Young Willie Goat

- Outdoor adventures and hikes from Willie Goat's past.

VERY EARLY DAYS

So many trails. Kings Beach, Tahoe circa 1985

Summer snowstorm in Curry Village, Yosemite. 1987.

Typical car camping scene. I'm front right.

Me and Dad on top of Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Notes

• Whether it was group trips to Yosemite each summer, family car camping or escaping up to Tahoe, my early trips to the outdoors provided lasting memories and inspiration.

EARLY BACKPACKING

First Sierra backpacking trip to the Sawtooth's, circa 1995

Me and my brother with Sawtooth Ridge behind

Water break on our ascent of Matterhorn Peak

Willie Goat at the Summit

Notes

• My dad, brother and I headed into the Sierra during the summertime. We fished a perfect river without catching anything (except a tree), crossed a small snow field, took the long way back from the peak and explored a little more of the 395.

SIERRA AND BEYOND

Big Baldy near Kings Canyon National Park, circa 2001

Me and Sadie, Hume Lake

Heading up Copper Creek, Kings Canyon

View of Granite Basin, Kings Canyon

Kings Creek Falls, Lassen

Oneonta Gorge, OR around 2005

Dry Creek Falls, OR

A short hike around an island in Fiji, 2006

Banff, 2008

My happy place

Typical Willie Goat in Pinnacles, circa 2008

Local hike with Sadie

Live oak on a typical Silicon Valley trail

Still so much to explore...