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Ella Climbs the Grand
“Two beers please Jake,” Ella said to the bartender while holding up two fingers to make her order clear in case he couldn’t quite hear...
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charlesjromeo
Sep 25 min read
For Want of a Sandwich: Backpacking in the Tetons with Josh
Josh standing at the edge of Death Canyon near Pass Lake “So wait, you’re telling me that the only things on this sandwich are breaded...
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charlesjromeo
Jul 912 min read
Enchaining the Bridgers: An old guy’s epic adventure
Enchaining: def , to bind or hold as if with chains. Ever since I moved to Bozeman in June 2020, I have found the prospect of enchaining...
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charlesjromeo
Jun 36 min read
Rethinking My Relationship with Yellowstone
When I first ventured into the Yellowstone backcountry, I found it threatening. It was in June in the early 1980s when Terry and I...
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charlesjromeo
May 66 min read
Traversing Zion
Altitude trumps latitude. It’s something we all know to be true. ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ which coat the mountain’s high altitudes in...
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charlesjromeo
Sep 11, 202312 min read
The Individuation of Adventure on the Teton Crest
Phelps Lake BEAR! Bear in the brush! I had been hiking along blurting out my usual chorus of “Koo-Ka-Doo,” and “Human in the Forest,”...
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charlesjromeo
Jul 20, 202315 min read
Sunburn: Getting Huk out of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Early July, 1983: We awoke to brilliant blue skies on the third morning of our journey. The first two days had been stormy. First came...
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charlesjromeo
Jun 6, 20234 min read
The Evolution of Adventure
When we are out on adventures, we no longer talk to the folks we meet about the Great White Father in the East, nor do we hunt and trap...
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charlesjromeo
May 11, 20233 min read
Much to Learn: Wilderness first aid training (3 min read)
As of Spring 2023, my medical training had been limited to watching the occasional hospital show that I am certain provides an entirely...
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charlesjromeo
Apr 13, 20237 min read
The Last Hike: A dystopian fantasy
As we drove along Spanish Creek I found myself saying aloud, “Wow, they paved this all the way in.” Terry replied, “You knew that, are...
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charlesjromeo
Mar 16, 202312 min read
Four Bath Towels and an Axe: Greenhorns in the Tetons
It was late July in the Summer of 1977. I was living at my parents’ house in New Jersey at the time, and Marty, a friend that I had made...
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charlesjromeo
Mar 2, 202310 min read
Finding Josh: The Hyalites suddenly feel extremely remote
July 7, 2022. The rivers were swollen, the waterfalls were spectacular. This hadn’t presented a problem until now. We were about 4...
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charlesjromeo
Feb 27, 202325 min read
Climbing Granite: a successful series of misadventures
In early August 1984, Rune and I along with George and Al, two of Rune’s friends made a successful attempt on Montana’s tallest mountain:...
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