Words about science and hiking
Nine-mile TH to Brimstone Point Made it to the trailhead by 9, after a few stops along the way to admire a bison herd in the Hayden Valley and the sun shining through fog and steam near the Nez Perce Ford. Starting a hike, especially a challenging one like this, always makes me a bit Read More …
One of my amusements in the winter is to plot out backpacking routes. I can entertain myself for hours staring at maps, trying to connect points of interest into a walkable route. That’s the great thing about hiking as a pastime – there are always more places to go, more trails to walk. Finding the Read More …
We’ve all had our hiking plans upended this year. I intended to knock off another 500 miles or so of the PCT, going from Shasta City (where I left off in 2018) to somewhere in northern Oregon. But that’s not going to happen. Small towns along the trail are not anxious to welcome hordes of Read More …
Building a border wall is worse than immoral. It is stupid and ineffective: most illegal immigrants arrive legally and then overstay their visas. A wall on the Arizona border will change nothing at all with respect to immigration. But it is destroying unique habitats, dividing Indigenous peoples, and imprisoning wildlife. And blocking the southern terminus Read More …
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