The GeekHiker

For the past few days a series of winter storms has been sweeping through Southern California, drenching the whole area in several inches of much needed rain.

Of course, in the city itself, it turns things into a mess, with traffic becoming a chaotic mess all over town.

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Posted by: GeekHiker | February 12, 2009

Evaporated

I keep staring at this blank screen, trying to figure out what to write.

And just after I type that I think to my self “geez, what a trite way to start a post.” This post is gonna suck.

Here’s the thing.

You all know that I’d been in a pretty good mental state for the last couple of weeks, right? Well, that’s gone now. Evaporated. Not from my own doing, but from other people pushing their life’s crap into my sphere.

And I’m none too happy about it.

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Posted in Life, Random Thoughts, Rants

Posted by: GeekHiker | February 8, 2009

HIKE: Devil’s Punchbowl/Punchbowl Loop

If you don’t have time to the hike to the Devil’s Chair, or have children in tow. this hike can make for a pleasant hour. In fact, there’s enough to see as you descend into the canyon that you may want to spend more.

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Posted by: GeekHiker | February 5, 2009

HIKE: Devil’s Punchbowl/Devil’s Chair

Devil’s Punchbowl is, essentially, geologic chaos.

Caught between the pressures of the San Andreas Fault and the smaller offshoot Punchbowl and Pinyon faults, thick slabs of ancient sandstone have been squeezed and upended, then weathered down to rounded fins. Located right at the edge of the San Gabriel mountains, this hike takes you from chaparral to pine forest, from sandstone to granite and back again.

Not bad for only a few miles of hiking, eh?

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Posted by: GeekHiker | February 2, 2009

Clarity

I’d heard it before, many times, but only now does it seem to have finally clicked.

I’ve spent far too much of my life looking back, and not enough looking forward.

What a fucking waste of time.

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Posted by: GeekHiker | January 29, 2009

‘Goin South

I don’t think I can tell you all much about where I was last weekend for two reasons:

1) Because it’s one of those places that really should be kept secret

2) So many of my readers are from, for whatever reason, more frigid parts of the country. And reading this would make them all want to fly out to LA and hurt me.

So I’ll just give a little list. The trip involved the following:

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