One of the hardest things in life is letting go of a friendship. It consumes your thoughts. You think of the good times, the hikes through mountain forests and to shear granite peaks and you remember the inside jokes and how you hated him as he pushed …
You know you are an inventive cook when you can make a gourmet meal out of nothing. The boys I’m hiking Mt Whitney with are hours behind me ( I hope!) on the trail still. I got back something like three hours before them and that is with taking long and frequent …
The only sound I can hear is the cicadas in the trees, the river crashing through a canyon far off and the fish jumping. Obviously the fish are jumping because I forgot my back packing fishing pole. I’m trying not to be to upset about all the hungry, tasty trout every where, …
Years ago my friends and I took their Doberman hiking on a super hot day down a dusty trail. Money girl, their dog kept stopping on the trail and whimpering and staring at us with big sad eyes and it took us a few miles to figure out what was wrong. Her …
Finally, Trail Crest, all 13,000 feet of it. I may not have made it to the top of the mountain today! But I put up one hell of a fight! Last year I did this hike in something like 14 hours and I had grand plans to do it a lot faster …