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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Tag Archives: Wilderness
Finding Clarity and Perspective in the Wilderness
Castle Rock, San Rafael Wilderness Concerns in the wilderness revolve around basic necessities not luxuries. Removal from the busy, overstocked urban realm and immersion in the sparse serenity of pristine nature reduces life to an elemental state. Such experience trims … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photography, Photos, Pics, Wilderness, Writing
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Bending the Map in Bear Canyon (Sespe Wilderness)
Falls “Whenever you start looking at your map and saying something like ‘well, that lake could have dried up,’ or ‘ that boulder could have moved,’ a red light should go off. You’re trying to make reality conform to your … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Hiking, Hiking (2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Wilderness
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Finding Frontier in the Forest Conquered
“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
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Project Sespe Creek: Stage III, Piedra Blanca Beyond Devil’s Gate
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
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged backcountry, Backpacking, Hiking, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Wilderness
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