by Canyons and Crags | Jul 29, 2019 | Adventure Travel
Monday morning drive from Akureyri to Dalvik to catch the 9:00 o’clock ferry to the island of Grimsey; the only place in Iceland that extends into the Arctic Circle. Rough 3-hour ferry ride, not ideal for anyone prone to sea sickness. There were several such people on...
by Canyons and Crags | Jul 28, 2019 | Adventure Travel
According to the guidebook: “If you explore only one town in the Eastfjords, Seydisfjordur should be it. Made up of multi-colored wooden houses and surrounded by snowcapped mountains and cascading waterfalls.” On this day the surroundings were obscured by dense fog...
by Canyons and Crags | Mar 21, 2019 | Adventure Travel, Rich Rambles
Be sure to check out and join our meetup group at: Canyoneering Karma La Canada Flintridge, CA 3,636 Canyoneers Welcome to the Canyoneering Karma Meetup GroupOur group exists to serve; to help you learn, practice and hone technical canyoneering skills; to meet other...
by Canyons and Crags | Dec 4, 2017 | Adventure Travel
“OMG! Can you believe that guy? He almost ran right into me!” Actually, I couldn’t believe the woman who said that. I was stuck behind her group of around ten people, who were descending this section of trail three abreast. It would have been a...
by Canyons and Crags | Nov 5, 2017 | Adventure Travel
It popped up on the kiosk when I was signing in for a flight from LAX to Hong Kong. DR CARLSON RICHAR. Somehow the D at the end of Richard and my middle initial – R – got moved to the front of the line. I brought it to the ticket agent’s attention, but she...
by Canyons and Crags | Nov 3, 2017 | Adventure Travel, Training Reports
The canyon rendezvous concept was started by the ACA in 2000. Here’s is a brief history. Also just an excuse to wear my buckskins and show off my .50 caliber Hawken rifle. 🙂