JDS

My Mastodon blog for pics and thoughts about things I’m doing. I also boost outdoors photos.

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2026-03-21 15:14:16 UTC

1/ got a few days on Pacific Crest Trail section D northbound from Wrightwood home to Agua Dulce. 92-ish miles across the San Gabriel mountains, daily 30s. Been across this section many times both ways all seasons with and without a sleep system. Familiarity delivers novelty in the form of change. The differences increase each time. Wanted to check snow on the high peaks (melting), look for any early thru hikers (none), and scout issues for my trail crew (lots). Great trip!
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2026-02-23 19:44:50 UTC

Some pics from a trail work project a week ago. Huge washout, lots of rock work and rerouting and tread work. Took a couple of days but it was great crisp sunny weather.
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2025-10-05 14:18:40 UTC

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@nprofile…sxdw oh that sounds awesome!

2025-10-04 02:58:43 UTC

Quicky day hike up Whitney between storms to check out the snow. I made a snow angel, successful trip.
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2025-08-20 13:12:23 UTC

1/ going through pics, had a random wander into the western Sierra from Crescent meadow to the Nine Lakes basin. First time on the western side this year. Nice starting in the giant Sequoia grove before breaking out onto the Kaweah canyon rim.
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2025-08-10 03:36:37 UTC

Full moon with the desert crazies last night. Great weather, low of 67, shorts and t-shirt all night, light breeze, really nice.
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2025-08-06 02:45:00 UTC

I'll miss the mile and a half walk through downtown from Union Station to Pershing Square the most. Quit my job today.
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2025-07-22 06:03:11 UTC

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3/ It kept getting pinker as the sun set through the clearing storm on the pass above, and then this rolled over. Truly bizarre, didn’t know what to think about what I was looking at.
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2025-07-21 20:16:56 UTC

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2/ back down at the lake it was mostly clear but conditions changed dramatically through the day as the weather up on the pass built and broke.
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2025-06-20 14:16:11 UTC

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@nprofile…fakd his posts immediately make me want to get back into skiing but I’m still heavily on a no gear kick. It’s clearly the greatest way to move though 🤩

2025-06-20 05:15:48 UTC

Looks like Andy Lewicky has been getting some spring skiing in the Eastern Sierra. He's a periodically prolific backcountry skier, posts fun videos, has some new ones up. This one at Mount Gould has a nice payoff (top descent at 4:20 cruise at 6:40).
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2025-06-16 23:38:27 UTC

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4/ decided to loop around Mt Hitchcock after Whitney so I dropped down JMT to Guitar lake and Crabtree camp to gain the ridge from the west slope.
Nice feeling looking across at Mt Hitchcock (pic 1) from Mt Whitney, then later looking back across at Mt Whitney (pics 3,4).
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2025-06-16 18:33:54 UTC

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3/ wasn’t at the summit when the sun broke the horizon but plenty of beautiful light in every direction.
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2025-06-16 14:38:58 UTC

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2/ some fuzzy snaps from first night into morning. One thing I look forward to when I ever replace this phone is seeing how well night shots improve.
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2025-06-14 17:01:18 UTC

1/ night hike to Whitney summit, got up for sunrise, bivied for a couple hours after waiting for the warm. Beautiful now, no plan, multi day permit.
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2025-06-12 02:21:39 UTC

Been sitting here for nearly a half hour with the dog and suddenly realized that rock is an owl.
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2025-06-08 20:00:34 UTC

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@nprofile…g5gx nice, also new term for me: kraxeln. I like it.

2025-06-01 06:10:57 UTC

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@nprofile…vvm4 I remember @nprofile…fakd sharing one he liked recently

2025-05-31 13:38:24 UTC

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@nprofile…fakd I remember considering those for use with flexible running shoes since there’s no stiff plate, but figured microspikes are the same by that point (without the plate they can’t go anywhere steep and hard so I’d only take them where I’d use microspikes anyway which are easier to carry). And durability concerns. Curious how they work out though, I imagine there’s a middle ground where they’re useful.

2025-05-28 13:29:04 UTC

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@nprofile…vvm4 I got the tika fries. Photo wasn’t very appealing, just brown and beige over brown. I’ll go there and get that again though, it was really good!👍

2025-05-28 04:24:03 UTC

Beach day with visiting family. Staying down in Venice. Pizza joint does nice tika masala french fries topped with almond ‘ricotta’ and fried cashews 😋 great beach food.
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2025-05-15 20:41:56 UTC

1/ Interesting night. Went for a night summit on Whitney up the main trail snow chute. Saw a perfect weather window, good times.
#Hiking #SierraNevada #California
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2025-05-08 20:03:35 UTC

Caught some poppies a while back at a canyon we know goes off some springtimes.
#WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #Poodle #DogsOfMastodon
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2025-04-12 00:47:11 UTC

Got dropped off at the close trailhead, hiking into the Trail Work site from here. Quick 4 miles then I’ll camp and work Saturday / Sunday.
#PacificCrestTrail #TrailMaintenance #Hiking
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2025-03-08 11:23:22 UTC

🔊#SilentSummit
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2025-03-06 16:24:15 UTC

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2/ Casual late start up the trail yeasterday. Fun taking in random views.
The bottom couple miles is extra steep and lined with rock for water management and horses. Saw the horse train shuttling supplies. Birders in their natural habitat. And the jungle reclaiming everything.
#Hiking #Mountains #CostaRica
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2025-03-06 03:50:02 UTC

1/ Oh well, sometimes nature has its own plans for you. Got a walk-up and ended up back in the high land. Cerro Ventisqueros was calling and I had it and the trail to it all to myself.
Going to take time to process the experience.
#Hiking #Mountains #CostaRica #Ventisqueros
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2025-03-05 12:35:52 UTC

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@nprofile…vvm4 😄 hah, I did pass a lot of people going up and down.
Doing it in a day is a thing people do since overnight lodge permits are limited. But, like Mt Whitney and the Grand Canyon, people generally aren’t very trained so it’s a 14-20 hour day. Adding the extra mountains I did is apparently ordinarily a 3 day trip?
Guest house owners are bewildered.

