The countdown begins for August 17, 2009. After calling the Yosemite Association and talking to a less than courteous person on the phone, I made my reservation for the Wilderness Permit required for the John Muir Trail.
My first destination (or maybe not first but top destination) for a Round-The-World trip has always been New Zealand. I was watching Planet Earth the other night on the Discovery…
These pictures of last weekend’s Triangle Complex Fire were taken from the hill next to my house. Dozens of cars and hundreds of people came to this spot all weekend…
A couple of weekends ago I did this short hike with my dad who was visiting from Argentina. This is a short easy 3-mile round trip walk in the Angeles…
7/7/09 Update: Check out my updated packing list. 11/21/09 Update: Also check out my JMT journal. I’m been reading a lot of about this trail and it looks like an…
