Blood pressure: 119/61Pulse: 66O2 saturation 97%Weight: 175.5 lb.BMI: 29.5Temperature: 98.6 My cholesterol is down to an "acceptable" level. Blood sugar is a little bit high. All other blood tests are within normal values. I am fully vaccinated against just about... Continue Reading →
My next big scheme has percolated into my brain. I've been looking at Joshua Tree National Park closely. There is a trail from the entrance at Black Rock Campground to the Northern Entrance Station known as the California Riding and... Continue Reading →
#EpicTrailFail If you spend time in the outdoors, eventually something will go wrong. It’s a law of nature. But if you survive, those epic failures become the best stories! We’ve all read about amazing accomplishments in the wild, but now... Continue Reading →
Continuing in my dearth of new blogs, I thought I'd reblog this, revised and with a few different photos - including one I just took on my visit to my families back east. It is one of my earliest posts,... Continue Reading →
Oh wow! after a bit of a dry spell I have so much to blog about. Some of it might even be interesting! Today we'll start with one of my favorite wilderness hikes, Piru Creek both north and south of... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite hiking destinations! I have been going out to the Sespe for about 35 years now. I never fail to enjoy it. It is vast, 219,000 acres of land with hundreds of miles of little-used trail plus... Continue Reading →
First, I want you to read this article: Snowbound Then I'll discuss it from my POV. Okay, done? Stephen Olshansky's youth sounds very similar to mine. He was born the same year as I, 1956. In high school, Otter was... Continue Reading →
Back in 2015, before the big fires and the big rains, I did a 4-day backpack trip to Sykes Hot Springs on the Big Sur River The trail was good (except for one spot). I met plenty of hikers. Some... Continue Reading →
If you are in a true survival situation in the wild, odds are a hundred to one you screwed up badly and in multiple ways. It is easy to say "Never screw up and you have nothing to worry about." Everyone... Continue Reading →
