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DAILY THE STAIRS & THEN EVERY FRIDAY UP TO THE FOOT OF TIMPANOGOS HIKING UP GROVE CANYON, EACH WEEK A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE CANYON & HIGHER ABOVE UTAH VALLEY MY GOAL THIS WEEK TO GET UP TO THE THIRD LONG SWITCHBACK WHERE THE TRAIL OVERLOOKS THE VALLEY & TURNS UP THE CANYON HIGH ABOVE …

Continue reading “3/26/2022: CHALLENGE to hike & backpack again — More “VISIONS OF NATURE” — NEW HIGH UINTA FRIENDS! — WEEKLY SNOW DEPTHS IN UINTAS — Final segment on HIGHLINE TRAIL west: Featuring THE ROCK CREEK DRAINAGE –THE BOOKS — Remember UKRAINE & the RED CROSS……..”

The back surgeon, “SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE….OR YOU’LL END UP IN A WHEELCHAIR!” “The surgery could take 6 hours, followed by days in the Intensive Care Unit, and more in the hospital. I’ve never done it with an 86 year old person, and there could be complications. If you don’t do it, you’ll have …

Continue reading “Update Wed. Feb. 23, 2022 – MY “COMEBACK STATUS” — Exploring the “GRANDADDY” of all trails in the High Uinta Wilderness, “THE HIGHLINE TRAIL” & nearby areas/lakes: This week: WINDER, WYMAN & PACKARD LAKES & a grand view of the DUCHESNE RIVER CANYON — FLOWERS to trigger SPRING — And, last a link to a 1 page WRITING to UNDERSTAND — “MY LIFE AMONG THE MAYANS,” plus FREE DOWNLOAD link for FINISHED BOOK —”

I’M SHARING MY EXPERIENCE AS IT COULD BE OF HELP TO SOME OF YOU THAT LIKELY WILL HAVE CHALLENGES ALONG YOUR PATH — QUITE A FEW HAVE ASKED ME TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE…..BASICALLY OF…… “NEVER GIVING IN, NOR GIVING UP ……….EASILY!” This winter my exercise devise has been the stairs below the American Fork Fitness …

Continue reading “UPDATE SUNDAY Feb. 13, 2022 – 16 months of STRUGGLE LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN in pictures — PLUS A NEW GOAL & MULTIPLYING the CHALLENGE with 2 NEW FREE EXERCISE SYSTEMS — MORE BEAUTY FROM THE UINTAS. BOOK: My Life in the Mountains of the Maya finished…finally!”

THE HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS A DILEMMA THAT ALL SEEKERS OF TRUTH SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN….CLARIFYIED with VOLTAIRE’S COMMENT (get the book and see for yourself the details): “THOSE WHO CAN MAKE YOU BELIEVE ABSURDITIES, CAN GET YOU TO COMMIT ATROCITIES!” Click to download: A FIFTY YEAR “IMPOSSIBLE DREAM” AMONG MY PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MAYA *********************************** NOW …

Continue reading “WILL BE UPDATED TOMORROW: Sunday, Feb. 13th. IN THE MEANTIME CHECK OUT THIS POST TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN’T MISSED SOMETHING……Scroll down to last post for info on dealing with Covid-19 & any variations. MAYA BOOK– quoting VOLTAIRE. Now… MY NEW CHALLENGE….GETTING READY FOR THE HIGH UINTA ’22 SEASON …INTO THE HILLS! EACH WEEK I’LL FOCUS ON info & photos of WILDERNESS AREAS: This week, the Eastern half accessible from Christmas Meadows/Stillwater Trailhead area….”

DOWNLOAD OF THE BOOK FREE. I’ll comment on my 70 years dedicated to that cause further along. NOW TO THINGS RELATED TO MY BELOVED….. A PERSONAL NOTE……I’m still doing my darndest to NOT GIVE UP and learning to walk again, but….. ………….….. I don’t have my mommy or special loving friend to help me, but …

Continue reading “UPDATED Jan. 30th: The omicron variant & Covid-19 CHALLENGE!…….Let’s all in 2022 do our darndest to NEVER GIVE IN, NOR GIVE UP……EASILY! I’m learning to walk, hike and climb & AGAIN WILL BACKPACK IN 2022! — MY PROGRESS — The finished BOOK ABOUT MY LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MAYA –is free to download.”

