“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 …
I’m that friend that drags people on those hikes that make them want to lay down and die. Years ago I took a good friend and his girl friend hiking to my favorite swimming hole, a five mile round trip hike in the hot sun. We split the hike in half, stopping at …
The path up the mountain side was steep. My calves were burning already and the hike had just begun a mile ago. A mile ago at the beginning of the hike I remember thinking how easy the start of this hike is. You cross a babbling creek or raging river depending on what season it is. The …
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 …
I had been training to hike Mt Whitney for months. Mainly I was just distance running with some longer hikes thrown in. I felt like I was in okay condition to hike the twenty two miles of Mt Whitney, but I definitely could have trained harder if I had more time. For weeks every one told …