“Anything to get me out of Palmdale,” explained the high school student to the other students seated next to him at the local Starbucks. “You know, I don’t want to live here, there’s nothing exciting. I want an adventure, not go to the Fair once a year to have fun,” responding the young girl’s friend, twirlingContinue reading “Plan Your Adventure; Where Ever You May Find It”
Category Archives: Hiking
Samsung NX2000: My What a Big Screen You Have!
One year on with the Samsung NX2000, its been a wonderful adventure! This particular mirrorless digital SLR is a good kit for point and shoot enthusiasts who want something that has power but not necessarily the complicated functionality of comparable market SLR’s. I see things and I try to capture them, and I try really hardContinue reading “Samsung NX2000: My What a Big Screen You Have!”
Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act
Americans, we own 618 million acres of wildlands, stretching form the frigid inhospitable, for some, Alaskan tundra to the southern sandy balmy beaches, the western sage brush planes and what remains of the great north eastern forests. This land encompasses the painted canyons, the miles of turquoise and deep (navy) rivers, the towering sky clawingContinue reading “Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act”
On Being A Conquistador of the Useless
Lionel Terray wrote a memoir titled Conquistadors of the Useless which became an acclaimed bestseller. Shortly after its publication, he died climbing in the Vercors near Grenoble, France in 1965. This dude was a mountain climber legend, he made so many recorded first accents on mountains across the world, and he’s remembered as a hero inContinue reading “On Being A Conquistador of the Useless”
On “Wild,” the Pacific Crest Trail (In My Own Backyard!)
Cheryl Strayed’s book “Wild” is getting released this week as a movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl [1]. I read “Wild” when it came out, it was part of my 2012 one book a month goal. I found Strayed’s book enrapturing (Strayed is not her real name, but rather the one she chose to authorContinue reading “On “Wild,” the Pacific Crest Trail (In My Own Backyard!)”
A Black and White Adventure- The Struggle is Real
The most amazing thing about photography is that in the most subtlest of ways you can take a picture, change it, and get something entirely new. I also haven’t gone out and about exploring the high desert wilderness for some time now, so I don’t have any new adventures to share. Lately I have businessContinue reading “A Black and White Adventure- The Struggle is Real”
Saddleback Butte: Lonely Sunrises
Scrambling up a steep side of the Butte, I fumble for footing on the scree that made up the trail near the top of Saddleback Butte. The trail was simple enough until the summit came. The dark made it harder, but the sliver of light had appeared on the horizon, and I felt an urgent needContinue reading “Saddleback Butte: Lonely Sunrises”
Poppy Fields: The Rambling Trail
“When you start walking toward something, remember that you eventually have to go back the way you came.” ~Me Past my front yard, out to the north-northwesterly direction, the hills are turning a rusty orange color. The entire desert has actually turned green, but that orange, only meant one thing: California’s state flower, the poppy, had got itsContinue reading “Poppy Fields: The Rambling Trail”
