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 …
I’m resting I’m finally resting. My day started at four a.m. By 4:30 I had three liters of water in my pack and a hiking pole in each hand. I was going to summit Mt Whitney. Again. I was headed up the Whitney Portal Trail with two friends and we …