There are a variety of web sites which detail different peoples' experiences on the JMT. I found all of them useful. Even if I didn't follow their plans, it was useful to see what they found, and fun ...

“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” ~ John Muir Drawing wild-eyed wanderers and scruffy-haired men from around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I roam the world for epic nature, urban areas and road trips. Deep in the woods of central Wisconsin, a lanky man with a long ...

"We are given life but must accept that it is unattainable and rejoice in what can be held in the eye, the memory, the mind," -- Salman Rushdie, "Shalimar the Clown." In the age of Big Data we measure ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

This story was published originally in The Bee on Sept. 24, 2006. Among hundreds of peaks that form the High Sierra, Tawny Point is barely a bump, an insignificant pile of rocks dwarfed by two ...