<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.mikepearce.us/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Tracking Mike - MikePearce.us</title><language>en-us</language><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/</link><description>Mike trys to get out into an adventure, big or small, as often as possible. Trips include backpacking, photography, hiking, mountain biking, road tripping, exploring, peak bagging and more. Favorite locales include the Grand Canyon, Moab, and Zion National Park.</description><item><title>Job Hunting - January 07, 2010</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=98</link><description>I'm currently looking for Front End, or Application Developer positions anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. If anybody knows of any...</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:35:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=98</guid></item><item><title>Traveling Europe - October 08, 2009</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=97</link><description> After months of looking for a job, and exploring the opportunity trying to live and work in Paris for a short time, I decided to start traveling....</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:55:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=97</guid></item><item><title>Zion and Arches National Park 12/08-01/09 - January 06, 2009</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=96</link><description>Extra vacation days at the end of the year made for an opportunity to head to Southern Utah and check out Zion in the winter again. The snow had hit...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:49:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=96</guid></item><item><title>Grand Canyon - Tonto Trail (Grandview to South Kaibab) 11/27-12/1/08 - December 03, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=95</link><description>We initially planned to do the Boucher Trail, but with the amount of precip we didn't want to be on such a rugged trail, and fortunately due to the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:58:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=95</guid></item><item><title>Green River Kayaking - Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons - Canyonlands NP - October 03, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=94</link><description>The time finally came to go on a super long trip. This was one of my most complicated trips to plan, logistically speaking,  but that's not saying...</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:12:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=94</guid></item><item><title>Solar Powered my GPS For $35 - September 15, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=93</link><description>With a float trip down 120 miles of the Green River, I thought, wouldn't it be nice to be able to recharge my GPS on the fly? I have the eXplorist...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:05:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=93</guid></item><item><title>Death Hollow (Boulder Mail Trail to Death Hollow, then Escalante to the Hwy 12 Bridge) - August 18, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=92</link><description>Finally, the trip to do a stretch of Death Hollow came. We stopped at the Hells Backbone Cafe in Boulder for a few minutes. Just long enough to sit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:37:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=92</guid></item><item><title>Spiral Jetty II - Great Salt Lake - July 19, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=91</link><description>Went camping here over the weekend. Check out the Spiral Jetty  and  Great Salt Lake Pics.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:14:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=91</guid></item><item><title>Canyonlands - Needles - May 04, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=90</link><description>I've been wanting to do a trip in Needles for a long time. It's got a reputation of having phenomenally spectacular scenery. It's only fitting that I...</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 21:10:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=90</guid></item><item><title>Trailfest - Price, UT - April 2008 - April 21, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=89</link><description>Sometimes I'm a little out of the loop, but I'm glad I found out about this a few days before it went down. I headed to Price after work all loaded...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:48:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=89</guid></item><item><title>New Bike - Hurricane Riding - Gooseberry &amp; JEM Trails - March 23, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=88</link><description>I got my bike on Thursday at work. It was a little before lunch, and it was just barely within my view of my peripheral vision. It was driving me...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:39:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=88</guid></item><item><title>Superstitions - Winter 2008 - February 19, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=87</link><description>I love my truck, but sometimes the voices I keep hearing to buy a new one just sound so good. We were twenty minutes into the drive when my truck...</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:03:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=87</guid></item><item><title>Zion National Park - Backcountry Stuff - January 20, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=86</link><description>I was really looking forward to getting down to Southern Utah, just hoping beyond hope that it would be kinda warm, and that I wouldn't have to see...</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:47:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=86</guid></item><item><title>New Web Host (Again) - January 05, 2008</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=85</link><description>I've concluded that Plesk and I are not compatible. You change a few innocent settings, and it blows your site away and replaces it with the Plesk...</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:58:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=85</guid></item><item><title>South Canyon (Grand Canyon) - November 11, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=84</link><description>This trip concludes the Fall trip series. It was fun. Especially the two weeks I didn't go on trips so I could catch up on   everything I was missing...</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:57:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=84</guid></item><item><title>West Rim Trail - Grotto -> Campsite 6 &amp; Back - October 21, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=83</link><description>With a new camera, I was really excited to head back to rephotograph some of the most beautiful areas I've been in. The trip got off to a great start...</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=83</guid></item><item><title>Little Wild Horse Canyon - Bell Canyon - October 13, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=82</link><description>I just got back from the San Rafael Swell - was planning on doing 4 canyons, Little Wild Horse, Bell, Ding  and  Dang, but only got to do the first two....