Hiked up to the top of Mt. Teneriffe: eight hours (including a half hour at the top eating lunch and taking in the view), 31k steps, and almost 4k feet of elevation gain. It was hard but worth it. (I tried but didn’t make it three years ago. I’m in better shape and the weather was cooler this time.)

Blurt! — Sben
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Hiked up to the top of Mt. Teneriffe: eight hours (including a half hour at the top eating lunch and taking in the view), 31k steps, and almost 4k feet of elevation gain. It was hard but worth it. (I tried but didn’t make it three years ago. I’m in better shape and the weather was cooler this time.)

Also

Walked the Sammamish River Trail from Bothell to Marymoor Park, about 10 miles, 3½ hours. With getting to and from the trail, and a short walk after dinner, I totaled something like 16 miles for the day.

— 8/8/2025 7:34pm ∞
Found myself idle with a couple hours to kill, so I took the train down to Capitol Hill and strolled around, taking a few pictures and peeking through the record bins.

— 8/2/2025 8:13pm ∞
Sold much of my surviving long walk gear to the spectacularly-concepted Turntables & Trails, a shop buying and selling used records and audio and hiking and camping gear.

— 8/2/2025 7:42pm ∞
Small-brained Ben: Get twenty more steps so today’s count is an even 65,000!

Large-brained Ben: Leave 65k as a goal for future Ben.

(Also I am incapable of moving faster than a shuffle or shamble, and the phone pedometer doesn’t count that.)

— 7/13/2025 9:23pm ∞
Had coffee and a good chat with Greg yesterday, then walked up to Empire for decaf and a waffle and a browse through the record bins.

— 7/6/2025 7:30pm ∞