I spent last week on the High Sierra Trail and am still furiously working my way through the photos. They should be posted, along with the trip report, within the next few days. The photo with this entry is a bit of a sneak peak – Precipice Lake, one of my favorite places in the [...]
This video has been making its way through the Twitterverse and Blogosphere lately, and it’s just too good to not share. It is a black and white tourism video for Yosemite from the early 1940s. Make sure to watch the ancestors of today’s valley bears getting fed by the tourists. The winter sleigh ride through [...]
Those of us who hike in bear-prone areas are used to the monstrous, heavy beasts known as bear canisters. Required by both law and common sense, bear canisters are bear-proof containers for storing food and other odorous items in the backcountry. During the years I’ve been backpacking in the Sierra I’ve tried and seen several [...]
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