Hello!  My name is Kolby and welcome to my site.  There isn’t much to see here yet, I admit- but things should be a hoppin’ in no time.  After all, I need to hike 500 miles this year and that’s a lot of photos to post! Read over the About page to get an quick [...]

An incredible hike on a volcano within a volcano. One of the greatest things about Bend, Oregon is the amount of activities one can do within a short drive of town. All of the hikes my parents and I have done in the last six days (hikes #30-36) were within an hour’s drive from town. [...]

After inviting Shawnté and “The Mystery Hiker” on Hike #44, they returned the favor and invited me on a hike to a secluded watering hole in the Santa Monica Mountains. Along for the adventure was MaryEllen, who makes up half of the rock band, The Wardens. (Shawnté makes up the other half.) Yes, I would [...]

On Wednesday morning, my friend Melanie joined me in Altadena for a hike up the Lower Arroyo Seco. We started at a trailhead at the end of West Altadena Drive. From there, we took the Gabrieleño Trail north, passed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as very smart people were arriving to work, and headed into [...]

Sunday’s hike marks the first hike of my quest where a friend joined me. In fact, I don’t think I would have completed it without his subtle motivation. Nathan was one of the first of my outdoor-enthusiast friends to ask if he could join me on my journey to complete 100 hikes before the end [...]