up there. It doesn’t seem like it’s that high to me at first, since it’s a deceptively flat summit with a straight-forward southern approach, and the only time I’ve climbed there before was a relatively easy two-day […]

Alternate energy

Posted by Ken Campbell May 24, 2011 0 Comment 1181 views

I’ll be going to the San Juans later this week for a 4-day class in the islands. Memorial Day weekend, so I don’t expect that we’ll have the place to ourselves, but it’s all dependent on the weather. Someone once told me that, “kayaking is solar powered,” which seems to be true. Then again, I’m […]

Armageddonish, with a chance of rapture

Posted by Ken Campbell May 21, 2011 0 Comment 1047 views

The world is supposed to end today, at 6:00pm local time. (I have my doubts, since it’s already past the appointed hour in Sydney and things still seem to be functioning normally down under, but just in case you didn’t get the word, consider this a public service announcement.) Check here for a view of […]

Morning has broken

Posted by Ken Campbell May 19, 2011 0 Comment 1145 views

I obsess about the weather. At least, it feels like I do sometimes, but it might not be all that much different than the way many other people deal with it. Still, for all the complaining I do, I have to say that the past few days have been close to ideal. And this morning, […]