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Muir madness: July 2006
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Sunday, July 23, 2006. I gotta know . The company manual probably doesn't cover this. It's the perfect public relations storm. The utility bill arrives. It's $200, almost triple what it was last month. The mercury rises to 112. And the power goes out for three hours between 3 and 6 pm. I'm sorry, PG&E, but I would not want to be the guy who explains what happened to me on Saturday. I don't know the embryo woman and what's the difference if it's 92 degrees or 90 degrees? Both will be gone while I'm backpa...
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Muir madness: After the hike ...
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Monday, September 25, 2006. After the hike . I've been back a month now since I walked 78 miles on the John Muir Trail. Photographer Mark Crosse and I walked more than 15 miles on the last day. We had this magnificent glow when we reached the four-wheel drive for the ride home. I have to write about the glow - the one you get coming out of a long-term backpack through a place as wild and remote as the Sierra backcountry in Kings Canyon National Park. I went to bed after talking an hour with my wife, who ...
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Muir madness: I gotta know ...
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Sunday, July 23, 2006. I gotta know . The company manual probably doesn't cover this. It's the perfect public relations storm. The utility bill arrives. It's $200, almost triple what it was last month. The mercury rises to 112. And the power goes out for three hours between 3 and 6 pm. I'm sorry, PG&E, but I would not want to be the guy who explains what happened to me on Saturday. I don't know the embryo woman and what's the difference if it's 92 degrees or 90 degrees? Both will be gone while I'm backpa...
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Muir madness: Real life is enough
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Sunday, July 09, 2006. Real life is enough. A backpacking guru I know told me I should be out on the trail in preparation for my 55-mile haul on the JMT this August. No way I can get ready down in the flat land, said he. You need to be at elevation," he advised me. "You need to be walking up a trail with some weight on your back. I don't care if you're a tri-athlete. You can't do all that from down here.". You got it. A 25-year-old stud boy and little old me, the 50-plus nut case. Turns out, I wasn't pay...
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Muir madness: A bad moon rising
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006. A bad moon rising. Anyway, I have to settle this dispute before I can backpack this lovely mountain glen in the Dinkey Creek area. My little guy is supposed to go with me, but I can't very well reward him for getting suspended from school. I didn't do it very long," he offered. So there I am talking to Vice Principal Wormer (OK, that's not really his name.). You shouldn't make him stay home for this," I said. "It's like a reward.". He would hate that.". In my dream, as in real lif...
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Muir madness: June 2006
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006. I hear you breathing out there. You really need to write a comment. Say something. Anything. About anything. But probably mostly about backpacking. I've written four of these blog entries, and I have only one comment. That was from my cohort Diana Marcum, who is blogging away to rave reviews and comments galore. Let me offer a gesture of generational peace - a quick story that I just told Diana. It's faintly hip, definitely emblematic of the back country and what the heck. There s...
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Muir madness: Fresno ... yeah
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Saturday, July 01, 2006. Fresno . yeah. My heart rate just came back to normal, and it wasn't from a workout for the backpacking adventure on the JMT. I killed another black widow spider on my green waste container. This time it was inches from my forearm. And that mess is what I will remember when the time comes to vote for city council members and the mayor. I need to warn you about a few other negatives - beyond our forward-thinking leaders. Fresno has some of the worst air pollution in the countr...
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Muir madness: September 2006
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Monday, September 25, 2006. After the hike . I've been back a month now since I walked 78 miles on the John Muir Trail. Photographer Mark Crosse and I walked more than 15 miles on the last day. We had this magnificent glow when we reached the four-wheel drive for the ride home. I have to write about the glow - the one you get coming out of a long-term backpack through a place as wild and remote as the Sierra backcountry in Kings Canyon National Park. I went to bed after talking an hour with my wife, who ...
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Muir madness: Maybe you really didn't want to know
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Maybe you really didn't want to know. When you last visited this space, my wife was soothing my fears about elevation sickness. I won't turn into a bleeding pumpkin head, she says. She's a registered nurse. Lucky for me. Then she started giving me one of those listen-up-buddy looks. She spoke quietly and steadily, meeting my eyes intently. I've been married to this woman 29 years, so that was enough to stop me cold. When she drew a deep breath, I almost didn't want to hear it.
