Some of Me

There really aren't many pictures of me here, so I decided to try to dig a couple up but realized I don't have many of myself taken with my own camera (for obvious reasons). These are ones that Mike took of me from a couple hiking trips from way back in the day. Check them out.


From South Manitou Island, went with Mike and Mark. On one of our days here, we dropped our packs and took a day hike across the island, through a forest of gigantic cedar trees, up and over some vast dunes, and culminating in a lengthy and hurried hike along the beach back to our campsite. Shortly after this photo was taken, I realized I misplaced my favorite headlamp. Since I'm an idiot, I decided to backtrack solo with only a little Maglite. After an hour or so of randomly shining the Maglite around in the dark (the sun had set long ago by now), I somehow found it, completely soaked from the ebbing waves. I started hauling ass back. Our camp was hidden in the forest right off the beach, and since I was exhausted, hungry, and shivering, everything looked pretty much the same. But with some more luck, I somehow figured out where the camp was, made myself dinner, and happily passed out in my tent clutching my headlamp.


This is from one of the hikes I already talked about in a previous post. Great vistas, lots of solitude, and interesting terrain. Despite being one of my less extreme hikes, it was one of my favorites.


Interesting terrain. Half the hike was elevated above the lake by about 50-100 feet, providing lots of opportunities to really soak in the view. The weather took a turn for the worse towards the end of the hike, and you can see the moisture really starting to roll in here, totally washing out the sky. On this hike, Mike and I got lost trying to find our next campsite. Basically, someone (that wasn't me) took way too long do anything, eventually forcing us to hike in the dark and miss a trailhead. Usually I'd just say fuck it and find a place to setup and wait until morning, but this park had designated campsites - no open backcountry camping. Ended up going in circles, but slowly did the math and made it safely to our spot.