Nature Galleries

Yosemite waterfalls

A quick visit to Yosemite in May 2012 to experience the waterfalls nea ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2012 5:34pm PST

Summer Ramble, Aug. 2011

A nine-day loop hike in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Updated: Aug 20, 2011 10:02am PST

Carrizo: Caliente Peak Ridge 2011

Hiking the Caliente Peak Ridge in Carrizo Plain NM

Updated: May 08, 2011 1:36pm PST

Mojave National Preserve

A Thanksgiving-week car-camp in the Mojave with Bela

Updated: Nov 27, 2010 4:37pm PST

Sunday Peak hikes 2010

Sunday Peak hikes with Norm

Updated: Nov 09, 2010 9:02pm PST

Crabtree Lakes to Miter Basin loop, July 2009

A 3 1/2 day loop to Crabtree Lakes and Miter Basin, beginning and endi ...

Updated: Oct 22, 2009 10:36pm PST

May 2009 to Mosquito Lakes in Mineral King

An overnight early-season hike with snow & solitude

Updated: May 26, 2009 12:51am PST

SEKI weekend w/ Bela

A weekend trip to Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP with Bela.

Updated: May 11, 2009 1:21am PST

Caliente Mt. Ridge Trail dayhike April 2009

A sixteen-mile stroll along the Caliente Mountain Ridge Trail in Cariz ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2009 10:10pm PST

Joshua Tree Eagle Mountain Loop Feb. 2009

A 2/1/2 day, ~30 mile ramble in the southern part of Joshua Tree Natio ...

Updated: Mar 02, 2009 11:19pm PST

Gardiner Basin 2008

The hidden jewel at the center of the Rae Lakes Loop in Kings Canyon N ...

Updated: Sep 09, 2008 12:17am PST

Silliman Pass-Jenny Lakes loop July 2008

Sam Duran and myself set off for a three-day hike, originally intendin ...

Updated: Jul 22, 2008 10:23pm PST

Carrizo Plain National Mnmt, March 2008

An overnight hike to Caliente Peak and return along a gentle ridgeback ...

Updated: Mar 31, 2008 10:00pm PST

Racetrack Dry Lake 2008

Racetrack playa 3-day hike in Death Valley National Park, January 2008

Updated: Jan 24, 2008 9:08pm PST

Granite Pass and beyond, Oct. 2007

A late-October hike from Cedar Grove to lake basins north of the Monar ...

Updated: Feb 22, 2008 9:50pm PST

JMT 2007

July 4-14 2007 from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney, non-stop, unresupplied. A ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 3:26pm PST

Mineral King to Kaweah Gap to Sawtooth Pass Loop 2007

June 2007 final "proof-of-concept" training hike, preparing for JMT. A ...

Updated: Feb 11, 2008 12:42am PST

Roaring River Hike June 2007

A two-day 50-mile hike to condition myself and test techniques for a J ...

Updated: Feb 18, 2008 6:31pm PST

Hockett Plateau, Sequoia National Park, May 2007

A training hike to the Hockett Meadows area starting and ending at the ...

Updated: Feb 19, 2008 10:14pm PST

Silliman Pass-Tablelands-Pear Lake loop 2003

A three-day solo loop in Sequoia National Park, year 2003. Rain, thund ...

Updated: Jul 10, 2008 11:29pm PST

Carrizo Plain Nat. Mon. ridge hike April 2013

A pleasant overnight hike along the Caliente Peak Ridge trail in Carri ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 10:49pm PST