Two years ago I did my first backpack in Ventana Wilderness, a quick overnighter to Pine Valley. The weather was horrendous, so I vowed to return when the weather was nice. The waterfall would be particularly inviting on a hot day so I jumped at the chance for a return trip during hotter weather. I’ll [...]
Last weekend, the first one with an open Tioga Pass of the season, we did a quickie overnighter to Bishop. David is recovering from a sprained ankle so instead of hiking we did a bit of fishing, bouldering, nomming on Whoa Nellie goodies, and hot springing. Our trip took us to Ellery Lake where we [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was out on a long solo hike, thinking about interesting things I could do with content here at Calipidder.com. At the same time, I was taking mental notes about two pieces of Columbia gear I was testing out, hoping I wouldn’t forget things when I got home and had [...]
Modern Hiker recently published a great post about training and preparing to climb Mt. Whitney. Hop on over there and give it a read, especially the parts about altitude. Go ahead, I’ll wait. … Casey wrote about some training hikes in Southern California, and that inspired me to think about good training hikes in the [...]
Yesterday was the first day of summer around here. We never had much of a winter, and it seems like mother nature is skipping right over spring and dropping us in the middle of July without much transition time. So I decided to spend the year’s first 90 degree day by getting in a long [...]
So, this is happening. A few days ago I got home from a trip to visit family and found this goodie in my mailbox. Last month I wrote about the Omniten program but never did I expect something this awesome to fall into my lap (or, er, mailbox). I don’t think I need to explain [...]
Drum roll, please. Let random.org do its thing… And now… Congrats to Ronda, PaulO, and James Palmer. You three are the winners of Andrew Skurka’s Ultimate Hiker’s Gear Guide! Send me your shipping information via the contact link in the side panel over there (—>) and I’ll have them sent off to you in a [...]
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