March 3, 2025
Lizard Head Pass
I like to imagine someday retiring to the San Juans, where I'd become known as that crazy old man from California who skis innovative and aesthetic lines that somehow skirt the (more)
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)
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