My three friends and I shine our headlamps at the mountain with the Milky Way in the background at Peak Lake, in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. We backpacked here for 6 nights, in August 2018 mostly following the Wind River High Route.
Wildflowers sit at the top of Knapsack Col, a mountain pass in the Wind River Range mountains in Wyoming. The pass is at 12,500 feet.
Atsena Falls, seen flowing down the mountain in the background are in Glacier National Park.
My friend, Joe relaxes after an intense day of hiking through thunderstorms in Glacier National Park in August 2016 at Kootenai Lake.
(Left to right) Joe, Truman, Marty and Will grill hot dogs at La Push Beach in Olympic National Park in Washington.
Friends sit atop a large rock in the early morning hours on the Pacific coast in Washington.
Elizabeth Lake in Glacier National Park in the early morning after a long night of thunderstorms.
Dawn Mist Falls with (left to right) Marty, Joe, and Truman standing in front in Glacier National Park, Montana.
Bear lake in the foreground and Bean Lake in Tettegouche State Park along the Superior Hiking Trail at sunset after backpacking for 10 miles.
The Milky Way along the Superior Hiking Trail near Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Zion National Park at sunrise.
The view from the top of Knapsack Col in the Wind River Range in Wyoming, at 12,500 feet. We backpacked for 20 miles to get to this point with full loads. This was one of the hardest and rewarding achievements of my life.
Kootenai Lake in Glacier National Park. The clouds parted after a day of hiking in thunderstorms, allowing for a relaxing night at a lake full of trout, ducks, swans, and a moose.