My Most Physically Demanding 27 Hours of Hiking Ever
During my 400+ mile (640+ km) long hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in southern California, I went south, which meant that I was hiking from Interstate 10 -> San Jacinto, rather than San Jacinto...
View ArticleWhat I Read during My Southern California Hike
When I first started getting into backpacking, I brought books along to read – and discovered that I did not have time/energy to read them, and they were extra weight. I became one of those backpackers...
View ArticleCold and Windy Spring in California
Going into my southern California hike, I was expecting to have problems with heat. After all, it got pretty warm during my week-long hike on the southern California Pacific Crest Trail last year – one...
View ArticleI’m hiking a few hundred miles again, in the mountains, whatever.
Last year was my first hundred-mile (160 km) hike, and it seemed like a big deal at the time. But by now that I have done two continuous 400+ mile hikes, it no longer feels like such a big deal. …...
View ArticleTown Shock
I recently hitchhiked from Donner Pass to the town of Truckee (a distance a bit less than 10 miles / 15 km). The guy who gave me a ride has lived in Truckee most of his life. He commented that …...
View ArticleSmoke, Sickness, and Sore Feet to South Lake Tahoe, Part 1
I was in Truckee. I had just returned from Utah. I intended to return to the Pacific Crest Trail. And the air quality was worse than I had hoped for. It was worse than when I had left Truckee to …...
View ArticleSmoke, Sickness, and Sore Feet to South Lake Tahoe, Part 2
At the end of the last part, I was in relatively bad physical shape, and had a lot of pressure on me to try to make it to town before my physical state became even worse. I was dealing with … Continue...
View ArticleSauntering to and down from Muir Pass
John Muir preferred the word ‘saunter’ over the word ‘hike’. Among long distance hikers, there is also a saying ‘it’s about the smiles, not the miles’. It is about a difference in focus – focusing on...
View ArticleAloneness & (In)Security
This is a submission to the October 2019 Carnival of Aros: “Aromanticism and Aloneness” In this post, I am going to use a very specific definition of ‘aloneness’. The definition of ‘aloneness’...
View ArticleAnxious Over Finding Your Life’s Purpose? Then Follow a Silly Value.
Once again, an essay of mine was published in Mind Cafe, “Anxious Over Finding Your Life’s Purpose? Then Follow a Silly Value.” Here’s a hole in the paywall.
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