hiking & backpacking

I’ve been backpacking with my buddy Jay (and others) off and on since 1984. Sometimes I write old trip reports. All disasters and near-disasters are fully disclosed.

Jon Foro 8/10/23 Jon Foro 8/10/23

2023

Checking a box with this one, but this box probably would have been better checked 20 years prior.

Jon Foro 8/5/22 Jon Foro 8/5/22

Park Lakes: 8/5/2022

SWARMS OF FLIES. SWARMS OF DEER. SWARMS OF MEMORIES.

Jon Foro 8/16/19 Jon Foro 8/16/19

Rainbow Lake: 8/16/2019

Rainbow lake via Mason Lake, with side trips to Island Lake and Mt. Defiance.

Jon Foro 8/17/18 Jon Foro 8/17/18

Copper Lake-Foss Lakes: 8/17/2018

I almost slid off a cliff at Big Heart Lake.

Jon Foro 7/28/07 Jon Foro 7/28/07

Bear Lake: 7/28/2007

We kept walking until we found the worst campsite in the world.

Jon Foro 6/22/07 Jon Foro 6/22/07

Ingalls Creek: 6/22/2007

The lost gold of Captain Ingalls, and also a lost donkey. How do you lose a donkey.

Jon Foro 7/20/05 Jon Foro 7/20/05

Lake Ingalls: 7/20/2005

A lot of nonsense went on that night.

Jon Foro 8/20/04 Jon Foro 8/20/04

Snow Lake: 8/20/2004

Dad learns about the Mountain Twist cocktail. Legacy of the Crap Shovel Part Two.

Jon Foro 8/7/03 Jon Foro 8/7/03

Snow Lake: 8/7/2003

Hiking in jeans, and the Legacy of the Crap Shovel Part One.

Jon Foro 8/1/85 Jon Foro 8/1/85

We left some trace

Raw hot dogs and other despicable acts. Please accept my apologies, it was 1985.