An Atmospheric El Niño index surges into unprecedented warmth: Today sets the record for our Atmospheric El Nino index with a +4.62 sigma amplitude. Pretty remarkable. pic.twitter.com/4uWi5HZcEw — Michael Ventrice (@MJVentrice) August 30, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsMichael Ventrice, a scientist with the Weather Channel, notes that the amplitude is most comparable to the epochal warming that wentContinue reading “El Niño in charts: August 2015”
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PCT Section I: Kerrick Canyon (mile 972-986)
Miles 972 to 986 on the PCT offer gorgeous views at the price of real effort. This was one time on the trail that yours truly, age sixty, was passed by folks, both younger and older, from twenty-somethings coming south from Truckee to family groups passing heading north, in both directions. Didn’t manage to capture portraits thisContinue reading “PCT Section I: Kerrick Canyon (mile 972-986)”
Obesity: An Incurable Disease?
George Monbiot writes an environmental column for The Guardian that admirably refuses to be restricted to the obvious topics of climate, wilderness, and waste. This week he challenges the usual medical advice on reducing weight as a useless gesture for people who are obese, pointing to an article in The Lancet that remarks (with aContinue reading “Obesity: An Incurable Disease?”
Tuolumne Meadows aftermath
After finishing sections I and J of the PCT over the last ten days or so, I made my way back to Tuolomne Meadows, which left me with this last lingering sky. Yosemite is just ridiculous. Beauty upon beauty, every direction you look.
Fracking for water (by Ted Rall)
Ted Rall is the master of the reductio ad absurdum in contemporary ‘toons. He also writes a commentary on topics at his site at the LATimes.
NYTimes to Trump: You’re a dead man walking
Margaret Sullvan, the public editor of the NYTimes, wrote today that the paper wants to do more than ‘just the facts, ma’am’ stories. That you can find on any news site, she says. What you can’t find is the analysis. An example? Today the NYTimes drove a stake through Donald Trump: Donald Trump’s surge in theContinue reading “NYTimes to Trump: You’re a dead man walking”
2015 El Nino off the charts — in summer
The July ECMWF fcst agrees with the CFS in showing a good chance for the strongest modern #ElNino on record #climate pic.twitter.com/igKROGkOaX — Eric Blake (@EricBlake12) July 15, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Lucinda Williams Song Premiere: Hear a Cover of JJ Cale’s ‘Magnolia’ From Her New Double Album | Billboard
This is the last song on Lucinda Williams' pretty amazing double album released this summer (When the Spirit Meets the Bone). This one's a long, lovely, laid-out take of JJ Cale's classic "Magnolia." Play it all night Lucinda (and Bill Frissell, Tony Joe White, and….) Lucinda Williams Song Premiere: Hear a Cover of JJ Cale'sContinue reading “Lucinda Williams Song Premiere: Hear a Cover of JJ Cale’s ‘Magnolia’ From Her New Double Album | Billboard”
For the Turnstiles: Ben Keith and Neil Young live
In honor of the release this week of a new Neil Young record, his 60th, here's a live version of his exquisite "For the Turnstiles," performed with his late great friend and co-conspirator Ben Keith: Visual quality just okay: sound quality excellent. How the hell does Young get so much reverb out of an acousticContinue reading “For the Turnstiles: Ben Keith and Neil Young live”
Warner Springs break-down: The post-PCT adventure
Sometimes the real adventures on the trail come before or after the trail, as was the case for me after the Pioneer Mail to Warner Springs section of the Pacific Crest Trail I walked gosh, just two weeks ago.
I don't have as many pictures for this section as I did for the last one, but I think it'll be worth it, so please come along and take a look see.
I'll begin with where I left off, at Warner Springs, a lovely end-point for the first section of the trail, about 110 miles north of the Mexican border.
Here's what the trail looks like just 1/4 of a mile from the PCT Stop N' Shop at the Warner Springs Community Resource Center (which is open for a month during the thru-hikers season).
On Saturday eve, I had a pleasant post-trail dinner of bread and salami, dried fruit and a little left-over rum. Repacked, put everything in my little truck, turned the key and — nada. No response. Maybe because I left the lights on for three and a half days.
Kit Stolz 