Santa Fe Baldy Run
Tom, David, and myself did a mid January ascent of Baldy. Snow conditions were great and with the exception of the wind above tree line, it was a great day.
Jan 15, 2012
Photos: 31
Bali
I had a work trip to Bali, but was able to get out and explore some of the island for a day.
Dec 6, 2011
Photos: 61
NC Hiking
Went to NC to run the Duncan Ridge 50km and then afterwards hiked for a few days with my brother and father.
Nov 18, 2011
Photos: 48
Sewer backup
Work has begun to fixed my clogged up sewer system.
Nov 16, 2011
Photos: 7
Cabezon Peak
Andy, Sarah, and myself climbed this peak before doing a little mountain biking at White Mesa. Good way to spend a day.
Nov 11, 2011
Photos: 35
Gold Hill
Never having been up Gold Hill, Jason and myself went up to the Taos Ski Valley and make quick work of this 10 mile hike. Went up via Bull of the Woods and descended down Long Canyon
Oct 15, 2011
Photos: 32
China Photos
Some photos from my 3 weeks in China. I only took photos on some of the days.
Sep 10, 2011
Photos: 57
Jicarilla Peak
Petra, Sean, Dave, and myself did a round trip run up to Trampas Lakes, up the ridge to Jicarilla Peak, and then returned via the San Leonardo Lakes. We had a great day in the mountains.
Sep 3, 2011
Photos: 66
Guaje - Pipeline Area
Took a little tour from the ski hill to Guaje Overlook and then down Pipeline - Upper Guaje Ridge back to town.
Aug 4, 2011
Photos: 127
Mitchell Trail
Some photos from North Mitchell. If you remember this section before the fire, these picture are really depressing. I think that it will take some time for the ground to stabilize and the trail to be reclaimed.
Jul 29, 2011
Photos: 51
2011-07-26 Lower Guaje Ridge
Photos taken on Guaje Ridge between the Mitchell Trail and the Cemetery Road.
Jul 26, 2011
Photos: 42
Views of the effect of the fire on the Mitchell Trail and the section of Guaje Ridge near the Mitchell/Guaje intersection.
Jul 24, 2011
Photos: 54
Joshua Tree National Park
I took the oppertunity while I was at a conference in Palm Desert to check out Joshua Tree National Park. Although it was over a 100 out, it was still nice to see the park.
Jul 19, 2011
Hardrock 100 - 2011
Photos from the Hardrock 100 from the start to the top of Handies Peak. I only took photos on the climbing sections of the course and put the camera away while I was running down hill.
Jul 8, 2011
Photos: 94
Spencer Peak
A nice hike from Little Molas Lake. Perfect morning outing to streatch the legs before the Hardrock 100 race.
Jul 6, 2011
Photos: 34
Virginius Hike
Took a hike up to the top of Virginius Pass to check out the snow conditions for the Hardrock 100 race this weekend.
Jul 5, 2011
Photos: 40
Blue Lake Hike
After doing the Vai Ferrata we took a hike to Blue Lake high above town.
Jul 2, 2011
Photos: 30
Telluride Vai Ferrata
An enjoyable traverse across the cliff bands high above Telluride with Jason and Allison.
San Miguel Peak
A hike up San Miguel Peak with Jason and Allison. We had great weather and awesome views of the Northern San Juan Mountains.
Jul 1, 2011
Photos: 33
Wheeler Peak
Tom, David, Sean, and myself ran up Wheeler Peak. Great day but a little windy on top. Also some photos of the Las Conchas Fire.
Jun 26, 2011
City of Rocks
A week of climbing at City of Rocks in Idaho. Much fun was had by all!!
May 29, 2011
Photos: 87
Pocatello 50 Mile Trail Race
Pictures from the Pocatello 50 Mile Trail race held in the mountains just south of Pocatello, Idaho.
