It’s the first few days of spring in my mountain town and I’m still ninety percent couch bound. I have a follow up doctors appointment this morning and I’m hoping, praying the doctor will give me another shot of pain killers in my ass so I can have one day of feeling like a normal …
It’s hard to believe two months ago I climbed most of Mt Whitney. Today on this sweltering hot fall morning I fought my way a mile up trail before I had to turn around to go to work and believe me it was rough. The last …
Lone Pine Lake is ruggedly beautiful. We started the hike at two p.m. In the heat of the day and as you sludge along uphill the trail is all in the sun. This was going to be a brutal practice for tomorrow’s ascent of Mt Whitney. Luckily I had come prepared with some …
The weather the last few days in the Sierras has been all over the place. We wake up snuggled in sleeping bags in freezing cold tents covered in frost. By the time the sun is rising over the hills it’s in the mid seventies. Because this is camping of …
“Be careful, it’s icy” The words had barely left Trav’s mouth and I’d already lost balance on the slippery icy ledge. I was sliding down the icy mountain fast and my calves, in short yoga pants burned as they scraped down the left hands side of my body. I felt like …