Labor Day Hike

Early Fall backpacking trip around Waldo Lake. Read more 18 Oct 2016

August, 2016

After the chaos of field camp and field work in June and July, August was relatively low-key. I finally had time to work on my own research, and in my spare time I got a lot done towards my goal of selling Klaus the Kar some time soon. I've been slowly working on sprucing him up for that, and I finally feel like I'm close to finishing the things... Read more 21 Sep 2016

(first half of) Summer, 2016

I'm finally back in Eugene for a significant amount of time; I've been out of town on and off since mid-June. Thought I'd post some pictures of what I've been up to. I spent the second half of June out near a tiny town called Christmas Valley, as a TA for the first section of field camp. We mapped overlapping lava flows from four cinder cones, ... Read more 08 Aug 2016

Making a tent footprint, on the cheap

I recently found a 2-person tent for $3 at a gear swap, and have been working on repairing its several minor problems. As part of that project, I made a Tyvek tent footprint. Read more 14 Feb 2016

Mt Hood

Just a picture of Mt. Hood. Read more 07 Feb 2016