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Best of Hiking with My Brother (so far) 2009-01-19 10:00:00 As we push into the double-digits with our hikes, we wanted to highlight our favorite. However, despite lengthy discussion, we were unable to come to a consensus on the matter, ultimately narrowing it down to two hikes. Tiger, Squak, and Cougar we immediately put out of the running, a combination of over-familiarity with the trails and the encroachment of housing developments into the scenery. . Read more:Hiking
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Stats Update, Jan 2009 2009-01-17 15:00:00 I've rolled the data from our last four hikes into our running total. Check out last month's stats for comparison.
Stat Running Total Number of Trips
11 Distance (miles) 70.35 Hiking Time (hours) 34.58 Average Pace (mph) 2.03 Elevation Gain (ft) 21,842 Equivalent Summits of Mt. Rainer (14,411ft) 1.52 Clif Shot Bloks...
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Little Si, 1.10.09 2009-01-15 00:00:00 Our Hiking Time: 1h 40m
Total Ascent: 1200ft
Total Distance: 4 miles
Location: N 47° 29.9220, W 121° 45.3780
Difficulty: Moderate
Little Si (Hiking) | North Bend, WA 98045, USA
Hiking in the winter always has a few unexpected hiccups. Despite having made sure to review closures on the Department of Transportation site, and despite having reviewed avalanche warnings, weather, and local...
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Photosynth - Twin Falls 2009-01-08 15:02:00 You may be asking yourself what is a photosynth and why should a bother downloading some extra application for my browser? Basically, a photosynth is a collection of photos merged together to create a 3D or panoramic rendering of an object, landscape, etc. You can read more about it on the photosynth website.
The application is worth installing because from time to time I'll be creating some... Read more:Photosynth
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Twin Falls to Iron Horse Trail, 1.04.09 2009-01-05 12:20:00 Our Hiking Time: 3h
Total Ascent: ~900ft
Total Distance: ~5 miles
Location: N 47° 26.7420, W 121° 42.1800
Difficulty: Easy
<a href=":3APY">Twin Falls
to Iron HorseTrail
(Hiking) | WA, USA</a>
The high tide of the holidays finally began to recede with the New Year. We’ve been so awash with...
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Cedar Butte, 12.28.08 2008-12-31 19:38:00 Our Hiking Time: 3h 20m
Total Ascent: ~1000ft
Total Distance: ~5 miles
Location: N 47° 26.0280, W 121° 44.5200
Difficulty: Easy
Cedar
Butte (Hiking)
Between the holidays and navigating snowbound-Seattle for a week, Jer and I were looking for a nice short hike. Flipping through our trusty book we quickly found a winner: Cedar Butte, a three mile trek just outside of the city in familiar...
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Cougar Mountain, 12.21.08 2008-12-22 11:37:00 Our Hiking Time: 1h 40m
Total Ascent: ~600ft
Total Distance: ~3 miles
Location: N 47° 31.2500, W 122° 5.4833
Difficulty: Easy
CougarMountain
(Hiking) | Issaquah, WA 98027, USA
Despite greater Seattle being pretty much snowed in, and I-90 closed past North Bend, and fresh snow beginning to fall, we decided to go for a quick hike anyway. Still, this severely limited our options. We chose...
Bye week, 12.14.08 2008-12-14 12:00:00 No hike this week, Nathan is out of town. I put together the statistics for all of our hikes since we started the blog. The plan is to start posting the stats each month.
Stat Total Number of Hikes 7 Distance (miles) 53.35 Elevation Gain (ft) 18,142 Time (hours) 24.92 Cheesy Bagels Consumed 4 Clif Shot Bloks Consumed 42
Snow is...
Annette Lake, 12.07.08 2008-12-08 11:57:00 Our Hiking Time: 3h 30m
Total Ascent: ~1400ft
Total Distance: ~8 miles
Location: N 47° 21.5220, W 121° 28.4400
Difficulty: Moderate
Annette Lake (Hiking)
We had planned to tackle one last peak this year before the snows came in and made them inaccessible, thus the heights of Mt. Defiance or Bandera Mountain were on our minds as we set out on I-90. Sadly, the amount of rain and cloud cover...
Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, 11.30.08 2008-12-01 00:34:00 Our Hiking Time: 4h 30m
Total Ascent: ~2600ft
Total Distance: ~11 miles
Location: N 47° 27.5000, W 121° 48.3667
Difficulty: Moderate
Rattlesnake MountainTrail
(Hiking)
This week we had some unfinished business to attend to with the Rattlesnake Mountain Trail. Months ago, Rattlesnake Ledge was a good warm up during our Rainier training, but as the weather heated up, the amount of traffic...
Dirty Harry's Peak/Balcony, 11.23.08 2008-11-24 12:35:00 Our Hiking Time: 4h 30m
Total Ascent: ~3400ft
Total Distance: ~10 miles
Location: N 47° 27.0498, W 121° 37.2336
Difficulty: Hard
Dirty Harry
's Peak/Balcony
(Hiking)
On the heels of our Mt. Washington hike, we decided to return to the Exit 38 area and try to get a view of our previous summit from the other side of I-90 by tackling Dirty Harry’s Peak, the unofficial name for the eastern end of
Squak Mountain - Central Peak & Bullitt Chimney, 11.9.08 2008-11-09 20:38:00 Our Hiking Time: 1h 45m
Total Ascent: 1300ft
Total Distance: 4.6 miles
Location: N 47° 28.908 W 122° 03.248
Difficulty: Easy
<a href="://www.trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:2AQT">Squak Mountain
- Central
Peak Trail (Hiking)</a>
We were short on time last Sunday, with a number of familial factors...
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Cable Line - West Tiger #3 Trail Loop, 11.1.08 2008-11-02 11:22:00 Our Hiking Time: 2h 15m
Total Ascent: 2042ft
Total Distance: 4.75 miles
Location: N 47° 31.766 W 121° 59.783
Difficulty: Hard
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Line - West Tiger #3 Trail
Loop (Hiking)</a>
Back when we were training to summit Mt. Rainier, Jer and I went up and down the Tiger...
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Mailbox Peak, 10.26.08 2008-10-27 13:05:00 Our Hiking Time: 4h 10m
Total Ascent: ~4000ft
Total Distance: 6 miles
Location: N 47° 27.745 W 121° 38.354
Difficulty: Hard
Mailbox
Peak (Hiking)
I can’t remember the first time I ever heard mention of Mailbox Peak and its fabled mailbox - it was certainly many years ago. But I definitely recall the most recent sermon from a talkative hiker during one of our many training forays up the Tig
Other Hiking Websites 2008-10-01 11:44:00 Here is a list of recommended hiking websites:
Pacific Northwest Hikes - Your Guide to Hiking
in the Northwest!
HikingForums.net - Climbing community
This list will continue to be updated as we build partnerships on the world wide web. If you'd like to exchange links with us, send an email to hikingwithmybrother at gmail dot com.
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