Jul 31
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To celebrate the fin de julio, wife and I took a hike out to the somewhat unusual and well under-hiked monster known as Mt. Pinos. It’s Peen-yos, get your mind out of the gutter weirdo. Mt. Pinos is a 15 minute drive or so west of Frazier Park in the 5 corridor, on the border […]
Jul 28
One of the additions I’ve been trying to prepare for this site is finally ready: GoPro videos! It’s my goal to not only share useful information that will enable y’all to hit the trails but also to experience these hikes, rides, etc. So…. here’s my video from yesterday of a mile or so kayak ride […]
Jul 10
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I’ve had some recent posts about mistakes I’ve committed while hiking/cycling. My hope is that, in posting these, y’all will learn from my lessons learned. The last century ride I did was about 11 years ago. I ended up getting pretty severe heat exhaustion, but, even with that, I can remember thorougly enjoying that 110 […]
Jul 5
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Almost three years ago, I had a pivotal experience in my hiking life. The Angeles National Forest, my main hiking stomping grounds, were on fire. Even though I was a daredevil, I wasn’t one to…hike in fire… so I ventured outside of my comfort zone. I began to hike in the Ojai area, specifically in […]
Jul 2
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Today I enjoyed a more than casual stroll up Sisar Canyon in Santa Paula. In lieu of yesterday’s post regarding heart rate, I decided to push myself to my anaerobic threshold (over 80% of my MHR/target heart rate). I tried to push myself to stay above 3mph while hiking up a consistent 500-600′ gain/mile grade. […]
Jul 1
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Once upon a time, an acquaintance of mine, Ze, wrote great article on the science of calorie burning. Actually he wrote a whole blog on calorie burning. Mad props to Ze for this. I am going to try and sum up Ze’s very scientific blog while incorporating some other sources, especially regarding heart rate. […]