</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:55:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=82</guid></item><item><title>Wet Beaver Creek - October 08, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=81</link><description>Sure it sounds like a strip club in Tijuana, but it was a lot funner. Well, I'm guessing it's a lot more fun. In comparing   Tijuana to the Creek -...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:24:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=81</guid></item><item><title>Bordering on Insanity - September 30, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=80</link><description>Spring and Fall have become my prime times for going on trips. Last spring I tried the every other week method for doing stuff, and found I quickly...</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:51:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=80</guid></item><item><title>Channel Islands Dive Trip - September 25, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=79</link><description>It all started a little after 11 pm on a Tuesday night. I drove off to pick up a friend, then head to the dive shop to load all our gear up onto a...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:32:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=79</guid></item><item><title>Highline Trail - East Fork Blacks Fork - September 12, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=78</link><description>I've always been compelled to stay in the desert  and  avoid the mountains when backpacking, but I wasn't going to pass up an opportunity to get into the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:24:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=78</guid></item><item><title>Concrete Counter Tops - Testing Complete - September 03, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=77</link><description>I finally finished my test slab using the recipe I developed for my bathroom countertops. I managed to get the glass in smaller chunks like I wanted...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:37:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=77</guid></item><item><title>Zion Narrows - Zion National Park - July 02, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=76</link><description>So Brittany got permits to do the Narrows, and who am I to say no to a pre-arranged trip where all I have to do is show up? The temps were supposed...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:17:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=76</guid></item><item><title>Site Downtime - June 12, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=71</link><description>So my web host seriously let me and a bunch of other people down when the hard drive our sites were on failed, and the data was unrecoverable. They...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:42:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=71</guid></item><item><title>New Site Design - May 28, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=70</link><description>I'm implementing a new design at the moment. If something looks a little funky or even way off  and  out of its place, that's okay, it'll be fixed later.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=70</guid></item><item><title>Top 50 Photo Picks - May 06, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=69</link><description>I recently went through and compiled the top 50 photos from my trips over the past 3 years and put them in one collection. UPDATED: View the best...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 02:53:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=69</guid></item><item><title>Escalante River Canyon - Escalante to the Hwy 12 Bridge - April 29, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=68</link><description>After the Boulder Mail Trail, I wanted to get back down into the area to explore it more. The plan to go out of anything was touch  and  go, but in the...</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:18:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=68</guid></item><item><title>Boulder Mail Trail - April 15, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=67</link><description>Cross another trail off the list! The Boulder Mail Trail has a lame sounding name, but it's a cool hike through a sweet area of high desert...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:59:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=67</guid></item><item><title>Canyonlands - The Maze - South Fork to The Plug - March 18, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=66</link><description>I'd never been to The Maze area of Canyonlands, in fact everything between Hwy 24 and the Green River in that area was  totally uncharted to me. The...</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:52:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=66</guid></item><item><title>Grand Canyon - Hermit Trail to Tonto Trail to Bright Angel Trail - February 13, 2007</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=65</link><description>The Tonto Trail has started interesting me lately, so I picked the obvious choice for an introductory hike and that was the section between the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:07:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=65</guid></item><item><title>Baja Roadtrip - Ensenada and San Felipe Mexico - December 27, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=62</link><description>I've wanted to check out the upper part of Baja California for a long time now, and finally pulled myself away from the cold winter for a little sun...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:04:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=62</guid></item><item><title>New Blog!!! - November 16, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=60</link><description>It's been a long time coming. I finally got tired of using the same blog software that I had been tied down to, and decided to see what was out there...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:02:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=60</guid></item><item><title>The Stair Machine from Hell aka Tapeats Creek to Deer Creek Loop via the Bill Hall Trail - October 25, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=58</link><description>This one wasn't even on my list, but it was on the North Rim, and since the season to do those trails was closing, I figured why not. So it was...</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:08:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=58</guid></item><item><title>So Many Trails...So Little Time - October 17, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=57</link><description>I recently sat down and made a list of all the trails I want to do. It turned out, there were a whole lot more than I thought there were. So now if I...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:07:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=57</guid></item><item><title>The Grand Canyon Curse Lives On - September 05, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=56</link><description>Ever since I first visited the Grand Canyon, I've had at least one bad thing   happen every time. It all started with the Havasu Falls trip that...