Canyons
The professor and pandemic life has, unfortunately, limited Aubrey and my opportunities to explore over the past year. However, two weeks ago we finally got away for Nevada Day–a statewide celebration of Nevada’s admission to the union 8 days prior to Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864, made possible by a $70,000 (today’s dollars) telegram of …Read the Rest…
Research has kept me quite busy the last few months, but I finally had a chance to escape for a few days. Some friends came down from Seattle to visit, so Aubrey and I took them on a fun adventure to the Saline Valley hot springs in Death Valley National Park. A few days before …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Snow, Hot Springs, Canyons, and Sunshine
With a small window of time between Christmas and New Year’s, Aubrey and I set out for Warm Springs in Saline Valley. After a few hours drive on pavement, and a few hours on washboard dirt roads, we arrived at a remote oasis of palm trees, hot springs, and hippies. We quickly set up camp, …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Warm Springs and Rocky Canyons – Saline Valley
Last week I visited sunny Pasadena to present the five years of scientific research I have been working on, and I’m happy to say that I now have my PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems from Caltech (unofficially, that is – there’s still some administrative paperwork to be shuffled around). In brief, I studied how …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Desert Therapy – Death Valley National Park
One of the primary goals of my trip to the Southwest was to do some technical canyons with Aubrey. We started with Pine Creek Canyon, a classic, and relatively straightforward for newcomers to canyoneering. After a few rappels came the best part: double arch alcove as it is referred to in the guidebooks. We stayed …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Into the Heart of the Earth – Zion’s Pine Creek Canyon
This past month has been exceptionally busy for me, so I apologize for not sharing any images and stories in a while! I recently returned from a trip to the Southwest with my girlfriend Aubrey, where we explored some slot canyons, followed by my giving two presentations at the highly successful Sedona Fotofest. On our …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Life Behind a Waterfall – American Dippers in Zion
After three and a half months with only two short short fall excursions, I was finally able to make a longer trip to do some more photography. The weekend before Thanksgiving I headed out to Southern Utah to explore some areas I had visited many years ago with my parents, as well as meet up …Read the Rest…
