Tag Archives: Hiking

The Ice Can Stove: A Brief History

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Jack Elliott

An uncommon version of an ice can stove fitted with a large chimney cap and a damper on the flue. In backcountry campsites scattered throughout the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties lie the rusty remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County | Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, History, Ice Can Stove, Los Padres National Forest, Non-fiction, Photos, Pics | 6 Comments

Lazy Day in the Hills: A Canyon Hike Called Off

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Jack Elliott

View of the sunrise on my way up Figueroa Mountain and into Santa Barbara’s San Rafael Wilderness. I left the trailhead at 7 am, but was already back by 3 pm. Lack of sleep and fatigued combined with shriveled enthusiasm … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Deer, Hiking, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sunrise, Wildlife | 7 Comments

Finding Frontier in the Forest Conquered

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Jack Elliott

“Superficially, the world has become small and known. Poor little globe of earth, the tourists trot round you as easily as they trot round the Bois or round Central Park. There is no mystery left, we’ve been there, we’ve seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays | Tagged Camping, D. H. Lawrence, Hiking, John Muir, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pine Mountain, Reading, Richard Louv, Wilderness | 3 Comments

John Haines On Pool Rock

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Tafoni formations on Pool Rock. “John Haines, whose experience hunting, trapping and surviving as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness fueled his outpouring of haunting poetry of endless cold nights, howling wolves and deep, primitive dreams, died on Wednesday in … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Archaeology, Chumash, Hiking, History, Indians, Petroglyphs, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art | 2 Comments

Project Sespe Creek: Stage III, Piedra Blanca Beyond Devil’s Gate

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Jack Elliott

Coltrell Flat beside Sespe Creek “Free is the bush, and the desert, and the woods, and the mountain ranges for whoever likes to camp there.” B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre I plod along the dirt footpath of … Continue reading →