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Dale Stenseth's Adventure Page
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Some of us enjoy the exhilaration of hiking to a mountain top. If you feel like singing "The hills are alive, with the sound of music!" when you get to the top, you know what I mean.
Growing up in Minnesota does not lend itself to mountain-top experiences. I've always been comfortable moving in more than 2 dimensions. When I was 5, I climbed an 80 foot tree to see the lake, 2 miles away. Later, in high school, we discovered that we could see what the town cop was up to from the water tower. Exploring caves, riding a motor cycle through the steam tunnels at the university, SCUBA diving, and the other vertical adventures were only a matter of time.
It was not until the early 90s that my brother Scott and I hiked two small peaks, a 7000' peak at Palmer Gulch KOA near the 4 faces in South Dakota, and Oberlin Summit, 8180 ft, near Logan's Pass in Glacier National Park. That was the first mountain top that made me feel like singing. I did sing.
These pages include trip reports and pictures from many of my adventures. I hope you will find them interesting and amusing. |
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43 State Highpoints, so far
Double-click either the state name at left or the red state image in the map below to see pictures and trip information. The red states in the list at left and map below indicate which state highpoints I have hiked, scrambled, or driven to the summit.
Summited 4 states (2 through 5) in 2002.
Summited 33 states (6 through 38) in 2003. - 2003 road trip itineraries
Summited 4 states (39 through 42) in 2004, plus Mt. Fuji in Japan.
The blue states are planned for 2006.
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2005-2006 Current Adventures!
The next work adventure begins August 29th! Japan & Massachusetts!
SKI!! 2005-2006 season
SE US roadtrip in the 2006. Final quadrant.
The 7th continent in 2006!
Freighter cruises in 2006!
Greece 2006!
Spain - Guggenheim Museum 2006
Recent Adventures!
August 24th, 2005: Hiked Idaho high-point.
May 20th 2005, departed on southwest roadtrip. Itinerary. Hiked the Grand Canyon down and back in one day. Had planned to hike Half-Dome at Yosemite, but installation of the safety cables was furthur postponed until mid-June. Brought back a few cases of red wine from Trader Joe's, and checked the route to the trailhead for the Utah highpoint.
Taj Mahal in Agra, India & Kathmandu, Nepal from April 19th to May 1st, 2005!
Annual pilgrimage and eating trek down Lake Street to the Minnesota State Capitol. April 9th, 2005.
Snow board lesson February 8th at Buck Hill!
Egypt - January 2005. was totally awesome! This was the all-time best tour I have been on.
SKI!! 2004-2005 season
Other Adventures
California hikes and skiing during my 2002-2003 consulting assignment, including El Capitan.
2003-2004 Japan adventure
Alaska Cruise-tour August 11-21, 2004, Trip report and pictures
Completed Boundary Peak in Nevada on Sunday, 9/12/2004. Made one wrong turn on the way down and got to spend the night on the mountain. Completed Guadalupe Peak in Texas October 3rd.
Completed Wheeler Peak in New Mexico October 6th, in the snow and wind.
Completed Humphreys Peak in Arizona October 21st, in the blizzard and cold. Had visions of Shackleton at the South Pole.
Ok, there was the billboard adventure, the water tower adventures in Buffalo and Rockford, the riding a motor cycle through the steam tunnels at the U adventure, the getting shot at on Guam's Mount Lamlam adventure, the scuba diving in the Navy adventures, the midnight runs to TiJuana, the sky diving adventure, the getting busted for riding a freight train adventure, the glider adventure, the shopping cart caper, the fencing lessons ... I don't have pictures of most of these for some pretty good reasons.
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Something hidden. Go and find it.
Go and look behind the ranges -
Something lost behind the ranges
Lost and waiting for you. Go!
Rudyard Kipling |
Doubly happy, however, is the man to
whom lofty mountain-tops are within reach,
for the lights that shine there
illumine all that lies below.
John Muir |
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
John Muir |
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Copyright © 2002-2005 Dale Stenseth. All rights reserved.
These pages may be freely linked to, but may not be duplicated in any manner without the author's express consent,
except that hikers may print a single copy of trip reports for personal use.
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