May 27, 2011
Photos: 74
Brothers Ski Weekend 2011
Paul and Ed came out West for a weekend of skiiing. We spent 3 days at Wolf Creek and also visited Tent Rocks National Monument.
Jan 14, 2011
Photos: 17
Grandfather Mountain
Paul and myself hiked up Grandfather Mountain to end a long post Thanksgiving hiking weekend.
Nov 29, 2010
Photos: 26
Shining Rocks
Second day of hiking in the North Carolina Mountains was to Shining Rocks on the Art Loeb Trail.
Nov 28, 2010
Photos: 23
Mt. Le Conte
Post Thanksgiving hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Paul, Jo, Dad, and myself hiked up Mt. Le Conte. We did a point to point hike from the Alum Cave Trailhead to Newfound Gap.
Nov 27, 2010
Photos: 70
Behunin Canyon in Zion National Park
The day after doing the Zion traverse we decide to get in some canyoneering. Good times were had by all as we made our way down Behunin Canyon. This was the first canyoneering experience for several in our group.
Nov 13, 2010
Photos: 58
Zion Traverse
The goal was to run from the East to the West side of Zion. We ended up doing ~38 miles of the route and stopped at Hop Valley. The scenery is awesome and this is a must do run.
Nov 12, 2010
Photos: 91
Zion National Park
Pictures from the Riverside Walk up the beginning of the Zion Narrows.
Nov 11, 2010
Photos: 9
San Antonio PacMan
Jason, Brian, Andy and Sarah, and myself did a run around and to the top of San Antonio Mountain. We had driven by this mountain dozens of times on our way to Colorado, so now was the time to explore it.
Nov 7, 2010
Photos: 49
Becky Visit
My friend from college visited so we went to Bandelier National Monument and also check out the Caldera.
Nov 6, 2010
Photos: 46
Cerro Rubio and Beyond
David, Sean, Ryan, Tom and myself headed out on a 15 mile run up Cerro Reio and beyond.
Oct 19, 2010
Photos: 52
Race Bibs
A history of my races though the race bibs.
Oct 17, 2010
Photos: 50
Fall colors
Aspen changing colors on my run up Caballo Mountain from the ski area (Oct 11th). Plus some photos from my hike at the ski area and up the Mitchell trail the next weekend (Oct 16th).
Oct 11, 2010
Photos: 41
Ken and Teresa's Wedding
Oct 8, 2010
Photos: 59
Pajarito Ski Area Hike
Fall colors, snow, and dogs.
Oct 3, 2010
Photos: 19
Sandia Crossing
A run across the Sandia Mountain Range from South to North. Distance is ~26 miles.
Sep 25, 2010
Photos: 44
Cascade Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run
Jason and myself ran in the CC100. This is a hard 100 mile trail run in the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. Elevation gain of 22,000 feet.
Aug 28, 2010
Photos: 72
San Pedro Peak
Jason, Tom, and myself headed out to the San Pedro Parks Wilderness and hiked/ran to the top of San Pedro Peak.
Aug 22, 2010
Photos: 29
Caballo Mountain
We ran up Caballo Mountain using the reconstructed Vallecito Trail.
Jul 18, 2010
Vestal Basin Flowers
Flowers in Vestal Basin.
Jul 4, 2010
Vestal Basin
Over 4th of July weekend, Jason, Allison, Lee, Andy, Sarah, and myself hiked into Vestal Basin for some peak bagging. We climbed Vestal, Array, the Trinity Peaks, Peak Two, and Peak Three. It was a great weekend.
Jul 2, 2010
Photos: 79
Pocatello 50 Mile Race
A few pre and post race pictures from my trip to Idaho to run the Pocatello 50 Mile race.
May 28, 2010
White Rim Run
A group from Los Alamos when out to Canyonlands to run the White Rim.
Apr 16, 2010
Photos: 64
Los Alamos to Santa Fe Run
A group of us ran from Los Alamos towards Santa Fe. We went down Rendija Canyon to NM502. Then crossed the Rio Grande and parrelled the river to Buckman Road. Took a detour up Diablo Canyon and then Allison picked up Jason and myself. We got alomst 22 miles in.
