Every year, on Memorial Day weekend, a great mob of mules and their packers, riders and trainers converge on the small town of Bishop, California, in the Eastern Sierras for an event called Mule Days. For us, the Mule Days celebration and Memorial Weekend marks the end of our bouldering season – it’s time to [...]
A herd of bighorn sheep still roam in China Lake Near the end of our 45 mile drive, on the top of Wild Horse Mesa, I spotted a gray mustang resting in the shade of a large Joshua tree. Our route had taken us to 5,000 feet, through a forest of some of the most [...]
The Venice Oceanarium is organizing a Grunion party tonight at 11 pm at the Venice Breakwater (head to the end of Windward Avenue). Grunions are sardine-sized fish found only off the coast of California and Baja California. During grunion season, which peaks from March – June, grunions arrive at beaches en masse, 2 to [...]
BEFORE: AFTER: Thanks to Claire Stucklen for these iPhone photos! She’s a fabulous masseuse, who was visiting Sandy Beach from the Four Seasons Resort Wailea, Hawaii. On the 29th of September, around 6:50 in the morning, I was out early on the beach hunting for shells. I didn’t even notice the mild shaking, which others [...]
Every year the Venice Oceanarium holds a reading of Moby Dick, on the beach. It takes two days.
Earlier this year, I sprained my ankle. Recovery took more than two months, and is still progressing. Because I wasn’t able to climb, hike, or do much more than walk, I had a lot of time on my hands. I took the opportunity to explore some activities and places that I normally wouldn’t visit. One [...]
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