36/50 – April 27, 2023: Little Mountain Shoulder (~7,671 ft, 8.6mi, 2,911 ft)
BYU Badger Professor
Saturday, May 4, 2024
50 Peaks by 50 Part 5 - 35-51
Sunday, June 5, 2022
50 Peaks by 50 Part 4 - 26/35
26-28/50 - January 17-20, 2022: Warmi Wañusqa 13,829 ft, Runkuraqay 12,795 ft & Machu Picchu 7,872 ft: 27.3 mi over 4 days. I was lucky enough to go on an amazing trip to Peru and to spend four days hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu with my adventurous niece Emily. It was so interesting to learn the history of the Inca and to see what they had built so long ago. And the mountains in Peru are more green and steeper than you can imagine. In places is it hard to imagine how one would pass if it weren't for the camino that they had built.

Sunday, October 3, 2021
50 Peaks by 50 Part 3 - 20-25/50
20/50 - Aug. 3, 2021: Squaw Peak: 7.9 mi, 2,750 ft. Although I had hiked in Rock Canyon in the shadow of this peak dozens of times when I was a student, I had never been to the top of Squaw Peak. Andrew beat me to the top of this one but was willing to do it again on a somewhat smoky day (due to the California and Oregon wildfires.
22-23/50 - October 2, 2021: Timpanogos Main Peak (repeat), Bomber Peak: 17.3 mi, 4,729 ft. While I had hiked Timp once before, I had not taken the Timpooneke trail, so most of this was new to me, and just for good measure I threw in Bomber Peak. The fall colors were unbelievable, some say the best in several years.

