January 18, 2025
All Things Must Pass
We are working our way through the steps. One day at a time is the motto around here. We've signed a lease for an apartment, and we have a plan in place for school, which will (more)
January 9, 2025
Pacific Palisades
I want to tell you a secret. I've been keeping it for a long time. I wanted to tell you about it, but until now I couldn't—at least not publicly—for reasons I hope (more)
December 13, 2024
December
No surprises here: cold and dry appears to be the SoCal fate for the foreseeable future. Wax those bike chains I guess and try to keep the faith—or try some man-made turns (more)
October 13, 2024
Flagstaff Aurora
A rare "severe" solar storm on October 10 made for visible aurora borealis much farther south than usual. I was in Flagstaff, Arizona, and raced outside to catch this image just (more)
October 11, 2024
The Dragon-Gould Loop
I love traversing Sierra ridges, and I particularly love creating loops, so a Dragon Peak-Mount Gould linkup sounded particularly appealing, with one caveat: some parties rate (more)
August 31, 2024
White Mountain Avec Bike
I occasionally do things because they seem like they ought to be done, and this adventure certainly fits that category: biking to the top of White Mountain Peak, California, (more)
August 26, 2024
Around the Peaks
I don't tend to think of Northern Arizona's San Francisco Peaks as a large mountain, but I can tell you they seem to get quite a bit bigger when you try to bicycle all the way (more)
June 22, 2024
Kearsarge Revisited
I first climbed 12,598' Kearsarge Peak via Lily Pass in 2014, and, as is often the case, my famously-bad memory recorded it as one of the easier of the eastern Sierra's big-peak (more)
June 6, 2024
Mount Gleason
I may have inwardly cringed a bit during my San Gabriel traverse last year when I claimed you could spend your whole life exploring the San Gabriel Mountains. Really? I asked (more)
May 18, 2024
San Jacinto Aerial
Here's a still-snowy San Gorgonio Mountain photobombing a mostly-dry San Jacinto Peak, as seen Wednesday on the way from LAX to Phoenix, Arizona. This shot really gives a good (more)
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