High-altitude trekking stresses our bodies in unique ways, even for hikers in the best of shape. A trip to elevation on the heels of a Covid-19 infection poses an even bigger challenge, and the ...

Ed Viesturs has done a lot of things I haven’t done and almost certainly never will. Most notably, he’s climbed Mount Everest six times and summited all 14 8,000-meter peaks (besting me by six and 14, ...

Autumn is an inflection point for hikers: As the leaves fall, we bid goodbye to summer’s balmy temperatures and long days and start thinking more seriously about the cold. We trade up our lightweight ...

The Santa Barbara County chaparral shrublands form my best-loved hiking region, also called Los Padres National Forest. However, the much higher “alpine” areas also summon the soul to breathe free ...