Thursday, January 1, 2026

2025 recap

2025 was quite the year. Here's are the highlights...

Visited new (to me) places in California that took my breath away: 

Point Lobos

PCH near Big Sur

Pinnacles (condors not pictured but were swooping overhead!)

Hwy 395 south of Mammoth

Warners

High desert sunsets & dark skies

Did some multiday river trips:

Eel 4-day trip

Battle Creek packraft overnight

Rogue 4-day (birthday!) trip

Got the spouse fairly comfortable rowing class 3 AND finally bought a raft frame and cooler!

Let trail stuff sort of take over my marriage/life, including but not limited to trail work and all things and drama related to trail construction and planning:

Led/co-led 10 days of trail work

Thad on the opening day for his 15 miles of new singletrack at Colby

Putting those covid funds to good use

Rode some miscellaneous conquests in the Lost Sierra, including 3000'+ tech/hike-a-bike climbs, this summer and fall:

Lakes Basin fun like climbing Elwell from the east

Chimney Rock via Empire Creek

Spencer Lakes obscurity

Got obsessed with the High Sierra (what took so long?!) and had to go back:




Was the loneliest I've been in my entire life yet managed to spend some free time with good people in various places around the country:










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