bheiser1

I am primarily a hiker, backpacker, and camper.  I work on weekdays, so most of my trips are 1-2 night weekenders, with occasional longer trips.  My longest backpacking trip so far (aside from spending a summer of mixed backpacking & roadside camping in my teens) has been a 30-day thru-hike of the John Muir Trail in 2012. Wow, that seems like a long time ago.

I've been doing these things since I was a kid when we went family camping and hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  There have been off-again, on-again periods of outdoorsy stuff throughout my adult life as a result of getting caught up in other life activities.  In 2015 I moved to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, so my travels these days are mostly in this region, and mostly involve day hikes. I'd like to do some backpacking, but there have been lots of conflicting priorities. One of these years! :)