Pacific Crest Trail hike completed!
I reached the border on a rainy/snowy day, at about 12:15 Pacific Time yesterday, September 20. The fall colors were spectacular, but it was likely the coldest, wettest day of the entire hike. A hiker...
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I'm back in Alaska. What an epic summer it was! This photo is of a sunrise on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington last September. I just posted an update on my PCT webpage. Please check it out!After...
View ArticleJanuary in the Alaskan Interior
It's still dark and 34 below this morning. Yesterday I drove down to Cantwell and back. There were beautiful views of Denali. Just west of Fairbanks I took these two photos.As I mentioned in a post a...
View ArticleBears: Should you be afraid?
(Grizzly rushes towards me in Alone Across Alaska.) What are your odds of being killed by a bear? Incredibly low. So low that it's not something to worry about. What are the facts backing up that...
View ArticleWaterborne Giardia for Backpackers: No Myth
Years ago I twice contracted Giardiasis, in consecutive years. Since the second time I have been very careful about treating water, and had no trouble for many years. However, before I left on my five...
View ArticleMy Remote Alaska Homestead
A few months ago I stumbled across an ad for a remote Alaska homestead, 39 acres, no road access, about 20 miles south of Denali National Park. "1500 feet of creek frontage - large stream with plenty...
View ArticleReturn to the North Slope of the Brooks Range
Late last night I returned from a wonderful experience. Leaving Sunday I made the long drive north, up the Haul Road and over the crest of the Brooks Range towards Deadhorse. Fall colors were just past...
View ArticleThe Golden Wolf
Sometimes in the outdoors there are extraordinary experiences that stand out, and even when they are happening you realize it's something never to be forgotten.Recently on my trip to the North Slope, I...
View ArticleUpcoming Thru-Hike: The Desert Trail
This summer I will be attempting another long hike, this time along the Desert Trail. The Desert Trail starts on the Mexico/California border, and runs over 1,500 miles northward through Death Valley...
View ArticleCompleted the Desert Trail!
I finished my hike of the Desert Trail, Mexico to Canada, on July 11, 2012. It was a wonderful adventure. You can read my journal and see many photos here. A big thanks to all those who worked to make...
View ArticleThru-Paddle of the Yellowstone River
Today I leave on a trip down the Yellowstone River with my old smokejumper buddy Jim Griffin. We will raft from the Park boundary to Livingston, Montana and from there I will continue by canoe to where...
View ArticleCanoeing Down the Yellowstone River
Yesterday afternoon I completed a canoe trip down the Yellowstone. It was a very fun trip. I had no schedule, the fishing was good and varied, and resupply was easy. The Yellowstone is a beautiful...
View ArticleBackpacker Giardia: Debunking a Skeptical Paper
 Water on the Desert Trail: Mexico to Canada The paper Giardiasis as a threat to backpackers in the United States: a survey of state health departments (Welch TR, Welch TP) contains this...
View ArticleMy Year so Far
It's been a good and relatively mellow year. It was a late, cold spring, a warm and beautiful summer, and an unusually colorful fall. Now the leaves are down and we are heading into winter in...
View ArticleLiving Off the Land in Southeast Alaska
Tomorrow, June 30, I am off for a planned 2+ month trip to southeast Alaska. The challenge on this trip is that I won't be bringing any food, I'll rely solely on foraging, fishing and, when season...
View ArticleLiving Off the Land in the Fortress of the Bears
From June 30th until September 8th I lived exclusively "off the land" in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness of southeast Alaska. I picked berries, ate wild plants and seaweed, fished, caught Dungeness...
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My new book is here! Alone in the Fortress of the Bears 70 Days Surviving Wilderness Alaska: Foraging, Fishing, Hunting From the back cover: On the last day of June, my bush pilot left me alone and...
View ArticleLewis and Clark Trail, 2016
This year I hope to retrace the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition. I will be starting on Friday, March 25 at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. I will be walking the first...
View Article3,323 Miles on the Lewis and Clark Trail
Paddling past the White Cliffs, upper Missouri River This year, from March 24 thru September 14, I hiked and paddled the westbound route of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Physically, it was one of the...
View ArticleMy new video: 70 Days "Living off the Land" in Alaska
I have a new highlight video about my 70 days of Alaska wilderness survival, where I only brought salt and pepper. My book about the experience Alone in the Fortress of the Bears, is available here.
View ArticleAlaska Traverse: 2018
This summer I did a second traverse of Alaska, from the Arctic Ocean on the northeast corner of Alaska, down to the Pacific tidewater in southwest Alaska. Needless to say it was a great adventure. For...
View ArticleHiking the Pacific Crest Trail: My new book!
I am happy to announce my recently released book Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada! It's the story of my successful thru-hike of this famous and beautiful route. Enjoy the beauty, the...
View ArticleMy new Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike audio book!
The story of my thru-hike is now available as an audio book! Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes This books is narrated in my own voice, all the...
View ArticleAlone in the Fortress of the Bears: Now an Audio Book!
"Living off the land" for seventy days, surviving on only the foods I could harvest myself, was a lifelong dream of mine. I have now told my story in an audio book, narrated in my own voice.I had a...
View ArticleTracks not visible on Garmin inReach
This is a public service announcement. I spent hours trying to figure out why tracks I had imported to https://inreach.garmin.com didn't show up on either my MAP page, nor my inReach after it had been...
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