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This is what it's like to go to Burning Man. An incredible round-the-clock spectacle of creativity, energy, imagination, and human connection. Life changing, spectacular, every other superlative you can think of. Nearly 70,000 people from all over the world converged in the Nevada desert to build Black Rock City, a place where everyone is welcome and the only mission is to truly feel alive.

Team Cannonball Run completes the Hood to Coast relay, August 2024. The race starts at Mount Hood and continues nearly 200 miles to the Oregon Coast. Known as "the mother of all relays", it is the largest running and walking relay in the world, with 12,600 runners in the Hood To Coast relay and 19,000 total participants. Our team of twelve runners finished in about 29 hours, with each runner co...

Bill and Deb backpack in to Jefferson Park, a high alpine paradise of tumbling brooks, wildflower meadows, crystal blue lakes, and of course Mt. Jefferson towering above it all. We climb the steep and crumbly Park Butte (7,018'), a class 3-4 rock scramble. Music from #Uppbeat uppbeat.io/t/ben-johnson/cant-stop-chasing-you License code: Z9XNJEYDSVWYOUWC

Memorial Day ascent of Mount Hood (11,249'). Bill, Mike, and Kelvin reach the summit via a technical snow climb through the narrow 50-degree Mazama Chute. Epic 4,000' ski descent.

Winter weekend for me and Kelvin at Diamond Lake, 5,000 feet up in the Oregon Cascades. Several feet of fresh powder, so fun to play in.

Thought it would be fun to take a welding class at the local community college. It's been a blast. Cutting holes in half-inch thick steel plate with a cutting torch. Using a track torch to cut out metal shapes, then welding them together at various angles. What a great time.

Short video showing how I made this Burning Man style ping pong table, complete with lights and cool paint job. Assembles and disassembles with minimal effort.

An incredible spectacle in the Black Rock Desert, where 70,000 people gather for a weeklong celebration of music, art, creativity, and friendship. Yes there was rain, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of this spirited group of personalities from all over the globe. Wow what an event!

This is what it's like to do the class 3-4 rock scramble up Del Campo Peak (6,610') and Gothic Peak (6,213') in the Washington Cascades. 2-Day backpack to Gothic Basin, Foggy Lake. Lots of Sooty Grouse, Hoary Marmot in the area.

Some video of a crackin' tree run at Mt Hood Meadows. This great run is skier's left of the Forest Park terrain park, accessible from the HRM lift. Don't miss this one!

How to fix a closet door hinge when the screws pop out. Use this trick to fix anything, any time screws are stripped in the wood.

Our most spectacular candy creation yet! Nearly four feet tall, ten pounds of sugar, six pounds of marshmallows, and five pounds of candy. So glorious the kids waited a full 24 hours before ransacking it.

Burning Man 2022. Hard to find the words to describe how incredible this was. Here is a short video of some of it. A whole city springs up in the middle of the desert for one week only. A chance to see, hear, and experience art, music, friendship, and connections with amazing people from everywhere, doing every kind of fun activity you can imagine. Wow, what an event.

Bill and Kelvin complete the adrenaline-pumping Goat Rocks traverse, from Old Snowy to Ives Peak. Later a visit to pristine ice-filled Goat Lake. The route lies within the beautiful Goat Rocks Wilderness, a wonderland of craggy peaks and glorious meadows bursting with wildflowers. And of course the namesake mountain goats, of which we saw three. We covered about 22 miles over the 2-night trip, ...

Climbing the Tower of Babel

Climbing Mt Pahia - Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Diving in Polynesia

Snowbird

Making a Candy House

Climbing Middle Sister

Hood to Coast - the legendary 200 mile relay

Climbing Prusik Peak / Dragontail Peak - The Enchantments

Mt Jefferson Climb 2020

Mt Bachelor & Tumalo Mountain

South Sister

How to build a giant spider

Raising a family of woodpeckers in a webcam next box

The ultimate ping pong table - with ceiling hoist for storage

Mt Thielsen Climb