From last season–2020 not being able to hike, much less backpack, then following two back surgeries that didn’t work too good with me degenerating to NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO WALK ANYMORE–WHICH SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME–scaring me into pushing myself to the point of learning to walk all over again with BABY STEPS! …

Continue reading ““LITTLE ANDY’S RETURN TO THE UINTAS–actually with a BACKPACK! NEVER GIVING IN….EASILY!”

From 1994 on for 14 consecutive years I ran….and towards the end “walked” some,   the Coban International Half Marathon in Guatemala, but then in the midst of my High Uinta Mountains Project had to end my competing with the Kenyans and give top priority to my High Uinta Project and hoped for book because …

Continue reading “The RODEO CLOWN, or QUIJOTE, or OLD JED SMITH or is it today just LITTLE ANDY– beats the Kenyans in an amazing “IMPOSSIBLE DREAM” Half Marathon!”

FREE & INSPIRING Click on the following link –83 YEAR HISTORY– to see it & download it to your computer FREE! It will help you make a logical decision about buying the BOOK. The booklet contains an edited-improved version of my presentation at the Utah Valley Historical Society meeting on December 10, 2019.  You will …

Continue reading “UPDATE June 9th — PASSES NOW OPEN — GET 83 YEAR HISTORY OF THE BOOK FREE! — then May 27th report — HIGH UINTAS ACCESSIBILITY — The Mirror Lake Scenic Byway & Bald Mountain Pass — The Grandview Trailhead: GATEWAY TO THE GRANDADDIES — Information on acquiring the HIGH UINTA MOUNTAINS BOOK —”

NEW FALL (Jan. 15th)….WHEN RIGHT LEG COLLAPSED WITH ALL MY WEIGHT BENDING MY TITANIUM KNEE ALL THE WAY BACK & LEAVING ME FLAT ON MY BACK SLOWING MY COMEBACK.…… ….I WOULD STILL DO MY 2,000+ MILES BACKPACKING ALL OVER AGAIN TO MAKE MY HIGH UINTAS BOOK THE MOST COMPLETE UINTA BOOK IN EXISTENCE! GET IT …

Continue reading “NEW FALL SLOWS…..THE “COMEBACK KID” but MAKES NEW MOVES!!!! REVIEW SINCE CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR’S PROGRESS with a SUMMARY…GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE… THANKS!….summary from Nov. 13th, 2020 — ONE LAST RISKY SURGERY TO “NOT GIVE IN….EASILY” — with LIFELONG GOALS ACHIEVED documented WITH TWO BOOKS about what I consider “A LIFE WORTH LIVING” — THE HIGH UINTAS & RISKY JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MAYA BOOKS — LINKS TO GET THEM ONE AT DISCOUNTED PRICE & ONE FREE, AS WELL AS THE FREE 83 YEAR HISTORY OF CREATION OF UINTA BOOKLET — INFO TO GET ALL OF THEM, PLUS STORY OF THE DEADLY FALL — MAKE COVID-19 EASY & WINNING the AGE CHALLENGE & ALL HEALTH PROBLEMS”

FINALLY BALD MT. PASS OFFICIALLY LISTED AS OPEN with 4.5 inches of new snow. 2019 DWR STOCKING OF HIGH UINTA LAKES NOTE: I have taken the DWR listing of all stocking done during 2019, and separated out those lakes and reservoirs in the High Uinta area: Summit, Daggett, Uintah, and Duchesne Counties. They are listed …

Continue reading “GET READY FOR HIGH UINTAS HIKING/BACKPACKING & AUTO-LOOP TOURING–The BOOK HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAN & PREPARE — THE BOOK IS INTERTWINED WITH 1,600 color photographs, 120 topographical maps, The HISTORY, The LEGENDS & The SURVIVAL STORIES, SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE BOOK EVEN IF YOU AREN’T A BACKPACKER.”