Outside Adventure to the Max

"Solo trippers don't have partners to lean on when things go wrong," wrote Harlan Schwartz in Paddling Magazine, "To pad...

Above the mountains which lay beyond the further shore, the sky was murky with the smoke of unseen forest fires, and through this the aftern...

It's a long way to the lake even after you enter the park. Following the bumpy dirt trail is a Mars rover experience as I made my way sl...

The first thing one notices is the sound of rushing water coming off the hills.  In some spots, it's a muffled refreshing gurgle whil...

Photo by Gareth Tate The might and power of water are on display once again this winter as another series of storms blow through Califor...

This week the usually calm waters of Lake Natoma under the Rainbow Bridge are a boil. In Northern California, we have been riding the &...

          The best way to predict your future is to create it -- Abraham Lincoln It has been raining in the lower elevations of Northe...

The usual calm waters of the American River just before into pours into Lake Natoma are a torrent this week as the outflows at Folsom Lak...

Courtesy of Heavenly Mountain via Facebook   What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? --J...

  "God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild." John Muir It is n...

As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes or a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run. --Sig...

  The rain has pounded against my window this week, leaving drops of water forming tiny rivers streaking across the glass pane. Each dro...