“At noon we were all at the cafe. It was crowded. We were eating shrimps and drinking beer. The town was crowded. Every street was full.” – Hemingway With so much excitement from the run, it is easy to forget that it is barely 0830! The day evolves, the food and drink continue to make […]
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Encierro; What it is like to Run with the Bulls, San Fermin Festival, Pamplona, Spain, 2016 (Part 1)
The things that happened could only have happened during a fiesta. Everything became quite unreal finally and it seemed as though nothing could have any consequences. It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.” – Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” The warm beaches of Northern Spain greeted me from outside […]
Little Harbor to Avalon, the Springtime Backcountry of Santa Catalina Island; Thru-Hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail.. Day Two
Waking up after Day One, the second day of our Trans-Catalina Trail (TCT) journey began as we rose with the sun. Ocean waves collide with rocks, a JetBoil ignites to provide the precious dark, brown, caffeinated nectar of the gods that would fuel our bodies for a strenuous day of challenging elevation gains, and two adventurous souls […]
An hour-long ferry from L.A. to “Island Time”; Thru-Hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail.. Day One
As a preface; The second weekend of April we hiked the Trans-Catalina Trail (TCT) from Two Harbors to Avalon, while we did not have the time to complete the Starlight Beach and Northern portion of the trail, this trip was still extremely rewarding and a great weekend challenge. The beauty of this trail is that […]