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Yep. It is a stunning area! And Peru an amazing country with five thousand years of archeology, the most interesting cuisine on the planet. Oh yeah. The hiking is superb.

We've now done three trips to Peru. The first, noted here, was to Machu Picchu. We went back two years later to do the Santa Crus trek in the Cordillera Blanca. Here's a report on that...

Day One: We drove up from Napa and started hiking at Wrights Lake, where we took the Rockbound Trail. While most people use the Twin Lakes trailhead, Rockbound gets a lot less traffic, and there is almost always room to park. The Trail up to Maud Lake is only four miles, but we struggled as M...

I think your shorts might be a bit tight ..

I'm not a fan of most commercial promotions in or about the backcountry, but this one made me smile; https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/naked-trails/

Just about every backpacking story or website has way too much information about bears, mainly focusing on how terrifying they are. They are not, at least, not in the Sierra. We've written about this in our section on Dangers on the Trail...where we explain that bears are way down the list of...

Hey guys--start posting! Where do you like to hike? Where would you like to hike? LEt's get into the details!

We are finished! We limped into Santiago amid hugs and celebrations. A wonderful adventure with a amazing daughter: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/day-fifteen-almost-a-disaster-and-santiago-and-the-field-of-stars

Two days to go: after 273km, we've only got 47 to go on the Camino Primitivo de Santiago with my daughter. And a birthday on the way! https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/day-thirteen

Ten days in--We're making progress on the Camino. You can read the latest news here: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/blog-1

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Pouring rain and foaming boots. Day Six on the Camino: http://wix.to/Lg0pPyd?ref=2_cl

Latest update is day four...still trying to get our hydration right...but we're making progress: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/day-four

An update: day one. What it's like to hike in a sauna https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/day-one

I leave tomorrow morning for Spain, to hike a version of this with my daughter who currently lives in Switzerland. If you are interested in following our progress, I'm going to try to post it all on our website blog. Here's the first entry...

Yep--I'm with the majority here. I eat enough that I don't feel too hungry, but it's a mix of all kinds of foods, includine those freeze dried dinners. I eat healthy the rest of the year, so the time I'm on the trail, I just try to keep myself fed. And hydrated. I agree that elecctrolytes...

Yosemite has finally taken action...

Instant oatmeal with added nuts and a cup of hot chocolate for breakfast. A handfull of cranberries or other dried fruit on the side. Lunches are almost always some kind of crackers (Trisket black pepper, or cheezits--lots of salt and fat!) with salami and a nice hard parmesan cheese for...

Just did another four days in the mountains as a wilderness volunteer--this time in Desolation Wilderness. What fun! Met lots of good people, answered a few questions, did a little hiking, and got to know the hikers and neighbors in a really lovely part of the Sierra. The full blog post...

One suggestion. The weather in the Sierra Nevada in the summer is usually a lot better than the Rockies. We don't get the thurnderstorms every afternoon, and when we do get them, they tend to be short and manageable. And many trailheads are not that far from an aiport (Reno, Fresno, even Las...