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Hiking Baldface Circle

Late August 2025, I headed to New Hampshire and hiked its popular Baldface Loop.

South Baldface

South Baldface

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Flights for an Overnight Trip to Pennsylvania

August 13-14, 2025. I made an overnight trip to Washington, Pennsylvania to watch the Pony League World Series. This would be a very brief rundown about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the match.

Sun Beam through Clouds over Long Beach

Sun Beam through Clouds over Long Beach

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Flights for a Day Trip to Detroit, 2025

August 10, 2025. I made a day-trip to the suburbs of Detroit to watch the Junior League World Series. This post would be about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the match.

Philadelphia Skyline

Philadelphia Skyline

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Weekend Trip to Denver

A post about things happening on the sidelines of my 2025 annual college reunion: flights, rocky mountain national park, and AI agents playing poker.

Deer Grazing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Deer Grazing in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Day 7 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Mount Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks

The seventh and final day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. After checking out of the Airbnb in Palmer, I decided to take a relatively short hike to Mt Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks before my flights back home this evening.

Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks

Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks

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Day 6 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Gold Star Peak and Mt POW

The sixth day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. I hiked to Gold Star Peak and Mt POW, a less demanding neighbor to the East Twin Peak which I climbed two days ago, with similar views of Mat-Su Valley and Eklutna Lake.

Mountains to the East of Mt POW

Mountains to the East of Mt POW

Matanuska Peak, Pioneer Peak and Twin Peaks, three of the most exciting peaks that I had climbed in Alaska in one frame.

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Day 4 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, East Twin Peak, my first YDS Class 4

The fourth day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. Given this was forecasted to the best day weather-wise throughout the entire week, I seized this opportunity and climbed East Twin Peak, which was my first YDS class 4 mountain.

Overlooking Eklutna Lake

Overlooking Eklutna Lake

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Day 3 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, McHugh Peak

The third day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. Anticipating a more strenuous hike tomorrow, I picked a relatively easy hike of McHugh peak to get myself back in rhythm.

Rainbow Mountain against Turnagain Arm

Rainbow Mountain against Turnagain Arm

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Day 2 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Salmon Run and Byron Galcier

The second day of my 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska. The weather forecast didn’t look good for today, so I turned to my rain-day plans, watched a late salmon run along Russian River and took a brief visit to Byron Glacier.

Salmon Jumping a Fall

Salmon Jumping a Fall

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Day 1 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Flattop and Flaketop Loop

The first day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. I chose a not-too-difficult hike of Flattop-Flaketop Loop to get myself conditioned for more thrilling trips to come.

Ptarmigan Peak

Ptarmigan Peak

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