Sawtooth Peak I've been writing for Modern Hiker, that's where. My own personal blog has slipped off the radar as I've focused on a number of different things at once. Fortunately, I've been hiking a ton, and will use this post to look back at what I've done over the past six months. Mt. San …
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While the road to Hana is only a hike in the metaphorical sense, the scenery is every bit as beautiful as what one would seek out on a good hike. In fact, being able to drive allows one to see much more variety than possible on a hike. While a drive isn't my preferred method …
Alan Watts once suggested something to the effect that the world should shut away all of its Bibles for 100 years so that people could read them with fresh eyes once again. He speculated that people would be shocked at how revolutionary and subversive it would read once it was separated from the dogma, the …
Last Saturday, I married Kelly Clifton (now Turner). We had a fantastic three-day party, which included dinner with close friends and family on Friday, the ceremony and reception on Saturday, and an epic brunch on Sunday. It was great wedding, and we enjoyed the people and the occasion quite a bit. However, we were spent, …
In the midst of this "hiatus," I scheduled my bachelor party for a 5-day camping trip in the Sequoia-King Canyon area at Upper Stony Creek Campground. I didn't actually wind up hiking all that much. Instead, I enjoyed some down time during which I became supremely relaxed. I also walked away with a sinus infection, …
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Over the last two years, I have hiked about 2,000 miles. In order to do all of this hiking, I generally have to drive anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours at a time. Corresponding with the notion that the low-hanging fruit gets picked first, I've hiked up just about every convenient, sensible, and exciting …
On October 25th, 2003, a lost hiker lit a signal fire in an attempt to be rescued. He lit the fire in spite of intense Santa Ana winds. The winds picked up, and the fire quickly grew out of control. As it was late in the evening, and since the forest service and CalFire have …
Panoramic view from Trail Crest on the way back from Mt. WhitneyThe year is over, and I'm putting the coda on all of the adventures I've had this year. I've taken some good (and some not so good) photos along the way. I'm putting up a gallery of my favorite shots of 2012. Visually, this …
During the time I did all of this hiking, I learned a tiny bit about how the natural world operates on a number of principles. I found that the more I hiked, the more patterns became apparent in nature. For instance, most trees will go to great lengths to reach a reliable source of water. …
Jeffrey Pines Smell Like Vanilla Cake Whenever one enters into a conversation with a person that goes beyond the usual customs and rituals that guide brief interactions, a connection will inevitably form. With a small investment of time and reciprocal disclosure, a stranger now has a claim on our regard, no matter how small, creating the beginnings of a bond. …
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