Joe's Photo Gallery

After the 4th of July, I again decided to tackle the Mountaineers Route.
I hiked to Iceberg Lake on July 6, summited on July 7 (7/7/07) and went back down on July 8.
I felt I was in better shape than 10 years ago when I summited on the main trail. I wasn't as tired as I expected.

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Over the Memorial Day weekend in 2007, I again hiked up the Mountaineers Route, to Iceberg Lake.
This time, I was nearly ready to summit, but the snow in the chute caused me to change my plans. I didn't feel comfortable hiking on the snow.

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Over the Labor Day weekend in 2006, I hiked the Mountaineers Route. It had been a couple years since I last hiked this route, and I had sort of forgotten how hard it is...
I camped at Iceberg Lake (ca. 12,300 ft high,) but didn't have the energy to hike to the summit. It was helpful as a conditioning hike, though.
I also found that my backpack was too heavy. In the following months, I bought more lightweight gear.

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Over the Memorial Day weekend in 2004, I hiked the main Mt. Whitney trail with my buddy Sameer. He took these pictures.
We hiked up to Trail Camp and pitched our tent there. Due to the snow, we decided to turn around the next morning.

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My first successful hike up the main Mt. Whitney trail (MMWT).
Starting in 1995, I hiked several times on Mt. Whitney, reaching the top in 1997.
I did multi-day trips with overnight stays in the Trail Camp at 12,000 ft. and one-day hikes, even some in winter. On October 5, 1997 I finally made it to the summit in a one-day hike.
The pictures seen here were taken mostly during my 1997 hike, but I also have some beautiful winter pictures from early 1998.

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I went hiking on the Half Dome trail in September 2003. It is a 16-Mile roundtrip from the Happy Isles trailhead in Yosemite Valley.
I stayed overnight at the Little Yosemity Valley campground (5 miles from the start of the trail) and hiked up to the top of Half Dome early the following morning to avoid the heat of the mid-day sun.
The last 400 feet to the top are interesting because they consist of steel cables with occasional wooden foot rests that allow the hiker to pull himself up to the top.
The view from the top is certainly worth it.

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In the spring of 2005, the UCI Hiking Club did an overnight trip to Death Valley.
Due to the amount of rain that Death Valley had seen the months before, there were a lot of flowers blooming. In fact, it has been called the "Death Valley bloom of the Century."
There was even enough water at Badwater to allow people kayak there.

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Sitton Peak is a peak in the Santa Ana mountains in Southern California.

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Pictures from the backpacking trip at San Jacinto, CA, May 10 to May 11, 2008

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Pictures from several local hikes.

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Pictures from Arches National Park in Utah.

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Pictures from Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado

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Pictures from Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona

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Pictures from a hike in Hop Valley, and to Kolob Arch, over the Memorial Day weekend 2008.

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Pictures from some of the main Zion attractions.
Also has pictures from my hike in the Narrows.

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Hike of the Narrows in Zion National Park August 30 to 31, 2008 (Labor Day weekend.)

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Pictures from Red Rock Canyon, near Las Vegas.

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Montezuma's Castle is located in Arizona.
These pictures are from Montezuma's Castle and another, related site nearby.

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Pictures from my Grand Canyon South Rim to North Rim to South Rim hike May 6 to 10, 2011.
The hike went down the south side to Bright Angel campground, then up the north side to Cottonwood campground, up to the North Rim and back to Cottonwood campground on day 3, back down to Bright Angel campground on day 4, and finally, back up to the South Rim on day 5.

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From April 26 to April 29 I hiked in the Grand Canyon, from the south rim down to the Bright Angel campground, then up on the north side to the Cottonwood campground (half-way up the north side) and back.

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