It was still dark when I rose from my sleeping bag at 5 a.m. to prepare for a morning climb up Whale Peak in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. I knew the 11-mile hike to the 5,300-foot peak would be ...

Millions of people canceled their travel plans in 2021 as Covid-19 halted international trips around the world. Renee Miller and Tim Beissinger were not among them. The pair are "thru-hikers," a term ...

Desert hiking in California. Doesn’t get much better than that, right? The stillness of the air and the wide expanse of blue sky. The dust clouds kicked up from my hiking boots. Sounds pretty dreamy ...