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...
UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS
I'll be giving talks on a variety of cool and interesting topics over the coming months. Here's my current schedule:
January 27 (2016): Exploring Zion National Park (Las Vegas Mountaineers Club @ REI-Las Vegas, NV)
February 1: Discovering the Alpine (Grand Canyon Youth - Flagstaff, AZ)
February 19: Exploring Zion National Park (The Desert Rat - St. George, UT)
April 6: Climbing the California Fourteeners (REI-Tustin, CA; 7PM)
April 7: Climbing the California Fourteeners (REI-Huntington Beach, CA; 7PM)
April 8: Climbing the California Fourteeners (REI-Manhattan Beach, CA; 7PM)
May 18: 10 Days on Aconcagua (REI-Anchorage, AK; 6PM)
July 27: Exploring Zion National Park (REI-Anchorage, AK; 6PM)
August 9: Exploring the Chugach (REI-Anchorage, AK; 6PM)
September 15: Exploring Zion National Park (REI-Bellingham, WA; 6PM)
September 21: Exploring Zion National Park (REI-Portland, OR; 6:30PM)
September 22: exploring Zion National Park (REI-Clackamas, OR; 6:30PM)
September 27: Exploring the Oregon Cascades (REI-Eugene, OR; 7PM)
October 7: Introduction to Mountaineering (REI-Arcadia, CA; 7PM)
October 10: Introduction to Mountaineering (REI-Tustin, CA; 7PM)
October 11: Exploring Grand Canyon National Park (REI-San Diego, CA; 6:30PM)
October 12: Introduction to Mountaineering (REI-Rancho Cucamonga, CA; 7PM)
October 22: Exploring Southern Nevada (Corn Creek, NV; 12:30PM)
October 26: Exploring Alaska (Las Vegas Mountaineers Club @ REI-Las Vegas, NV; 7PM)
November 1: Zion Canyoneering (REI-Henderson, NV; 7PM)
November 8: Introduction to Mountaineering (REI-Huntington Beach, CA; 7PM)
November 10: Introduction to Mountaineering (REI-Manhattan Beach, CA; 7PM)
December 6: Exploring Zion National Park (REI-Dallas, TX; 7PM)
December 14: Exploring Grand Canyon National Park (Environeers-Sarasota, FL; 8PM)
December 29: Exploring Zion National Park (Bill Jackson's Shop for Adventure-Pinellas Park, FL; 6:30PM)
January 19 (2017): Exploring Grand Teton National Park (REI-Fort Worth, TX: 7PM)
January 24: Exploring Grand Canyon National Park (REI-Tucson, AZ; 6:30PM)
January 25: Exploring Zion National Park (REI-Tucson, AZ; 6:30PM)
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