Short Adventure Stories
November 13, 2021 It had been a strange journey to get there. It almost felt like the weight of my 30-year odyssey on this Earth had hung in the balance. The limits of everything that I knew and was comfortable in were changing and I was shifting toward accomplishing a goal that, to me, looked... Continue Reading →
September 3, 2021 I don’t remember much, but I remember dragging and praying my body could carry me up to the saddle above the lake. I was sweating profusely and breathing heavily, embarrassed of how out of shape I felt. I hadn’t been hiking in a long time, but this cute guy from work said... Continue Reading →
July 4, 2021 It was supposed to be just Buzz and me, but circumstances out of control brought a third along for the journey on foot. Michael was supposed to be dirt biking not too far away while Buzz and I explored the high elevation wonders of the Sierra. We’ve still only seen such a... Continue Reading →
March 20, 2021 Frost covered the ground as I left the western parking lot at Pinnacles National Park. I had no idea how many layers I should be wearing in temperatures like this. It was mostly was due to inexperience in colder temperatures, but also sheer stubbornness against being cold. I was going to get... Continue Reading →
May 15, 2021 Very rarely do I have $8 in cash in my wallet. I took that $8 as a sign that I finally needed to visit the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. I had gone to the park before before but was left dejected without any cash and the entrance gate with a... Continue Reading →
May 22, 2021 “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” ― Gabriel García Márquez Post Summit. I kept seeing the hike pop up on my feed on Strava of local runners. Sometimes I look to see where they have ran so... Continue Reading →
June 15, 2018 Sitting in disbelief and surprise, I gasped as they called our number. In a random chance of fate, it was us getting lucky. We had decided we might as well try to get a permit to hike to the Instagram and geological fame, The Wave, while we were staying in Kanab on... Continue Reading →
April 18, 2021 “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth Every step started to feel awful. My insides protesting, my muscles tightening. Am I going to finish this? Can I even make it up this hill? “I’m sorry I signed us up for this,” I heard myself say out... Continue Reading →
March 6, 2021 The shadow always loomed large, but I never seemed to notice it before. It’s almost like I now see mountains differently than I did before. Like I did not notice them or just thought they were a nice backdrop in an ever changing landscape. Now I look at them and wonder if... Continue Reading →
Day 2 We ate a nice hearty oatmeal breakfast made by me. It was a lot of oatmeal! My excuse was that I had never made it for 3 people and I would rather have too much than too little. As I forced down the last couple bites we watched the grizzly graze lower down... Continue Reading →
Finding Wildness 