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:06:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=56</guid></item><item><title>West Rim Trail - Zions National Park - August 21, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=55</link><description>I was half expecting the West Rim Trail to be nice and mellow more the first 9 miles and then just wind down some cliffs and drop in elevation down...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:05:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=55</guid></item><item><title>Mt Nebo - August 15, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=54</link><description>Just checked off another county high point. Took the North Route off of Mona Pole Rd. It's a clean cut trail that slowly approaches the mountain...</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:05:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=54</guid></item><item><title>Mojo Rebuilding on the Ben Lomond Trail from North Fork Park - August 12, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=53</link><description>I've always been curious about the trails out of North Fork Park. There are two that head up to the Skyline Trail, the Ben Lomond Trail and the...</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:04:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=53</guid></item><item><title>Dell's Catalog Mailing List (how to get off it) - August 03, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=52</link><description>I hate getting junk mail, and Dell is a huge instigator because somehow, no matter how hard people try, they can't get Dell to stop sending them...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=52</guid></item><item><title>La Sals/Moab 2006 - July 17, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=51</link><description>The only reason I'd go to Moab in the middle of July is to climb Mt Waas and Mt Peale, unfortunately neither of those happened. Halfway up a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:02:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=51</guid></item><item><title>Buckskin Gulch - Paria Canyon - May 30, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=50</link><description>Here's the really brief synopsis of the trip: Buckskin Gulch - The never ending canyon. The 12 miles seemed like 30. Turn a corner, oh look! More...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 22:02:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=50</guid></item><item><title>North Skyline Trail - North Ogden Pass - May 18, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=49</link><description>So for the 8th time in the last month, I hauled my butt up the North Skyline Trail to the snowline. Twice I did it on my bike. That did wonders for...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 22:01:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=49</guid></item><item><title>Bonneville Shoreline Trail (potential) North Ogden, South-East Section - May 03, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=48</link><description>I wanted to find a connector trail between the Ogden BST and the North Ogden area along the canal, and I found some thing that will probably be...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 22:00:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=48</guid></item><item><title>Lewis Peak Runoff = Waterfalls - May 01, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=47</link><description>Up until Saturday I had never seen any water flowing on a section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail I ride frequently in Ogden, but with the sudden...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 22:00:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=47</guid></item><item><title>Superstition Mountains, AZ - April 18, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=46</link><description>Flew down to Phoenix to do a 4 day backpacking trip through the   eastern Superstition Wilderness area. Got to the trailhead about   20  minutes...</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:59:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=46</guid></item><item><title>Devil's Playground II -- The night hell froze over - March 26, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=45</link><description>Needing a break and some solitude I headed back out to the West Desert to a great little camping spot. Weather was in the 60's, blue skies, forecast...</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:58:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=45</guid></item><item><title>Grand Canyon II - February 21, 2006</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=44</link><description>This trip I went down the South Kaibab Trail, spent 2 nights at Bright Angel CG, did a day trip up Phantom Canyon, and returned via the Bright Angel...</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:58:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=44</guid></item><item><title>US FDA vs. Trans Fats - December 28, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=43</link><description>January 1, 2006 is the deadline for food nutrition labels to include trans fats. In preparation for this change a lot of the food manufacturers have...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:57:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=43</guid></item><item><title>Zions / Biking St. George - November 07, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=42</link><description>What a great trip! I took off on Wednesday to avoid some of the incoming storms. I didn't like driving for endless hours through rainy, cold weather...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:56:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=42</guid></item><item><title>Grand Canyon -- North to South Rim - October 10, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=41</link><description>I was up at 8 despite my best efforts to get more sleep. I was awake. After trying my pack on, I realized it wasn't going to work for this trip, so I...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:56:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=41</guid></item><item><title>Fall at Snowbasin - October 03, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=40</link><description>Saturday was the last day I could use my season pass at Snowbasin. It's kind of sad that my summer's now officially over. Bad weather's here, and the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:55:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=40</guid></item><item><title>Ben Lomond Peak via North Skyline Trail - September 05, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=39</link><description>I've hiked up the North Skyline Trail several times about 2 miles to the same point, even biked it once, but I've never made it to Ben Lomond via...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=39</guid></item><item><title>Willard Peak - August 27, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=38</link><description>With Willard Peak under my belt, I've now climbed 7 Utah county high points, and have 19 left. I took the dirt road that climbs up to Inspiration...