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joe bartels wrote:

Tortoise Hiker wrote:Oh yeah,and finish the AZT!

I hope you succeed

I'm hoping for an incredible wildflower season locally

All the hikes most consider drab turn phenomenal. Being easily accessible they motivate people. Whereas some detest others I enjoy people. I believe hiking is an essential part of our freedom to enjoy life. While our styles differ everyone deserves the right to enjoy being an explorer.

To me every hike is a reward and a goal achieved, my HAZolution is to keep at hiking. I've even added a hike/backpack to my wishlist that wasn't something I really wanted to do but now that I have a few more hikes and backpacks under my belt... Yep, I want to do Havasu Canyon. I've got to see the blue water!
My other wish/goal for 2012 is the Ridgeline and Barnhardt Trail.
Last, is a backpack with Sirena and Wendy to the Spine and Patio (Sirena doesn't know yet ;) ).

Of course, I would like to see some new areas too including the Sierra Ancha and I would love to get back in the Canyon again.

This summer, I hope to make the 14 mile hike and 3000 ft elevation gain by 6PM dinner bell at Sperry Chalet in Glacier Park.

Last, is a backpack with Sirena and Wendy to the Spine and Patio (Sirena doesn't know yet ;) )

sirena wrote:

Last, is a backpack with Sirena and Wendy to the Spine and Patio (Sirena doesn't know yet ;) )

Now I do! Angela, I would be happy to host a "Ladies Night on the Spine"- we could bring our lighted wine glasses

burntlizard wrote:If you see me crawling on my stomach It's all for the shot.

azbackpackr wrote:I just want to beat Pam at Scrabble.

burntlizard wrote:Lastly, I will have fun, worry less and be a better spouse and dad. Oh.... and hopefully richer too

RedRoxx44 wrote:I hope to thread the Eye of the Needle, see old trees in a Forbidden Zone, lay on sunbaked Utah slickrock, merge into fern lushness in New Mexico, explore old craters of Mexico, Step onto more territory of no footprints, Tread the forgotton path to the forgotton places in history, have my headlamp shine into new glossy darkness.
Simple--- ;)

Outdoor Lover wrote:Yep, I have a few Hazolutions for 2012...

4. Exceed my Mileage and Elevation from this year. (That won't be hard, I didn't start until September)
5. Do more 3.5 and start doing some 4.0 Hikes...

Outdoor Lover wrote:It's official, I am an ADDICT!

PLC92084 wrote:We'd recommend a 12-step program but for a hiking group, that doesn't seem like enough...

PLC92084 wrote:We'd recommend a 12-step program but for a hiking group, that doesn't seem like enough...

HippyHaley wrote:I want to improve my cardio and get stronger so I can backpack some more intense routes!

And once that Cardio goal has been reached I want to hit up the Royal Arch Loop in GC!

I'd also like to visit as many different regional/state/national parks as possible this year and hike at LEAST 3 miles in each with my boyfriend and daughter