Feb 20, 2010
Jemez Fun
Jason and myself attemped a summit of Redondo Peak. The snow conditions were pretty bad so we aborted, but still had a fun time.
Feb 19, 2010
Photos: 11
Rabbit Mountain
A couple of shots from a quick trip up Rabbit Mountain with Jason.
Feb 14, 2010
Photos: 4
Jakarta
A few random photos from Jakarta.
Feb 12, 2010
Photos: 10
Jogyakarta
A weekend visit to see this sights around Jogyakarta, Indonesia.
Feb 6, 2010
Photos: 63
Taking advantage of the warm weather and low snowfall so far this season, Jason and myself decide to run up Santa Fe Baldy. The 13 mile run with around 3,500 feet of climbing took us just under 4 hours to complete. We had great weather and the trail was in excellent condition not requiring anything but running shoes.
Jan 17, 2010
Photos: 20
Colorado Trail Friends Yurt
A group of us went up to the Colorado Trail Friends Yurt for the weekend. We have great weather and a good time.
Jan 8, 2010
Caja Del Rio Plateau Run
Jason and myself did a 22.5 mile run on the Caja Del Rio Plateau. This area is just across the Rio Grande River from White Rock. We had a great run and got to explore some new area.
Jan 3, 2010
Photos: 28
Snow shoveling pictures.
We got a pretty good December snow storm. Some pictures taken while clearing the driveway of snow.
Dec 8, 2009
Photos: 12
Went for a hike up Rabbit Mountain with my father. This is one of the mountains that surrounds the Caldera in the Jemez.
Nov 28, 2009
Tent Rocks
Pictures from a trip to Tent Rocks National Monuments. Went there the day after Thanksgiving with my parents.
Nov 27, 2009
Mt Mitchell
I meet up with my brother Paul and my father for a climb up Mt. Mitchell. The high point of North Carolina.
Sep 18, 2009
Photos: 25
Nolan's 14
Nolan's 14 is a run over 14 Colorado summits that top out over 14,000 feet. This is an unofficial event with a suggested time limit of 60 hours. http://www.mattmahoney.net/nolans14/ Three of us attempted this and I ended up summitting 4 of the 14 peaks in roughly 22 hours.
Sep 4, 2009
East Pecos Baldy
Diana and myself went on a hike up East Pecos Baldy from the Jacks Creek Trailhead. We had a great day.
Aug 2, 2009
RMNP Climbing Trip
Roger and myself went on a week long climbing trip in Rocky Mountain National Park. We got some excellent climbing in and had great weather.
Jul 18, 2009
Photos: 125
Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run 2009
Photos taken during the running of the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run.
Jul 10, 2009
Photos: 154
Mount of the Holy Cross
Jason, Allison, Daniel, Sam, Sarah, and myself climbing up Mount of the Holy Cross in celebration of Independence Day. All of us except Allison climbed the Classic Holy Cross Couloir.
Jul 4, 2009
Carter Classic
Daniel, Jason, Allison and myself climbed on Dave's Face outside of Buena Vista on a route called Carter Classic. This was a fun multipitch climb.
Jul 3, 2009
Colorado Trip - June 2009
Paul and Jo came out to visit for a week and we tour around Colorado after I ran in the SJS50. We had a great time and got to see a lot of Southwest Colorado.
Jun 21, 2009
Photos: 187
2009-05-29 Santa Fe Baldy Run
Jason, Tom, David, and myself spent the morning running/power hiking up Santa Fe Baldy.
May 29, 2009
Another April Snow Storm
It should not still be snowing in the middle of April.
Apr 17, 2009
April Snow
We had a good snow storm in mid April. This made great conditions on Pajarito.
Apr 11, 2009
Taos Rim Run.
A moon lit run with some friends.
