The Hiking Guide for Southern California
The Orange County Register and OC Hiking Club have teamed up with Samy’s Cameras for their annual Wildflower Photo Contest. There are three categories, including: Nature Open – flowers; mostly natural Flower and Man – flower plus people, pets or something man made Nature – no ‘hand of man” (no non-indigenous plants, dirt trails, fence [...]
Last month one of my hiking buddies Tracy told me about a Woot-style site for outdoor gear called Steep and Cheap. They offer one deal at a time, with limited supplies. You can get alerts by IM or through a little desktop app that pops up a notice when the next item is available. Steep [...]
A week ago we finished outlining our training plan for our epic 211-mile John Muir Trail backpacking trip. Being active and physically fit are the primary objectives, but we also want to know how our bodies will respond to day-after-day of hiking, carrying a backpack, and at higher altitudes than our normal sea-level existence provides. [...]
I’ve had several people ask me about the rotating images that appear in the header here. The questions usually fall into either the web technology or photography category. I’ll answer them both. First, the photos themselves. All but one of these photos I took myself, including the following: This is Thousand Island Lake with Banner [...]
Santa Catalina is a beautiful island located only 27 miles off the coast of southern California. Though Catalina is a short 90 minute boat ride away, it feels like another world. There are two small, quaint towns on the island — Avalon and Two Harbors — and the remainder of the island is primarily wilderness [...]
Joan and I sat down and did some serious working on our training plans for the John Muir Trail. On a typical week we will log at least 25 miles, with a minimum of two, hilly mid-week conditioning hikes and one long weekend hike. We’ll be adding in training at higher elevation, primarily on local [...]
For the past few years, I’ve been hiking and backpacking exclusively in New Balance trail runners — mostly dry day hikes and short 2-3 night backpacking trips. It’s worked well for me, but I have to admit that on some of the rough trails my feet feel pretty beat up at the end of the [...]
Yosemite is one of my favorite places on earth. I've backpacked and hiked … more
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