I Hate Running

I hate running, three to four times a week if I have time. I hated it yesterday for a little over an hour. I have three different pairs of shoes I hate running in. Every time I run, I pick one pair, and I go out and run in them, and I enjoy it about … Read more

Warm Potato Curry for Cold Winter Day Trips

There’s a reason that winter is soup season. When you’re exploring in colder weather, it takes more than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to tide you over. You want something hot and filling. This simple vegetarian curry recipe is the answer to just that. It’s easy to make at home and put in a … Read more

A Recipe for Disaster Pudding

My very first foray into the Yosemite backcountry occurred in The Year of Our Backpacking Naiveté, 2010. My friend Rebecca and I were avid day hikers at the time, but distinctly lacking in overnight experience, so we enlisted her college pal Laura, then a ranger at the park, to act as trail companion and erstwhile … Read more