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Bison Peak Hike

Ed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:33:11 +0000

On our last CO vacation Noah and I tried to get up to Bison Peak. Unfortunately Mother Nature was not cooperating. After seeing the GPS track I am grad we turned back when we did. We were a good ways from the peak and we were about to hit the steepest elevation gains of the hike. This is going to be a hike that we attempt again for sure. The peak is just incredible with the rock formations. They say there is nothing like it in the entire state of CO. Make me sad that we did not reach it this time. But that is just another reason to head back to CO for another attempt.

Don’t forget when you roll our cursor over the map there are photo and elevation links at the bottom of the map.

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Breckenridge GPS and Photos

Ed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:58:05 +0000

I did run my Amod GPS datalogger when we were on vacation in CO a few weeks ago. This was from the day Noah and I rode down from the top of Breckenridge.

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Funnel Cloud (video)

Ed — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:06:37 +0000

On vacation in Colorado a typical mountain storm was rolling through. We were driving when my son saw funnel cloud forming. We stopped and filmed it. View the video at full screen to get a better idea of how big it was. Filmed with my iPhone 4.

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iPhone 4 CO Panos (Photos)

Ed — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:41:31 +0000

I created a bunch of panoramas while out in CO on vacation. I used the AutoStitch app on my iPhone to process them. Most of these were put together from between 3 and 7 photos taken with my iPhone 4.

Using the AutoStitch app will allow you to crate these at full resolution. Some of them are close to 10,000 pixels wide. This is plenty big to having printed. I plan to have a few of these printed, framed, and hung in my son’s room. Look for an update on how well they printed in the future. The image you are opening up are only about 1024 pixels wide.

These last four are my favorites.

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Breckenridge Mountain Slide

Ed — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:50:40 +0000

Noah and I had a blast on our vacation at Breckenridge. This video is of the mountain slide that is a must ride if you visit the mountain.

Music is from Hello Dave http://www.hellodave.com/blog/

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Great Sand Dunes National Park (video)

Ed — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:00:40 +0000

Hiking to the top of the Great Sand Dunes was one of the best parts of our trip. I used my iPhone 4 to shoot parts of the hike. If you ever get the chance to make it to the top of the dunes I highly recommend you take the opportunity. Took up a little over an hour of walking in the sand. The large, main dunefield covers approximately 30 square miles and rises just under 1000 feet of climbing elevation. ALL ON SAND!

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Bison Peak Hike (video)

Ed — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:54:11 +0000

Me and my son spent a week in CO. This is some footage shot with my iPhone 4 from the hike. Mother Nature chased us off the mountain before we could reach our destination.

The music is from Lee Mellor. Visit his website at http://www.leemellor.com/

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Colorado 14′ers Quest Begins

Ed — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:30:13 +0000

Noah and I have decided to start climbing the Colorado 14′ers. The highest I have been up is around 13,000 ft and Noah about 11,000 ft. Many people set the CO 14′ers as a goal and now we are joining the quest. This is going to a pretty big adventure spanning many years.

I am making plans right now to spend a week out on CO this July. I am thinking if we can hit three 14′ers this summer I would be pretty happy. I am not sure what Noah’s aptitude will be for the 12,500+ elevation range so that might be a problem. Other than manageable exhaustion the elevation has not effected me much on my trips into the mountain. Everyone reacts a little different so I we will just have to see. I am sure by the time we finish this quest I will be the one that is having a hard time keeping up.

You can plan on a full trip reports, GPS, photos, and video from each attempt over the years. This adventure might turn into its own blog some day. For now here is a Google map of all the CO 14′ers color coded by different areas. I think we will be focusing on the Aspen area with the Red icons starting in July.

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The Nadas in Steamboat Springs 2009 #4

Ed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:51 +0000

And finally we have the last of four videos from our Steamboat Springs get away. Great music and friends.

The venue was http://www.ghostranchsaloon.com/.

Check out the Nadas at http://thenadas.com/blog/.

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The Nadas in Steamboat Springs 2009 #3

Ed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:15:36 +0000

This is number 3 of 4 videos from The Ghost Ranch Saloon in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Just one more of these coming tonight….

The venue was http://www.ghostranchsaloon.com/.

Check out the Nadas at http://thenadas.com/blog/.

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