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Off The Map: When The Rivers Run Dry

The glorious Santa Ynez River was gone. Its wide riverbed, formerly a no-man’s land of marshes and swiftly-flowing tributaries had ..


Off The Map: Week One: The Saturation Point

Rain. Rain. More rain. This was not the homecoming I had in mind. Back in Southern California, we could ..


Off the Map: Week 13 - Pass or fail

As a plan, it seemed reasonable on its surface. Over two days I would hike upstream along Convict Creek to ..


Off the Map Week 12: Spring cleaning

My performance on the slopes of Sonora Peak was underwhelming. I was breathing hard and felt sapped of vitality, which ..


Off the Map Week 11: Burning the night away

The gorilla and his bride-to-be stood at the end of the pier, hand-in-hand, as the presiding official put the megaphone ..


Off the Map Week 10: Turning the corner

What seemed like a powerful dust devil at first now had the look of a small explosion. A quarter-mile down ..


Off the Map Week 9: Out of gas

I knew there was no chance I was going to make it to a gas station in time… might as ..


Off the Map Week 8: Worth a toenail

“My toenail’s probably going to fall off,” my mother predicted as she shortened the nail with a pair of clippers. ..


Off the Map Week 7: Without a paddle

I could tell within the first ten seconds that this was the most ludicrous scheme I’d thought of in a ..


Off the Map Week 6: Addicted to altitude

The woman looked exhilarated but concerned as she met us coming down the Swiftcurrent Pass trail. “You’d best be careful ..


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