Embedded into the backcountry areas of Zion National Park, the Sierra Nevada, Death Valley National Park, and the Mojave Desert, Courtney Purcell's ramblings have also taken him all across the country and the world. From hiking, climbing and peakbagging in the Rockies, the Andes, the high volcanoes of Washington and Mexico, into the depths explored in spelunking, and the canyoneering of the Colorado Plateau, here you'll find trip reports, route beta and "stuff" relevant to the world of...
Where: Outside Indio, California
When: October 2009
Who: DB & I.jpg)
While I'd had every desire to hike up San Gorgonio and a couple of the sub-peaks of San Jacinto while in Indio for Phish Festival 8, the experience was too overwhelming to do anything more than bag a trio of short, easy peaks in the desert not far from the venue. Still, a rewarding time was had!.jpg)
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