Recent Hikes In My Blog
Hiking to Garnet Lake from Agnew Meadows in the Mammoth Lakes Area
What a great time of year for this hike. After sweltering heat in San Diego I was ready for some cold temperatures up in the Sierras and man did I get them, sleeping in long underwear and fleece top in my 15 degree sleeping bag. This was a great time of year to head...
Mt Whitney : Climbing the tallest mountain in the lower 48.
This past weekend ( July 10th, and 11th ) I finally got a chance to climb Mt Whitey. I tried to climb this mountain 2 years ago and between the "Government Shutdown", and then unexpected level of snow my friends and I only made it to the 12,000 foot level, which is...
Heat Exhaustion & Heatstroke
Its that time of year again. Summer is here, and with it the heat. San Diego is a wonderful place to hike, there are so many hiking trails to chose from and so many different types of terrain and climates. There can be such a difference in...
Blue Sky Reserve to Ramona Dam
A week or two ago I had the chance to head up to Ramona Dam during the week when there where not to many people on the trail and I could get a little me time with the hiking boots. Some one had wrote into me and suggested this as a easy to moderate hike for people and...
Cuyamaca Peak
This past weekend I decided to take my hiking group up to Cuyamaca Peak, in all the time I've been hiking I had yet to get up to Cuyamaca Peak. I thought I was taking everyone out for a miserable experience as we headed east on the 8 and started hitting rain before...
LifeStraw Go
I was recently sent this product to review, what a cool concept, reliable drinking water wherever there is a source of water available. This makes a nice edition to the hiking essentials to carry with you on your hikes, or even to have in your homes in case of an...
Cactus to Clouds : The 5th hardest day hike in America and its in your back yard.
This past weekend some buddies and I decided to try tackling Cactus to Clouds again. Last year around the same time we tried it and by the time we got to the tram we were exhausted and there was enough snow that I worried about ice on the way down from the top, or at...
The Roxant Pro Video Camera Stabilizer
I am always doing little videos to go along with my hikes, and the more comfortable I get shooting and editing these videos the more I end up doing for my hikes. So I was excited when the folks over at Roxant decided to send me a Pro Video Image Stabilizer to try out....
3rd Annual Climb For Heroes
This past weekend was the 3rd Annual Climb for Heroes event. The event is held on Mt Baldy in Southern California. The event is held to raise money to send wounded veterans on climbing expeditions to some of this worlds greatest mountains. These expeditions...
Earnest Eats – Hot and Healthy Cereal’s. Product Review
Recently a friend of mine Mark and his business partner where on the Food Network show "Food Fortunes". Mark comes on some of my group hikes and I have heard him talk about his company's products but I never followed through with trying them out. After seeing the show...