Over the course of fieldwork for Afoot and Afield, I've accumulated tens of thousands of photographs in galleries covering nearly every hike in the County. I've put the highlights into this collection of photos as a means of supplementing the black and white images in the book. Find the galleries here. The fact that the …
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Some time ago, I used to maintain a regular blog chronicling many of the hikes I took. That blog helped me develop the outdoor writing skills to begin writing for Modern Hiker, which eventually led to the Afoot and Afield gig. I dropped blogging once I started writing for Modern Hiker, but I've since decided it would …
Every year around this time, I like to take stock of what I did throughout the previous 365 days. This year was easily the greatest year of my life as far as hiking is concerned. In addition to taking more new hikes in one year than the past three combined, I surpassed every previous benchmark I've set …
Clevenger Canyon I got in a lot of hiking this year, which means I also got in a ton of photography. Out of the nearly 10,000 pictures I took this year, these are the ones I enjoyed the most. Aspen leaves in October Aspens on the Big Pine Creek Trail Jeffrey Pine at Beetle Rock, …
2014 was an epic year for hiking in a lot of ways. While I will detail those ways in a separate post, this post reviews the ten hikes out of the 200 total times I hiked that I enjoyed the most. As with any list like this, there was a lot left out, including the …
Kern Canyon The High Sierra Trail runs between Crescent Meadow in Giant Forest and the summit of Mt. Whitney. This trail traverses the high country of the Southern Sierra protected by Sequoia National Park. Highlights include Giant Forest, Bearpaw Meadow and the High Sierra Camp, Hamilton Lake, Kaweah Gap and the Great Western Divide, Big …
Moraine Lake The High Sierra Trail runs between Crescent Meadow in Giant Forest and the summit of Mt. Whitney. This trail traverses the high country of the Southern Sierra protected by Sequoia National Park. Highlights include Giant Forest, Bearpaw Meadow and the High Sierra Camp, Hamilton Lake, Kaweah Gap and the Great Western Divide, Big …
Middle Fork Canyon from Eagle View The High Sierra Trail runs between Crescent Meadow in Giant Forest and the summit of Mt. Whitney. This trail traverses the high country of the Southern Sierra protected by Sequoia National Park. Highlights include Giant Forest, Bearpaw Meadow and the High Sierra Camp, Hamilton Lake, Kaweah Gap and the …
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My Civic awaiting me after a 23 mile hike About half an hour ago, a guy came by and offered me a good price on my 2003 Honda Civic LX. I took the offer, and now my Honda is on its way to Newport Beach. 11 years, 4 months, and 186,409 miles later, the best …
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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