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  • Condor Call August/September 2012

    Condor Call August/September 2012

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    The new issue of the Sierra Club’s Condor Call carries a short piece I wrote for the “Soaring the Los Padres” column. The article details the history of the Reyes Peak Lookout; check it out here (see page 9). Image courtesy the Los Padres Expat

  • Lookout! Thorn Point, Redux

    Lookout! Thorn Point, Redux

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    After a fine day of bouldering and general forest revelry atop Pine Mountain with Troop 201, the uber-hund and I parted ways with the lady mountaineers and headed into Grade Valley.

  • Sunday Picnic

    Sunday Picnic

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    You don’t own the green pines so be careful where you lean

  • Lookouts in the Forest(Watch)

    Lookouts in the Forest(Watch)

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    I recently contributed a short piece about the lookouts of the southern Los Padres to the ForestWatch newsletter’s “Backcountry Journal” feature. Those interested can read it here.

  • “Literary Gumbo” Appearance

    “Literary Gumbo” Appearance

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    Sometimes the wilderness doesn’t present enough danger and/or excitement, and so a brother needs to brave elements of society. I did just that last week, roaming the streets of Santa Barbara (I even found a nice survey monument from 1917), and then stopped by the studios for a chat with “Literary Gumbo” host Fred Klein.…

  • Condor Call June/July 2012 + Errata

    Condor Call June/July 2012 + Errata

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    The new issue of the Sierra Club’s Condor Call carries a short piece I wrote for the “Soaring the Los Padres” column, detailing the history of Madulce Cabin. Check it out here (see page 5). Errata/Ed. Note: I did not write the photo caption (you can tell because it uses the word “literally”), and certainly…