California
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 Year! (more...)...
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Current Conditions
I am pleased to report I got back into ski boots and successfully carved GS turns on the groomers at Snow Summit yesterday (more...)...
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News
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 ’round here… (more...)...
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Hiking
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 (more...)...
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Musings
(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 Madness? (more...)...
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California
How bad is California’s drought? San Francisco Bay is now a wide, grassy plain, completely devoid of water. Desperate locals seeking affordable housing (more...)...
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Video
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 (more...)...
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Hiking
SP Crater is perfect: that is the lead. A gorgeous, perfectly-formed, symmetrical, aesthetic cinder cone volcano, SP Crater sits just north of Flagstaff (more...)...
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Current Conditions
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 (more...)...
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Current Conditions
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 (more...)...
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