</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:54:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=38</guid></item><item><title>Wheeler Canyon -> Green Pond Trail - August 18, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=37</link><description>I guess after having made it as far up as I could go at SnowBasin, the only logical thing to do next was to  start lower and try to get to the top,...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:54:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=37</guid></item><item><title>SnowBasin -- All the way to the top - August 11, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=36</link><description>After weeks  and  weeks of climbing the mountain I finally climbed all the way to the top. I wasn't planning on going all the way, but once I saw the...</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:53:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=36</guid></item><item><title>SnowBasin -- Green Pond/Last Chance Loops - August 03, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=35</link><description>Snowbasin is becoming a welcome retreat this summer with the heat that the valley's have been having. The increased electric bill for keeping my...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:52:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=35</guid></item><item><title>Powder Mountain Race Loop - July 27, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=34</link><description>This was my 2nd attempt to ride the race loop. The first time I forgot my GPS  and  the coordinates for the turnoffs from the double track to single...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:52:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=34</guid></item><item><title>Ogden Peak - July 23, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=33</link><description>With a season pass in hand, getting to the top of Ogden Peak was never easier. Without a ride to the top, you'd need to go through an exhausting...</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:51:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=33</guid></item><item><title>Snowbasin -- Green Pond Loop / Needles - July 16, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=32</link><description>Well, I broke down and bought a summer season pass to Snowbasin. Not bad at $110. The gondola is only open Fri-Sun + different occasions, however, so...</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:51:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=32</guid></item><item><title>Mountain Biking Snowbasin - July 13, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=31</link><description>Snowbasin has been open in the summer to mountain biking for what I believe is the 2nd year. My first time biking in the area involved a ride up...</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:51:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=31</guid></item><item><title>Riverside/Crimson Trail - Logan Canyon - July 11, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=30</link><description>This trail starts in the Guinava Campground, and follows the Logan River West towards the Mill Hollow area, and reservoir, the upper one I believe....</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:49:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=30</guid></item><item><title>Lewis Peak Take II - July 02, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=29</link><description>One of my friends wanted to do Lewis Peak, so I went again. All the snow was off the trails, and the wildflowers were starting to grow out of the...</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:49:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=29</guid></item><item><title>Bonneville Shoreline Trail Ogden 9th N -> 12th St - June 25, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=28</link><description>This is a nice little stretch of trail that follows the Ogden-Brigham Canal for the most part. There's a 250 ft elevation gain on the initial 1/2...</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:48:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=28</guid></item><item><title>Indian Trail (22nd St to the shelter) - June 22, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=27</link><description>I did this over a week ago, but had the GPS elevation profile  and  map route to put up, so I wanted to post this before I completely forgot about it....</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:47:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=27</guid></item><item><title>Lewis Peak - June 06, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=26</link><description>Who could pass up a beautiful Saturday of hiking? Not I. I ditched my current project of rebuilding my master closet, and headed for Lewis Peak. It...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:47:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=26</guid></item><item><title>Moab 2005 - April 18, 2005</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=25</link><description>I biked Slickrock again this year. It was the typical experience -- not too many people, the perfect weather, and still a good challenge to get...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:46:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=25</guid></item><item><title>The Spiral Jetty/Great Salt Lake/Promontory Point - December 11, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=24</link><description>It got up into the 50's today so I wanted to get out and explore my new area a bit. I've been wanting to go and check out Promontory Point for a long...</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:46:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=24</guid></item><item><title>Devil's Playground - October 11, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=23</link><description>I heard about this place called the Devil's Playground in the west desert of Utah, just off the huge expanse of insanely flat desert terrain that...</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:45:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=23</guid></item><item><title>Rafting the Snake - August 16, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=22</link><description>I took some vacation time up around Jackson Hole about a week ago with some friends. We did a couple runs on the Snake. There are class I-III rapids...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:44:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=22</guid></item><item><title>Thurston Peak - July 04, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=21</link><description>Thurston Peak has been on my list for a long, long time. Since it was only a ridge hike I thought it would be easy enough to get over, bag it, and...</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2004 21:44:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=21</guid></item><item><title>Ben Lomond Peak - June 28, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=20</link><description>Saturday was my first peak of the season. Originally I set out for Willard Peak, it's Weber counties highest peak. The easiest way to get to the top...