Eight Days on the O Circuit: What It Looks Like to Bring a Photographer to Patagonia
Eight days. 130 kilometres. One client who wanted the full O Circuit documented and trusted me to keep up. What it actually looks like to bring a photographer into the Patagonian backcountry — and what we came back with.
Patagonia O Circuit: What I Wish I'd Known Before Hiking Torres del Paine
The O Circuit is one of the great hikes — and one of the more unforgiving ones if you go in underprepared. Hard-won notes from the full loop: gear, refugios, pumas, Gardner Pass, and everything I'd do differently.
Tomales Point Trail in Spring: Wildflowers, Wildlife, and a 9.6-Mile Adventure at Point Reyes
Tomales Point in spring is 9.6 miles of poppies, tule elk, and uninterrupted Pacific coastline. Most visitors turn back at the first viewpoint. Here's what's waiting at the end — and how to get there.
What Winter Tastes Like: Foraging for Chanterelles in the Santa Cruz Mountains
An hour into the Santa Cruz Mountains with a field guide and a container. What we found — and how to find it yourself — is the kind of thing that makes winter in the Bay Area worth paying attention to.
The Via Ferrata to Trolltunga: A Portrait of Weather and Wild Light
The approach was wet, the exposure was real, and the fog closed in before we reached the top. Then it broke — for about twelve minutes. That's the window you plan for and can't predict.
Two Weeks in Japan: Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, and Nara with the Family
Two weeks in Japan with the family — Tokyo, Fuji, Kyoto, Nara. A 4am tuna auction, an overnight summit, and Fushimi Inari at dawn before anyone else arrived. What the trip actually looked like, not the highlight reel.