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Why Am I Starting a Blog

It is a little ironic that in the age of AI scraping the internet for everything, I’d choose to write. I guess I don’t care if my writing …

Alamere Falls

Every so often, I get to go backpacking with my highschool friends. Usually it is a shorter trip, often near the coast, but a good time nonetheless. …

Colorado Trail - San Juans to Molas Pass

Little Lakes Valley

Exploring the Blue Ridge

I couldn’t have expected the Coast Range to be as pretty as it is. Peaks soaring in the dappled light of a passing storm. Red dirt roads winding …

Tahoe Rim Trail

I got an invite I couldn’t turn down. A friend from the John Muir Trail asked me to join them for the Tahoe Rim Trail. I was still adjusting to …

Reflections on the JMT

For me, the John Muir Trail happened by accident. At the beginning of 2022, I toyed with hiking a long trail, but I didn’t think it was a realistic …

One Thousand Sunrises

Death really has an inconvenient way of reshaping your priorities. One day you’re just living life. The next day, the world looks irreconcilably …