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Wrightwood buried: New and Very Old News

They say that journalism is the first draft of history. One can see a flaw behind that reality in the case of the flooding of the mountain town of Wrightwood this December. The news media is all over the latest disaster, with telling pictures: That’s from a solid LA Times story about what just happened,…

BLAME JOHN MUIR: Fire on the JMT 2025

Here’s a story in Ojai Quarterly about my struggle with the legacy of my long-time hero John Muir while walking his trail — in smoke — this past September. [This first image comes from the story in the winter issue of the magazine, as linked above, and has a slightly different tone and fewer pictures…

From Silver Creek to Bear Creek: SOBO on the JMT

Here’s a junction sign at a crossroads: one arrow points towards Lake Edison and the Ferry, and another arrow points up the long forested hill to the Bear Creek Meadows area. It’s a relentless but soft under foot climb of about five miles and 2,000 feet. On that all-afternoon uphill stretch, I ran into a…

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