Howard's Home Page and Adventure Guide

Between a Rock and a.....

hard place, wet place, cold place, dark place,..... you fill in the blank.

You're in and "It's time to crank". This page center's around one key word. The word that can bring your adrenaline up in a heartbeat. The word that propels you to speeds only Peregrine Falcons dream of, the word that keeps you from being a human satellite. GRAVITY! So much of my outdoor energy is devoted to harnessing it, controlling it, cursing it and loving it.

When was the last time GRAVITY got a hold of you and took you for a ride? Who was in control? What was the outcome? Did you walk away from it or limp? You will find some stories, some advice and a few "words of wisdom" about my friend GRAVITY.

What makes me tick?

• Running / Biking down a single track weaving through the trees

• Firing a hard move 30 feet out on a climb

• Going anaerobic on a long haul up a fire road on my Mountain Bike

• Glissading down the slopes of Mount Rainier after a long day of climbing

• Pushing the last 10 miles of a 100 mile running race

These are the things that "recharge my batteries". So to that end let me share with you some of my adventures, some were successes, some were not, but I would not call them failures, only an education, a life experience, something that tests my physical and mental abilities.

I would like to thank my family for their support, and my friends for the same along with their competitiveness and humor. These are guys you can trust your life to. You know who you are. Anyway enough of the mushy stuff on with the adventures.

I post most of my picture on WebShots so check them out here.  Also have some pictures, stories and links to some trips below.

--Climbing/Hiking Stories

• Charlotte Dome
• Sun Ribbon Arete  
• Mount Humphreys
• Joshua Tree Weekend
• The Woop Woop Sound
• Mountains & Crags I Have Climbed  
• Mount Rainier Trip photos
• Mount Morgan(view from)
• Mt. Whitney / Russell '98
• Mt.. Russell '99
• Middle Palisade '01
• Thunderbolt Peak '01
• Mount Whitney May '02
• Mount Langley August '02 
• Thunderbolt Peak '02  
• Yosemite October '03
• Whitney and Muir August '04
• Starlight Peak August '04 with full motion video too; more pics
• Nepal October '05

--Biking Stories

--Animals

• Tubing with a Diamondback
• Snake Pictures  
• Wildlife Encounters

--Running

• Boney Mountain Trail
• Santa Monica Mountains Backbone Trail  
• Ultra Running Races
• Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim May 2002
• Bishop Ball Buster Running Party
• Cambria Running
• Rim to Rim to Rim  - Grand Canyon April 2005
• Gobi March - China
• Evolution Valley 100K
• Atacama Crossing - Chile

--Our Dogs

• Our Dog Tasha, may she rest in peace and our newest dog Anouk  

--Words of Wisdom

Most of these little sayings are things that get blurted out during some of my outdoor activities. The origin for most of these are from my climbing adventures, but all have their applications in other activities like mountain biking or hiking. I have used a number of these at work and they have been entertaining for some.

• "Motivate to Operate"
• "Fire or Retire"
• "Blow or Go"
• "One mistake... big pancake"
• "Severe penalty for early withdrawal"
• "Make it happen, don't just watch it happen"
• "Go Big or Go Home"

--Links - Here are some the places I have found of interest.

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Fight Gravity in All That You Do ..................... Motivate to Operate .................... Fire or Retire .................. Go or Blow ........................ Severe Penalty for Early Withdrawal ..........................."It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."................Security is mostly a superstition; it does not exist in nature. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing..............Fatigue makes cowards of us all...........

Last updated: Friday, May 02, 2008