Red Lake Peak.

You should not be able to walk up to 10000' in tennis shoes in January. We need some snow or it is going to be a hot and smokey summer.

Mount Vaca.

Something worth seeing between San Francisco and Sacramento--the view from Mount Vaca. Nearly the entire northern Sierra Nevada is visible from up here--from Mt Lassen to Yosemite. Plus Cache Creek, the Napa area, Mt Tamalpais, much of the Bay Area, Mt Diablo, the delta and the majority of the Central Valley. A great, great view, especially if you know what you're looking at.

South Lake Tahoe Christmas

Should have taken more pictures...sledding, skiing, and three feet of fresh snow from the first big storm of the season. Plus good times with the Orr gang.

North Fork American River

w/ The Minx and Benny McDirty

Some Desolation Panoramas. Click for huge views.

Pyramid Peak - Top of the Crystal Range.

Day Two or Dora's Long Walk. Sunrise on our shelf camp.



Coffee and views.



Even our shadows are nerds.





Left camp around 8am. Our first view of Pyramid Peak. Doesn't look too bad...



One of the many, "what the hell are we doing" moments.



Getting close. With Ropi Lake in the background.



On the summit. 9974' feet above Sacramento.







Lyons Creek Drainage.



Going down.





First water on the way down.



Took a break on the way down to hit the swimming spot again. Despite not being able to walk, Dora could still swim.



Back at the truck. The Survivor.

Toem Lake. Sierra Nevadas.

It is not summer til you've swam in a high mountain lake.











It is summer now.

Freel Peak and Job's Sister. Lake Tahoe.