joe bartels wrote:I hope Wally gets to find new and exciting things in the Superstitions.
I hope Bob goes on more cool hikes.
I hope Bruce's boss doesn't catch on to how he rearranged the office.
I hope Dave 2.0 hits some summits in the GC.
I hope Dave H gets to do another backpack with his son.
I hope Nick doesn't have any tragedies.
I hope Elizabeth has the time of her life in Costa Rica and look forward to the photos.
I hope Jim_H adapts and checks out the cool stuff near him few others get to see.
I hope Lyding keeps exploring his wide open array of opportunities.
I hope Amy comes to her senses and admits she's competitive to "some" degree.
I hope Preston never changes.
I hope Alex Lock Man posts something someday.
I hope Chris K and family put those new Camelbaks to good use.
I pray that I get more smoke breaks with Richard.
I hope John SpeedVanRacer doesn't make 2012 his last year.
I hope Chris Mushroom makes another funny video.
I hope Kelly Gek keeps it real.
I hope Mark that no longer owns a Cannondale keeps posting up new and exciting stuff.
I hope Liz gives me my blue jacket back.
I pray nightly to sink my teeth into another cookie made by my favorite ranger.
I hope John the quite rock boy posts a second photo.
I hope Gabrielle stops if I ever fly off the road again re-learning to drive a stick shift.
I hope Mary posts for the first time in five years, I'm not holding my breath though...lol
I hope Mike C's favorite college football team beats the hell out of everyone else, go Sooners!
I hope Andy sleeps a little further away from Mike whenever I'm present.
I would probably pass out if John Tule Swilling ever posted.
I hope Darrell breaks 20 on Squaw!
I hope Mark Y doesn't overdose on GU.
I hope marine-algae or whatever miracle Boone found keeps him afloat.
I hope Joel Helicopter tells Bob one more time how to auto rotate when I'm nowhere near.
I hope Tim 2 is okay, I miss that guy.
I hope Kyle and Rachel keep hiking together cause they have seen some incredible stuff together.
I hope Ron gets to hike with Lyding cause we need more Cali togetherness.
I hope Allen F keeps hiking with his son.
I hope Randy W chills out, he's just too wound up (not).
I hope Berk keeps hiking.
I hope Owen doesn't go blind playing Pixel Trivia.
I hope Andrey posts some of his killer Russian hikes.
I hope to see Eric in more funny photos like 228121 and the classic 228139.
I hope Steve F get the royalties he deserves for his name.
I hope Mike Fels keeps enjoying his hikes.
I hope Tyler someday comes back to the good life of hiking.
I hope Shannon is enjoying hiking.
I hope Tim 1 never uses a prickly pair for a hand hold again.
I hope Letty turns on photo comments so others can find out more interesting gumball rally stories.
I hope Norm keeps the intriguing photosets coming.
I hope Jake gets to explore some rarely visited desert NW of his new home around sunset.
I hope Brian doesn't run out of canyons to rappel and resort to Zigzag Eiffel Tower, Zigzag John Handcock, Zigzag Space Needle and such.
I hope Alex Rally is doing okay.
I hope Steve B gets to keep going on his exotic summer trips.
I hope Stefan gets all his projects done before the deadlines.
I hope someone realizes that I have never left anyone stranded on a group hike.
I hope Kurt shares more of his enticing stories.
I hope Janelle remembers me when shes on the cover on Flip Flop Climbers magazine.
I hope Kelli gets to keep visiting new states.
I hope Al_Hikes_the_Grand_Canyon keeps exploring that big ditch.
I hope Whereverkenroams shares more of his coool triplogs.
I hope Randal puts that new 4x4 to good use.
I hope Creative Michael keeps throwing curve balls.
I hope to attend a Camp Hank food festival, albeit unlikely.
I hope MacE gets out hiking with little MacE and shows him all those great Tucson hikes.
I hope Tony keeps writing good books.
I hope agendron realizes I never understood a word he said.
I hope to someday enjoy another fabulous te-wa backpack.
I hope to someday hear some more good George stories, like practice rappelling off the house, tree, etc.
I hope Kenny knows I probably would have died without his help on the first ML attempt.
I hope Kelly doesn't meet anymore target shooters on hiking trails.
I hope Tim Italy has hiked the world over.

As for my Hazolutions I hope to add more hiking partners to that short list (imagine Kurt has over a thousand hiking "Friends"). Based on what's in my reach ( weekly Superstition and Grand Canyon treks are simply dreams ) I'd like to break an 18min ascent on Squaw. I've been conditioning for a month now and am working towards that goal already. Not really a goal but more importantly I'm hoping for an incredible wildflower season locally. All the hikes most consider drab turn phenomenal. Being easily accessible they motivate people. Whereas some detest others I enjoy people. I believe hiking is an essential part of our freedom to enjoy life. While our styles differ everyone deserves the right to enjoy being an explorer.