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-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Tag Archives: Backpacking
Rose Canyon Video Clip
Here is a short iPhone-shot video clip of Rose Canyon I took back in December, but never published. The video goes with the previously posted recount of that trip, which will give some background information on why I was filming … Continue reading →
Posted in Nature, Santa Barbara County
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Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camp, Camping, Forest, Hike, Hiking, Landscape, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Rose Canyon, Rowe's Gulch, Video, Wilderness
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Cottam Camp Morning
Cottam Camp at the red dot. I spent a long cold night at Cottam Camp. When it’s dead dark by 5:30 and you’re out on the trail with minimal provisions there’s a bit too much time to kill ‘tween sunset … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County
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Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Meadow, Mountains
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Nira to Upper Oso: An Early San Rafael Experience
Here’s me in April 1991 posing in front of a San Rafael Wilderness sign. We had just climbed out of the Upper Sisquoc River watershed. I was as a young buck laying eyes on, what was for me, never before … Continue reading →
Sage Hill to Santa Cruz Guard Station
(April 17/19, 2011) The alarm was set to shatter the silence of the wee hours, but I woke before it went off after a half night’s restless sleep. My backpack sat on the couch in the living room loaded for … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Aliso Canyon, Backpacking, Calochortus, Hiking, Nature, Photos, Santa Cruz Creek, Tales, wildflowers, Writing
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Cottam Camp
Cottam Camp, junction of Forbush Trail and Blue Canyon Trail, Los Padres National Forest
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camping, Camps, Cottam, Guide, Hiking, Hiking (2), Reference, Trails
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