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:43:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=20</guid></item><item><title>Bonneville Shoreline Trail - May 25, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=19</link><description>I've spent the past couple weeks biking the Utah County section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Over the past couple years I've biked sections of...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 21:43:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=19</guid></item><item><title>Moab '04 - April 19, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=18</link><description>My spring birthday vacation has come and gone. April 15-17 in Moab; what a blessed place. I had planned on biking, hiking, whitewater, and golf and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:42:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=18</guid></item><item><title>San Rafael Swell - February 04, 2004</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=17</link><description>I went down to the San Rafael on Saturday to get away from it all. I seriously needed a break from work, looking for a house, and everything else...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 21:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=17</guid></item><item><title>Just bought myself an excuse ; ) - December 01, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=16</link><description>For the first time in my life I actually went to a day after thanksgiving sale. It may be the last. We'll have to see. So I found this nice 0° mummy...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:41:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=16</guid></item><item><title>Habitat for Humanity - SLC - November 06, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=15</link><description>I've been going up to the thriving mecca of Magna since July nearly every Wednesday to help build houses w/ Habitat for Humanity. It's a riot. You...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:40:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=15</guid></item><item><title>Squaw Peak - September 21, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=14</link><description>Starting elevation: 4728 Summit elevation: 7854 Total Gain: 3126 ft. Trail Length (one wayy) 2.9 Miles It was a good day today to climb a mountain....</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:40:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=14</guid></item><item><title>Bad Weather = No Fun Part III - September 09, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=13</link><description>Grrrrr. I guess I'll try this again. I just lost everything I had previously written when Google reused this window for a search I was performing....</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:39:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=13</guid></item><item><title>Bad weather = no fun: Part II - August 18, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=12</link><description>I'm content with rainy weather living in the middle of a desert, it means life sustaining water that we kind of need out here. Pretty much all summer...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:38:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=12</guid></item><item><title>Timpanogos Cave - August 05, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=11</link><description>A friend just got back from a 2 month vacation back home in France, so I got a couple other francophones together for an excursion up to Timpanogos...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=11</guid></item><item><title>Deseret Peak - July 29, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=10</link><description>Naomi is no longer my favorite peak to climb out of the county high points. After Deseret Peak, Naomi Peak just seems docile, and immature. Deseret...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:37:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=10</guid></item><item><title>New Blog - July 25, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=9</link><description>Today I installed BlogX, it's great ASP.NET based blogging software that was a cinch to install. There's a lack of documentation, but it's easy...</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:36:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=9</guid></item><item><title>Bad weather = no fun - July 25, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=8</link><description>For the last 2 weekends there have been thunderstorms in the mountains of Utah. I ventured up Rock Canyon and then up the backside of Squaw Peak for...</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:35:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=8</guid></item><item><title>Bridger Peak - July 12, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=7</link><description>Climbing Bridger Peak was a walk in the park. When the guide book said that you get to leave the trail and start bushwhacking to get to the summit I...</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:35:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=7</guid></item><item><title>Naomi Peak - July 12, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=6</link><description>Naomi Peak quickly became one of my favorite peaks to climb. The route up to the top isn't very long, just 3 miles, the trail is well maintained,...</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:34:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=6</guid></item><item><title>Bull Mountain - July 05, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=5</link><description>						I knew that I was going to have some tough climbs when I decided I wanted to bag all these peaks, but Bull Mountain blew my expectations of...</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2003 13:30:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=5</guid></item><item><title>Mount Cardwell - June 14, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=4</link><description>This was a fun little peak to climb. It's got really high elevation, but you don't have to climb that much to get to the top. There's no trail, so...</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:13:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=4</guid></item><item><title>Hiking the highest point in each of Utah's counties - May 15, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=3</link><description>I think it was around February that I initially came across the notion of climbing the highest point in each of Utah's counties. I went out and found...</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2003 22:12:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=3</guid></item><item><title>Havasu Falls - April 30, 2003</title><link>http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=2</link><description>Most recently I just got back from a hike down to Havasu Falls on the South-Western edge of the Grand Canyon. It's a 22 mile round trip hike starting...</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:11:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mikepearce.us/entry.php?trip=2</guid></item></channel></rss>