I'm Going Outside

I returned to Pt Reyes today to go retrieve my loyal hiking poles, waiting forlornly there in the Admin Building for their owner to pick th...

Found this funny commentary about how self-righteous we hikers can get with non-hikers: :) " As mentioned earlier, [hikers] love to be ...

First, after I had healed just fine from the appendix, I injured my knee after some ill-advised running, and so I couldn't hike from ju...

Mod ab pain starts: Mon 11/16; continues all the way all day steadily, so . . . Dr apptmt : Tues 11/17; advises me to go immediately to the...

Pic above: Very Narnia, wouldn't you say? This is a pic of early in the hike, going along the Castle Pass PCT Trail. Stunningly beautif...

After much gnashing of teeth (and toes and heels), I have finally settled on my hiking footgear--Keen Targhee II hiking shoes. I wore them f...

Hike : 5.0 mile loop around Stebbins/Cold Canyon, via the Homestead Trail to Blue Ridge and then back down to the lot. Steep, clambory (more...