Outdoor Adventures

This is a public service announcement. I spent hours trying to figure out why tracks I had imported to https://inreach.garmin.com didn't...

"Living off the land" for seventy days, surviving on only the foods I could harvest myself, was a lifelong dream of mine. I have...

The story of my thru-hike is now available as an audio book! Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada is available on Amazon , Au...

I am happy to announce my recently released book Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada ! It's the story of my success...

This summer I did a second traverse of Alaska, from the Arctic Ocean on the northeast corner of Alaska, down to the Pacific tidewater in s...

I have a new highlight video about my 70 days of Alaska wilderness survival, where I only brought salt and pepper. My book about the experi...

Paddling past the White Cliffs, upper Missouri River This year, from March 24 thru September 14, I hiked and paddled the westbound rou...

This year I hope to retrace the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition. I will be starting on Friday, March 25 at the confluence of the M...

My new book is here! Alone in the Fortress of the Bears 70 Days Surviving Wilderness Alaska: Foraging, Fishing, Hunting From the back c...

From June 30th until September 8th I lived exclusively "off the land" in the  Kootznoowoo Wilderness of southeast Alaska.   ...

Tomorrow, June 30, I am off for a planned 2+ month trip to southeast Alaska. The challenge on this trip is that I won't be bringing any ...

It's been a good and relatively mellow year. It was a late, cold spring, a warm and beautiful summer, and an unusually colorful fall. No...

 Water on the Desert Trail: Mexico to Canada The paper Giardiasis as a threat to backpackers in the United States: a survey...

Yesterday afternoon I completed a canoe trip down the Yellowstone. It was a very fun trip. I had no schedule, the fishing was good and va...

Today I leave on a trip down the Yellowstone River with my old smokejumper buddy Jim Griffin. We will raft from the Park boundary to Livings...

I finished my hike of the Desert Trail, Mexico to Canada, on July 11, 2012. It was a wonderful adventure. You can read my journal and see ...

This summer I will be attempting another long hike, this time along the Desert Trail. The Desert Trail starts on the Mexico/California borde...

Sometimes in the outdoors there are extraordinary experiences that stand out, and even when they are happening you realize it's somethin...

Late last night I returned from a wonderful experience. Leaving Sunday I made the long drive north, up the Haul Road and over the crest of t...

A few months ago I stumbled across an ad for a remote Alaska homestead, 39 acres, no road access, about 20 miles south of Denali National P...

Years ago I twice contracted Giardiasis, in consecutive years. Since the second time I have been very careful about treating water, and had ...

(Grizzly rushes towards me in Alone Across Alaska .) What are your odds of being killed by a bear? Incredibly low. So low that it's...

It's still dark and 34 below this morning. Yesterday I drove down to Cantwell and back. There were beautiful views of Denali. Just west ...

I'm back in Alaska. What an epic summer it was! This photo is of a sunrise on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington last September. I j...

I reached the border on a rainy/snowy day, at about 12:15 Pacific Time yesterday, September 20. The fall colors were spectacular, but it was...

The miles have been flying by. Fall hit the Pacific Crest Trail for me in the Three Sisters area. The weather has been much cooler, and the ...

I just updated my website. The hike is going great. Check it out!

I just got back to Kennedy Meadows, meaning California is all done. In a little bit I'm going to hitch down to Highway 395 and then towa...

The snow is melting at last, I'm happy to say. The hike is going well. I just updated my website along with some new photos. Have fun o...

I'm taking a day off on Donner Lake, and have just updated my website . It's a snowy year, but progress has been good and it's b...

I've updated my website along with some photos. One thousand miles down, sixteen hundred more to go!

I just updated my website with the latest news of my Pacific Crest Trail hike, along with several new photos. This is a perfect town to con...

The hike is going great. I'm headed up to Ashland to hike back south to this point to give the snows just north of here a little more ti...

I got into Mojave yesterday and only have a few minutes on the library computer! Wyoming and I walked along the Los Angeles Aquaduct for a d...

I just posted on update and several photos on my website. Check it out!

I'm at the library in Wrightwood with the "time remaining" clock winding down on the computer. It was a beautiful and easy wal...

I hiked down to Highway 18 at about noon today, and it took only about 15 minutes to get a ride down to Big Bear City. The lady delivered me...

I am in this nice little town trying to update on a tiny borrowed IPhone. Yesterrday I got into deep and steep snow. It was nice having an i...

It's been a great hike so far, with unexpected weather conditions. Driving out of San Diego, a few minutes after leaving the palm trees,...

This morning I'm packing and taking care of the final details before leaving. I fly to San Diego from Sheridan this evening. Tomorrow mo...

I just posted my estimated hike plan for the Pacific Crest Trail this summer. I've got some friends planning to meet me along the trail...