Written on December 24, 2024
The San Gabriels Granite Mountain is not the most scenic or well known summit of the range. However it lies on the famed Hundred Peaks Section maintained by the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club. Over the years of SoCal visits, I’ve ticked off a number of the more well-known summits. Hence, I’ve started working...
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Written on August 17, 2024
I’m going off-script from my fanatical peakbagging in covering Bair Island Ecological Reserve. It’s fairly flat, urbanized and not exactly a destination for hiking. But good events in life have naturally contracted my world to a much smaller one. While I’ll eventually return to mountain climbing, I must find contentment in the mor...
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Written on April 8, 2024
The Kahekili Highway is an infamously challenging road on Maui's western side. It hides several short hikes and sights along its length.
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Written on March 10, 2024
The Shipman Beach hike winds through the jungle to a remote beach full of green sea turtles. A perfect hike and beach combo without the crowds
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Written on March 9, 2024
Hiking the Pu'u O'o Trail offers phenomenal exposure to many far flung kīpukas preserving old growth forest islands on the Big Island
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