Don’t let obesity stop you from getting out, being active, and creating wonderful memories! You’re stronger and can do more than you think you can— be prepared to amaze yourself! These photos are all of things I did or places I went while morbidly obese or losing weight.
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| Above Phoca Rock, Col. River Gorge, June 2003 |
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| Fording a stream in the Columbia River Gorge, March 2004 |
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| Top of short steep hike in Col. River Gorge | |
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| Dry Creek Falls, Col. River Gorge, Apr. 2006 |
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| Spelunking in Hawaii, Nov. 2002 |
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| First hike up Tumalo Mtn., Sept. 2006 |
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| Top of Paulina Peak, Aug. 2005 (broken ankle) |
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| First hike up Black Butte, June 2006 |
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| First snowshoe outing with sis, 2006 |
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| Tahiti, 2002 |
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| Tahiti, 2002 |
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| St, Louis Arch, September 2003 |
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| Mt. Hood view, unknown location and date |
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| Hiking the Eagle Creek Trail, Feb. 2004 |
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| Fairy Falls, May 2004 |
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| Top of Beacon Rock, May 2004 |
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| Top of Angel’s Rest, May 2004 |
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| Burnt Lake Trail backpacking, July 2004 |
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| Sis (left) and me at East ZigZag lookout site above Burnt Lake, July 2004 |
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| I crawled the entire Ape Cave lava tube (2hrs 10 min end to end)! Mt. St. Helens Nat’l Volcanic Monument, July 2005 |
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| Exiting Ape Cave! |
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| Rodney Falls, Col. River Gorge, Feb. 2006 |
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| Elowah Falls, Columbia River Gorge |
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| 1/2 way up the big pyramid at Chichen Itza, Oct. 2000 |
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Personal mini-sub, Cancun, Oct. 2000
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| Top of Silver Star Mountain, WA., Sept. 2006 |
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| Hiking Cooper Spur on Mt. Hood, Oct. 2006 |
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| Hiking up to Cooper Spur on Mt. Hood, October 2006 |
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| Top of Dog Mountain, April 2007 |
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| Gorton Creek Falls, Columbia River Gorge, July 2004 |
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| Top of Wind Mountain, Columbia River Gorge, Feb. 2005 |
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| Near summit of Hamilton Mountain, Columbia River Gorge, Feb. 2006 |
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| Ramona Falls, May 2006 |
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| Top of Chinidere Mtn, August 2006 |
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| Getting friendly with iguana, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Nov. 2008 |
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| Turtle on the trail, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Nov. 2008 |
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| Castle Rocks, north end of Green Ridge, Central Oregon, Sept. 2002 |
I remember when you bushwhacked out to the crater in the MSH lava bed. that was impressive.
ReplyDeleteWay cool! I kind of got lost up on Greenridge yesterday, just looking for stuff to photograph, and whilst searching Greenridge today on the web I came across your blog.
ReplyDeleteJust ran Gorge Waterfall 50K last weekend (altered course but still nice). My friend mentioend your race report - it was a great read but then I noticed you weren't always able to run far. I'm in awe and you're doing something really amazing here. Thanks for sharing your journey. Inspiring - I want to go for a run right now!
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