This page is the "meat" of my website... the stories & photos I've collected from various treks into some of the world's greatest wet places on earth. Click on any of the reports linked below to see trip reports and photos of each of my major treks.
I take frequent smaller treks (weekends and such), although I usually don't write detailed reports about them. But if you're intersted anyway, peruse my Webshots Albums to view photos of most my treks (big and small) during the past several years. In the meantime, peruse at your leisure, and Happy Hiking!
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- Queets Valley, Service Falls Expedition, August 2008 -
11 days, off-trail bushwack up the virtually-abandonded Queets Valley, with a packraft navigation of, and rappel into, the inner Queets Canyon searching for elusive Service Falls. This trip will be an extension (conclusion?) of the 2004 and 2005 journeys to the area. Third time's a charm...
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Russell Fjord Wilderness, Alaska, 2007
- 16 Days Solo (~125 miles), traversing Russell Fjord to the Hubbard Glacier, floating the Situk River from source to sea, and walking the Gulf of Alaska to Yakutat.
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Queets Canyon, 2005
- 8 Days Solo, Olympic NP, Traversing up the Queets Rainforest Valley in Search of Service Falls.
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Wonderland Trail Solo, Mount Rainier NP, 2002
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Future Treks: Expeditions for the next 1-3 years.
Princess Royal Island, British Columbia
- 20 days, N-S transect of the Maui-sized island on foot/packraft. Through the heart of B.C.'s legendary "Great Bear Rainforest." Much of the area remains under contentious debate about resource extraction vs. preservation, centered around old-growth forests and legendary "Spirit Bears" that inhabit the island and its surroundings. By exploring the island first-hand through the eyes of a lengthy expedition, I genuinely hope to shed a bit more light on this unique & mysterious landscape and the wildlife there (its only permanent residents).
Misty Fjords National Monument & Wilderness, Alaska
- An extensive overland journey (2-3 weeks) through the dense rainforsts of this coastal archipelago. Boats & floatplanes occasionally tour the area, but due to its extreme remoteness and complete lack of trails, backpackers rarely venture on the ground here, and even then almost never travel far. Routes are just now being sketched out, but it looks like an amazing potential journey.
Greenland's SW Coast, Kangerlussuaq to Nuuk
- Admittedly, this one has nothing to do with rain forests. Greenland has always inspired an intense fascination to me, and I've sketched a 400 mile route tracing down the arctic fjords and mountains of its Southwest coast. Lots of planning still to do for this one (roughly 30-40 days, all said), but all in due time.
...and as always, many more in the works. Rarely do I ever stop dreaming of places to go. 
Disclaimer: My trip reports are not meant to be a "How-To" guide. Please, under any circumstances, don't try most the crap I've done. Read my reports, chuckle at my musings if you like, but whatever you do, don't think to yourself "hey, that sounds like a great idea!" Seriously, if I've done it, it's probably not. I accept no responsibility if you get yourself into the kind of trouble that I've found myself in over the years. Be careful out there, use your head, and above all else, come home safely.
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