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And Than I Shit Myself… Altitude Sickness Back Packing and Best Friends

      To this day I cannot eat a Cliff Bar. I blame THAT on the Sierras. Altitude sickness is no fun. Neither is explosive diarrhea 15 miles from the nearest bathroom. Oh believe me, I lived through that shit. Literally.      It began with a backpacking trip in Southern California. Sounds simple enough. Add 6 friends. Try hiking …

    It’s May in Southern California.    In my little mountain town that means spring is finally here at six thousand feet.   As I drove down Kuffel Canyon with my grandma in the car the other day rain streaked the windshield and we admired the Dog Wood Trees in bloom that filled the sky of …