SierraDescents | 2015
December 26, 2015
A Blue, Blue Christmas
If you can't be in Mammoth today, I guess Los Angeles isn't too shabby right now either. :) A very Merry Christmas to you and yours—and a Happy (and snowy) New (more)
December 22, 2015
Back To Snow
I am pleased to report I got back into ski boots and successfully carved GS turns on the groomers at Snow Summit yesterday. What a magical thing it is to return to skiing after (more)
October 8, 2015
It Could Be Worse!
Some of you out there may at this point be wondering who is this Andy character and does he in fact ever do anything outdoorsy cause, you know, I'm not seeing a lot of action (more)
September 15, 2015
Cottonwood Camp Strikes Again
Those of you who read about my rim-to-rim day hike a few years back may recall me mentioning the 1978 overnight I did with my parents to Cottonwood Camp, from the North Rim. On (more)
August 16, 2015
Notes For A Film
(characters will interact/argue with narrator) Opening shots of Death Valley. Stark. Bleak. Desolate. SUPER: "If Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what then is (more)
August 8, 2015
San Francisco
How bad is California's drought? San Francisco Bay is now a wide, grassy plain, completely devoid of water. Desperate locals seeking affordable housing have already begun (more)
July 31, 2015
Atop The Peaks
Hiking to the top of 12,633' Humphreys Peak is easily one of Northern Arizona's marquee attractions, though in summer it's also typically a hike you want to avoid, as the monsoon (more)
July 23, 2015
SP Crater
SP Crater is perfect: that is the lead. A gorgeous, perfectly-formed, symmetrical, aesthetic cinder cone volcano, SP Crater sits just north of Flagstaff and the San Francisco (more)
July 16, 2015
Flagstaff
Back in my other hometown of Flagstaff now for some R&R; maybe some hiking on the agenda, maybe not. Monsoon mostly quiet right now, which is I suppose the Arizona equivalent of (more)
July 10, 2015
Is It Time to Buy El Nino Insurance?
Well, the El Nino predictions for this coming winter seem to be firming up, just when I was starting to kick my Howard Sheckter addiction. Now, I say we don't start celebrating (more)
July 7, 2015
Enlightenment vs. The Marionette
If you suspect the world is racing toward Hell in a Handbasket in some vague but fundamentally new way, Joseph Heath agrees with you, and he has a remarkably coherent explanation (more)
July 3, 2015
A Walk Around the Block
The question is: where do you start? The hills may be calling, but if you've never picked up the phone, or if you've been slowed or injured or otherwise just waylaid by life, (more)
July 1, 2015
What I’m Doing (And Not Doing)
Here's sunset on Coronado Island, just off San Diego. Having spent the past weekend wandering about, I have the say the place is very impressive—almost as nice as Santa (more)
June 13, 2015
Surviving the Gloom
Among the many challenges residents of Southern California face, perhaps none is so dire as the loss of the very thing that defines our existence. I am speaking, of course, of (more)
June 9, 2015
The BPA Saga Continues…
With something somewhere between disgust and resignation, I must report to you that BPA, the ambiguously-toxic (or is it safe?) wonder chemical found throughout our plastics and (more)
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