Exploring around Phoenix
With 48 hours to explore around Phoenix, I relied on a Twitter friend for advice on where to go. Boy, was that ever smart!
American Southwest trip reports
Tag: national forests
Books I like
What I’m Reading | Three Books to Inspire You for Hiking Season
It’s raining, it’s pouring, and hiking season feels a long way off. No worries. Pick up these three hiking memoirs and be transported into the wilderness.
Books I like national parks
What I’m reading | King Sequoia, by William Tweed
California’s giant sequoias have been the object of fascination and commodification for nearly 200 years. Former park ranger Tweed traces their history In this comprehensive, engaging account.
trip reports
Lena Lake
A stretch of cold, sunny weather practically demands a good hike, and Lena Lake fits the bill. First, though, an otherworldly drive through sea smoke and past eagle sentinels.
national parks North Cascades writing
Of mountains and mountaineers
Storied climber Fred Beckey died on October 30, felled by congestive heart failure at age 94 after a lifetime relentlessly dedicated to putting up routes on peaks around the world. Both Mr. Adventure and I have longstanding connections to Beckey, Mr. Adventure as a former climber and an admirer and me as an historian of the North Cascades. And last Friday, as we drove through unseasonably early snow over two mountain passes on our way…