I think I see vultures circling I’m laying flat across a giant boulder in the shade trying to soak in the granites cold ness and trying to not breath so fast, hyperventilate and pass out. Some where on the switch backs above me I’m sure Jenn is doing the same thing. I …
It’s December 24 and I figure I should get my money’s worth out of my 2013 fishing license. It may be Christmas Eve but I’m off to Big Bear to go for a run. Or a hike. Or both. With possibly a side trip for fishing thrown in. I tried to look …
The last few mornings have been so epically beautiful up here in my mountain forest. There is a storm moving in from the west and the clouds a thousand feet below me have been so gorgeous every morning as I’ve run down the mountain trails and into the rolling fog. I …
It’s been two hours now and I am still exhausted. Bear Creek kicked my ass today. Today was the first time, ever, in about six tries in two years that I managed to hike and run to Bear Creek. Young Sequoia trees on the trail It was a …
I told myself I would never attempt Bear Creek again, so how did I find myself running the Bear Creek Trail on a fall morning? Boredom I guess. I get so bored running the same trails daily. Yesterday I ran eleven miles easy so I figured I could handle the 1,800 foot ascent to Bear …