Activities

Activities First trip to Mammoth First time up to Mammoth, running the Eastern Sierra at 8,000 feet. The first of many. April 7, 2019 Activities Seven Falls, Sabino Canyon Seven Falls up Bear Canyon outside Tucson: dry creek crossings, real saguaros, and a hard time finding a ride back to town. February 17, 2018 Activities Local LA hikes A photo set from the Santa Monica Mountains, the closest real trail network to the West Side. August 27, 2017 Activities Santa Barbara with the family A coast run up to Santa Barbara: the courthouse tower for the best free view in town, and a front-country creek hike… June 26, 2017 Activities Watching the Tour of California climb Mt. Baldy Riding up GMR to watch the pros climb Mt. Baldy, back when the Tour of California still came through. The race is… May 20, 2017 Activities Learning the San Gabriels at Strawberry Peak How I found the San Gabriels: a bad bike-shop brush-off pointed me at a group ride, and a guy who shares my… February 12, 2017 Overlanding Driving Texas to California Moving west on the southern route to dodge the snow: El Paso, a long desert haul, and the surprise that LA has… January 12, 2017 Activities Hanging Lake, Colorado A bachelor-party weekend in fall Colorado, with Hanging Lake as the photo highlight. Since then it's burned, washed out, rebuilt, and gone… October 15, 2016 Activities Zion on a borrowed afternoon A day trip into Zion with my dad and a college roommate. High water shut down the Narrows, so we took a… May 22, 2016 Activities Lake Mead, stuck in a canyon An easy day that wasn't: a canyon wash off the River Mountains Loop, a scree-field downclimb in a sling, and the old… May 22, 2016