2025-03-05 02:47:34 UTC

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3/ Stats.
Distance and elevation gain to the summit felt familiar. Added a couple peaks on the way back for extra.
Wore just long sleeve base layers the whole time except the very last summit climb pre dawn where I added a light mid layer upper. Saw frost in the bowl above 11,000 feet. Not much wind.
Carried two 500ml soft flasks. I counted 3 water sources in the 8.5 miles to base camp which also had water. Well supported trail.
#Hiking #Mountains #CostaRica #Chirripo
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2025-03-04 22:44:40 UTC

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2/ Pre dawn horizon color was beautiful and sunrise was pretty, but the real show (as always) was what was being lit up. 🤩
#Hiking #Mountains #CostaRica #Chirripo
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2025-03-04 19:36:43 UTC

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@nprofile…zfuh beautiful place! So majestic and compelling to keep going and see more 🙌

2025-03-04 19:02:34 UTC

1/ Went up Cerro Chirripo last night, Costa Rica’s high point. Left at midnight, summited 5:30, sunrise 5:40 (it’s this thing I do). Transformational hike through the jungle at night into the high alpine for dawn. Amazing experience.
(thanks @nprofile…zfuh for the suggestion)
#Hiking #Mountains #CostaRica #Chirripo
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2025-03-04 01:22:56 UTC

This guest house is particularly pretty. Enjoying soaking up the plants and flowers. There are boulders in my dorm room (no room mates tonight, bonus).
#CostaRica
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2025-02-28 04:07:15 UTC

Cozy old montage of clips wandering around on the Major General coming down from Langley and on the way to Rock Creek 🔊
#Hiking #SierraNevada #Mountains #California
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2025-02-26 06:56:12 UTC

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@nprofile…07t5 thanks for the context. I haven’t attended and wasn’t aware how open the day is. It seems more necessary than ever to be there.

2025-02-26 05:48:04 UTC

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@nprofile…07t5 feels like I’m there, thanks Bob 🙌 This current?

2025-02-23 03:00:50 UTC

Gotta say I miss making IG Stories. Loops is filling the void but it’s still beta. New Nimino track felt like it needed to go with this clip 💛🧡💜
#Sunrise #Mountains #Alpenglow #Hiking
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2025-02-22 12:22:21 UTC

I got old person special treatment at the airport. Waiting in line for the super body scanner, an agent asked me if I have a pacemaker or heart condition. I said no and they whisked me through the old school metal detector instead.
Since I started growing my hair out again it’s added 20 perceived years to younger eyes. It looked salt and pepper shaved, but long it’s fully white. Combined with my Picard bald spot it confuses fuck out of young people. I love it.

2025-02-20 07:17:58 UTC

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@nprofile…zfuh nice thanks, yes I’ve been looking at Chirripó. Looks beautiful. Urán also but that doesn’t appear accessible anymore.

2025-02-20 06:49:23 UTC

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@nprofile…vvm4 yeah I’m not looking to travel, I’m just visiting my sister.

2025-02-18 05:11:31 UTC

No miles all last week. Full recovery from 4 days of trail work last weekend, also rain, also poison oak got me, also full steam on a personal creative project. Good timing for everything overall, but no miles.

2025-02-17 15:33:07 UTC

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@nprofile…fakd nice enjoy them well 🙌 I’m sure they’ll be put to good use!
I like these hybrid designs and have tried some the past few seasons but haven’t found one with a wide enough toe box yet. I have to size up then the ankle dimensions are inappropriate and dig into my shins. I think I found one though, just need to commit 😭

2025-02-15 15:35:40 UTC

Patiently waiting for winter to end 😎
#Nature #Mountains
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2024-03-26 20:33:47 UTC

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@npub1npy…3sf4 good point.. 28.8333 miles per dollar spent. 🤔 So basically a one dollar marathon shoe. Which is funny because some $300 running shoes are marketed to be used for just one marathon race.

2024-03-03 17:14:38 UTC

Nice color last night. Splitting miles between work and weather windows this week on the backyard trail.
#Sunset #HighDesert
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2023-09-07 00:41:28 UTC

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@npub1c5c…644a gorgeous views! Lake looks beautiful

2023-08-31 01:29:29 UTC

After descending from Discovery Pinnacle, it was nice to be back on the more familiar, runnable Trail Crest.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #TrailRunning #MtWhitney
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2023-08-30 21:59:27 UTC

I’ll just take a nap right here thanks.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Wildflowers #BloomScrolling
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2023-08-23 20:55:31 UTC

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@npub1c5c…644a really isn’t. You just naturally start to plunge down the steep loose fine stuff and get a floaty mellow pace going.

2023-08-22 05:19:28 UTC

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@npub1c5c…644a way to go, looks like an amazing morning!

2023-05-19 19:29:33 UTC

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@npub1ydc…k2uu @npub1lls…a70x I liked that it looked a lot like your old photo. At first I was like who the heck is this, but a closer look at the familiar details appeared 👏

2023-05-19 15:50:39 UTC

I prefer the feature set of IceCubes, but I prefer the stability of Ivory. It’s always a compromise with software.

2023-01-19 22:41:08 UTC

I wanted to see javelinas forever, and then it finally happened one evening 🤗🥰(whole train of them cross the road)
#TrailRunning #Arizona #Sedona #Javelina #Peccary #Wildlife
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