Late July 2018. I woke up early, poured some coffee in my mouth and before you could say, wagbag, I was out the door, in the car and driving towards the trailhead. Barely after dawn in the mountains of Southern California, I made my way up the steep trail in the morning light, heavy pack …
When powering up a steep mountain trail a bag of trail mix is the best, especially if it is not the usual store bought crap. This Chili Mango Trail Mix is an exceptional easy to make slightly spicy mixture to take on your next hike. This last trip to the eastern sierras we discovered the …
I love, love, love my new Merrell Salada boots! These hiking boots are completely comfortable! To be fair, the longest hike I have done in them is a fifteen miler to this point (and in deep snow at that) but they made my feet happy the whole time. I wore them last week hiking up …
I don’t give up often. I will finish the rest of that cake. I will walk my cat on a leash ( also known as taking the cat for a drag) I will make my own jerky, pavlova from scratch and Beef Wellington. I will crest thing mountain peak in four feet of snow with …
” The View from San Jacinto is the most sublime spectacle to be found anywhere on this earth” ~John Muir From my first ascent (Of many sure to come) of mighty San Jacinto Mountain last May. At the time this was the tallest mountain I had climbed at 10,834. The entire hike was over fourteen miles …