Quite a few cool adventures have taken place since the last entry. Moab is a pretty amazing place. My friend Krysta and I hiked Mt Tukunikivatz, aka, Tuk, a 12,500 ft peak north of town. Here’s a shot of it from when I first arrived to town, back in April.
Early August, and the snow was gone. We got up early and drove around the south side of the mountain to around 10,000 ft above sea level. Here’s a view of the peak from Medicine Lake, at about the elevation we left the car. Our route went up the sub-peak on the right, and then followed the right ridgeline to the summit. For most of the time we hiked up through alpine meadows, occasionally stopping to enjoy the wildflowers and crazy views of surrounding peaks and the burning desert plateau below us.
At the top, we had to hike/scramble up some rather loose scree. A fall would have been ill-advised in this area, but we moved carefully and it didn’t feel sketchy. 
At the summit, we found a little shelter that had been dug into the scree, and a geocache, a small box filled with various objects. Geocaching is a techno-centered treasure hunt hobby where people create little stashes and publish the GPS coordinates online. I took a UT conservation corps sticker, and left a couple of granola bars.
Below in the distance, Castle Valley could be seen to the North. The towers in this shot will hopefully be the subject of a future dirtbag adventure…stay tuned.
