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I spent the last couple of nights in Joshua Tree National Park at the beautiful Belle campground. There are only 18 sites here of which about 3 are occupied at the moment. At $5 per night you also get to climb on the White Tank monzogranite boulders scattered around the valley. It was very windy […]

Late yesterday evening I arrived in the Painted Canyon of the Mecca Hills. These soft muddy hills and canyons were formed by the movements of the San Andreas Fault. I expected it to be a quite busy but there were few signs of life around so I found myself a nice hidden spot behind a […]

Actually this is my second attempt, the first being 2 years ago when Glenn and I turned around halfway after the winds got to strong to fly down. This time however I was going to fly to the top instead of from the top. At 5755 ft Villager is far from the tallest mountain I […]

I spend the weekend in Joshua Tree climbing with Janet, Chris, Mike and Nate. This was my 2nd only attempt at crack and I was slightly worried about level of climbing involved. The rest of our party was all accomplished with the task at hand but as climbers are, they were very accommodating towards the […]

Janet came out visiting me in Anza Borrego for a couple of days. The weather was beautiful and we got to explore Clark Dry Lake and the Badlands. From where I am camped Clark Lake doesn’t look like much, but there are all sorts of interesting structures and clumps of trees scattered around the barren […]