Tag Archives: Wilderness

Finding Clarity and Perspective in the Wilderness

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Jack Elliott

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 | 4 Comments

Bending the Map in Bear Canyon (Sespe Wilderness)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Jack Elliott

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 | 11 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

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 →