Apr 7, 2009
Photos: 16
Diablo Canyon - Cockscomb Rock Climbing
A great day climbing with friends.
Apr 3, 2009
Photos: 21
Indonesia Trip Feb 2009
Pictures from the trip to Singapore and Indonesia.
Feb 20, 2009
Indonesia Trip Jan 2009
Work trip to Indonesia.
Jan 24, 2009
Climbing at the Playground
Just a lazy Sunday at the Playground for a couple of climbs.
Jan 11, 2009
Photos: 18
Christmas Day 2008
We got some fresh snow in Los Alamos and some fresh turns at the ski hill. Merry Christmas everyone!
Dec 25, 2008
Photos: 13
December Snow
Snowing Hard. Nova turned "white" in only a minute.
Dec 22, 2008
Photos: 2
Red Rocks Climbing Trip
Climbed in Red Rocks for several days. Just a couple of photos from the trip.
Nov 11, 2008
Hardrock 100 2008
Photos taken during the Hardrock 100 in 2008.
Jul 10, 2008
Photos: 68
Mount Adams
I spend the 4th of July weekend with Jacque. We first visited her family in Rye, CO and then went hiking in the Sangres de Cristo Mountains. We hiked to the Dry Lakes one day and climbed Mount Adams the other day.
Jul 7, 2008
San Juan Solstice 50 Mile run
Some photos from the San Juan Solstice 50 mile run held in Lake City, Colorado.
Jun 21, 2008
Mountain Momma
Jason and myself went down to the Sandias to climb Mountain Momma (5.10c). We had a great day climbing. Enjoy the photos.
Jun 7, 2008
Trail Marking for the JMTR
Six of us went out and marked a couple of section of trail for the Jemez Mountain Trail Runs. Shown are pictures from 1) the Ski Lodge Aid Station to Pipeline Aid Station (mile 36 to 39 in 50 mile and mile 19 to 22 in 50k). 2) Pipeline Aid Station to Valle Grande Aid Station to the Saddle between Cerro Grande and Pajarito Moutain (mile 17 to 24). 3) Top of Pajarito to Ski Lodge Aid Station (mile 34 to 36).
May 11, 2008
Photos: 86
2008-05-10 Sandias Warpy Moople
Jason and myself spent the day climbing Warpy Moople in the Sandias. I only took a couple of pictures.
May 10, 2008
Trail work for the JMTR
Photos from trail work of the Jemez Mountain Trail Runs. Most of the pictures are from trail work on the upper section of Guaje Ridge Trail with some of Mitchell also
May 9, 2008
Notch Mountain
Jason, Cynthia, and myself made an attempt on Mount of the Holy Cross. Weather and snow conditions made us abort the attempt. Instead was summited Notch Mountain and got an afternoon of back country snowboarding.
Jan 21, 2008
LAMC climbing ropes
Inventory of the LAMC climbing ropes. Jan, 5 2008. Updated to add new ropes on Feb 18, 2008.
Jan 5, 2008
Thanksgiving 2007
Family Thanksgiving gathering
Nov 22, 2007
Larry Canyon
After hiking through Not Mind Bender canyon, we decided to do Larry the next day. I though that Larry was better as it had a long and consistant slot.
Nov 17, 2007
Photos: 38
Not Mind Bender
Photos from our trip through Not Mind Bender. This is a slot canyon that has a couple of rappels and several sections of nice slots.
Nov 16, 2007
Shelf Road Climbing
Jason, Allison, and myself headed to Shelf Road for a weekend of sport climbing.
Nov 10, 2007
Pajarito Trail Festival
The Pajarito Trail Festival included a half marathon. I worked the aid station at the mile 8 and 10 mark. I tried to take pictures of all the runners that passed through. If I miss identified you, please let me know. If you would like a high resolution copy of you picture, Email me at billgeist@gmail.com
Oct 13, 2007
Photos: 190
California Climbing Trip.
