This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport.
An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...
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I suppose it only makes sense that everyone associates winter in California as time for skiing and snowboarding. I won’t deny how that was essentially the way I was raised. But after a decade of adventures (and a few sufferfests) I’ve been every bit as active in the winter months as the rest of the...
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Looking like something out of the Sound of Music After spending a day wading through heavy snow up near Sonora Pass to bag what would have otherwise been an easily hiked summit, I turned my sights to a the lower elevations. The area bounded by Stanislaus National forest is one of extreme changes in altitudes....
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This is an easily climbed mountain close to the PCT and the highest mountain of the Sierra Nevada North of the Sonora Pass. Looking at Sonora Mountain from near the Pass. This was taken on the second day of Fall! Man does it ever feel good to have the Sierras so close to me again!...
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The Sweetwater Range, on the very eastern border of California, is a solitude seeker’s dream. The Sweetwaters, viewed from the Sierras There was something powerfully nostalgic about traveling to the Sierras for the first time in nearly 7 years. Coming up over Sonora Pass was like seeing an old friend. I guess it was a...
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Garin Regional Park and it’s neighbor Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park are two beloved parks of the East Bay and well worth the trip from anywhere in the region. Towering high above the East Bay are the ridgelines of the Diablo Range. For me, they are tantalizingly close to where I work and live and...
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Adventure is out there! The Pursuit of Life is an outdoor adventure blog that’s dedicated towards providing guides on a variety of outdoor activities and wild places in the United States and Canada. This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport. Activities that are covered in this blog include hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, mountaineering, thru-hiking, caving, trail running, trekking, canoeing, ice climbing and general exploring.
