The Duffel Bag: Peak Climbing

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way". - Marcus Aurelius

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Desert National Wildlife Reguge - Day II

March 11-12, 2025 - Hiking, dispersed camping, and peak climbing on our second and third day in the desert refuge North of Las Vegas.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

We Used to Do This Thaaang...

UPDATE: Planning for Dirtbag Desert Holiday#6 2024 is underway!

...in the California desert. For New Years celebrations, a small group of us would get together and spend three or four days climbing desert peaks. It was called Dirtbag Desert Holiday. We did it for five years in a row, but people started to drift away and it was hard to find other people crazy enough to freeze their asses off while they climbed peaks in the winter.

The best parts were sitting around a blazing desert campfire in the evening and reliving the days climb...