Reply To: Introduce Yourself

[Jeff Hester]

I’ll start…

My name is Jeff and I run the show here at SoCal Hiker. I was born here in Southern California (Monterey Park). I started hiking when I was in the Boy Scouts growing up in Indiana, but fell in love with the mountains when we returned to California. I was 16, and took my first trip to the Sierras. I was hooked.

I have lived all around Orange County, but for the past year have lived smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles, and I’m really enjoying exploring the trails up here.

I’ve thru-hiked the JMT… twice. I’ve hiked and documented the Trans-Catalina Trail and I’m currently preparing to thru-hike the Backbone Trail through the Santa Monica Mountains.

My favorite SoCal trail? I have a soft spot in my heart for what I call Roller Coast Ridge in south Orange County.