For the past several years Jason and myself have been taking a two week long fall climbing trip. This year we went to California. We climbing mostly in Yosemite, but also got to the high Sierras for a day of more remote climbing. On the way home we stopped at Red Rock outside of Las Vegas for a little sandstone climbing to break the drive up. I tried to limit the number of pictures for each climb and also put in a lot of landscape pictures for the non-climbing visitors.
Sep 2, 2007
Photos: 165
Grizzly Peak (13,988 feet)
Dan, Jason, and myself set out to climb Grizzly Peak via the East Ridge route from the McNasser Gulch Trail head. We were expecting loose conditions and a slow climb. The route was much nicer than we were expecting and we were all back to the car in 3:15. It was a nice way to end another great weekend of climbing the high peaks of Colorado.
Aug 12, 2007
Maroon Bells
Theresa, Rich, Robin, Jason, and myself rang the bells. We ascended Maroon Peak via the South Ridge, then traveresed to North Maroon, and descended via the North East Ridge. We had great weather and everyone had a great time on the climb.
Aug 11, 2007
Photos: 65
Pajarito and Cerro Grand Training Run
Photos of a 22 mile training run around Los Alamos. We started at Jason's house and took the Mitchell Trail to Guaje Ridge to Pipeline to the top of the Pajarito Ski Hill. From there we dropped down the back side and went up Cerro Grande. The return to town was down Canon de Valle to the Perimeter Trail into town.
Aug 5, 2007
Photos: 36
Williams Lake Cirque
Erik and myself headed up to the Taos Ski Valley to hike the cirque around Williams Lake. We started at the Williams Lake Trail Head and hiked up the ski area to the top of Kachina Peak. From there we went over Lake Fork Peak, Point 12818, Simpson Peak, Old Mike Peak, and finally to Wheeler Peak. From Wheeler we descended the West slopes directly to Williams Lake and then hiked back to the car. This is a very enjoyable ridge hike and is definately recommended.
Jul 22, 2007
Photos: 37
Climbing in the Sandias
Mark and myself went climbing in the Sandias. We climbed Estrellita, Clean Sweep, and Beat Around the Bush on the Estrellita wall and also Miss Piggy on the Hole-in-the-Wall Area.
Jul 21, 2007
Photos: 15
Hardrock 100 2007
The Hardrock 100 is a 100 mile endurance run that takes place in Colorado. It goes from Silverton to Ouray to Telluride and back to Silverton. In the process is passes through some very secinic terrian in the San Juan Mountains. The course has over 33,000 feet of elevation gain and is run at an average elevation of 11,186 feet.
Jul 15, 2007
Photos: 132
Mount Ouray (13,971 feet)
Myself along with Cuba and Nova did Mount Ouray to finish up a weekend of climbing 13ers. This would be the 5th 13er of the weekend. I made this a loop hike by ascended the Northeast Ridge and descending the East Ridge. This was the perfect "Tour de Ouray".
Jul 1, 2007
Lackawanna Peak (13,823)
Dan and I along with Nova and Cuba made a quick climb of Lackawanna Peak. We climbed the direct South Slopes routes, which goes 3,400 feet directly up to the top in 1.7 miles.
Jun 30, 2007
Photos: 14
Horseshoe Mountain (13,898 feet)
After climbing Lackawanna in the morning, Dan and I decided we could do Horseshoe in the afternoon. The weather was great, just a couple of clouds. We did Horseshoe by the West Slopes route from the Gold Basin Trailhead. This was a quick hike to wrap up the day!
Emerald and Iowa
Dan and I along with Nova and Cuba climbed Iowa and Emerald Peaks, two high 13,000 foot peaks. We approached from the Missouri Gulch Trailhead and descend to the Rockdale Trailhead making a nice loop hike.
Jun 29, 2007
Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks
I meet up with my father and brother and spent a week hiking in the parks.
May 24, 2007
Photos: 149
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