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Dale Stenseth's Adventure Pages
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These pages include trip reports and pictures from many of my adventures.
Links to my state high point pages, including hike reports and pictures are below.
Recent adventures are also listed below.
It is my hope that you will find these pages helpful and amusing.
Next Adventures!
2006 July & August Trebuchet adventures and volunteer work.
2006 Hiking high point(s). Probably won't be hiking in the mountains this year, or least not this month.
2006-2007 Ski season! Still going to ski, no matter what.
2007 The 7th continent beckons! - Antarctica in January. Extension trip to Iguazu Falls in the jungle between Argentina and Brazil. A physical is required for Antarctica and malaria pills for Iguazu falls.
2007 Southeast US roadtrip at cherry blossom time. Final US quadrant.
2007 Freighter cruises!
2007 Greece!
2007 Spain - Guggenheim Museum - Why not all the rest of Europe?
2008 Grand Canyon - North rim to south rim.
2008 Yosemite - Half Dome!
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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. Red states in the list or on the 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.
Summited Idaho (43) in 2005, and hiked the Grand Canyon, down and up in 1 day.
The blue states are scheduled over the next 3 years.
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Recent Adventures!
The cell phone was decommissioned July 24th, 2006!
Finished writing an adventure-romance novel in May 2006 that I had promised for Ann. Novella is probably a better word. Must have been ok. She read it start to finish without stopping.
Annual pilgrimage and eating trek down Lake Street to the Minnesota State Capitol. June 1st, 2006.
Had planned a wine run to Trader Joe's in Illinois to replenish the '2 buck chuck', but that is no longer necessary, since they opened a store in St. Louis Pk, MN on May 15, 2006!
Toured England, Ireland, and Scotland May 11th to 26th, 2006.
SKI!! 2005-2006 season
Another consulting assignment from August 2005 to March 2006 took me to Japan, Massachusetts, and California!
August 24th, 2005: Hiked Idaho high-point. It was another awesome adventure! Met another sheriff.
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.
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 1964 billboard adventure, the water tower adventures in Buffalo and Rockford, the motor cycle adventure through the steam tunnels at the University of Minnesota, 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 Glencoe freight train adventure, the glider adventure, the Gilroy shopping cart caper, the fencing lessons ... I don't have pictures of many of these for some pretty good reasons.
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Copyright © 2002-2006 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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