SlowBro's Blog Posts

Bears!

I couldn’t believe it, but there they were. The grizzly sow and her cub had just come over the rise in the trail in front of us, not 30 feet away. The mom was...

Mark’s Photos #5

It was April first of 2021 and I was training for my upcoming hike on the Continental Divide Trail. On the day of this photo I was doing a 20 mile hike starting in...

Mark’s Photos #4

The highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail is Forester Pass at 13,153 feet. It is about 775 trail miles from the start on the Mexican border. We had camped near 11,000 feet, right...

Overnight Backpack Trip

Up and down the West Coast, we have had unusually warm and clear weather this last week. On Wednesday, I decided to take advantage of it and embarked on an overnight trip in the...

Mark’s Photos #3

Today’s picture was taken in May 2014 when I was near PCT mile 620, passing through the western Mojave. I had been climbing up a treeless desert mountain all afternoon. There was no shade....