Lazarow World-Hike-About

Mesquite Flats, Death Valley, California Redding, California A view from Mont-Aux-Sources, Drakensberg, RSA. Sliding (color) Sands, Haleakala Crater, Maui, Hawaii. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland Delicate Arch, Utah. Passo Vazargo, Italy. A scene in Cusco, Peru. Beyond Mono Pass, California. Roy's Peak, Wanaka, New Zealand. Gooseberry Trail, Canyonlands, Utah. The Sentinental rises to face the morning sun, Drakensberg, RSA Sierra Nevada in Fall, California Piute Pass trail near Bishop, California Huana Picchu from Machu Picchu Mountain Peak Sun hits part of Wetterhorn, Switzerland Ben Lomond, Queenstown, New Zealand Tyee Lakes in the Sierras, prior to 'crocodile attack'. Cusco at night Squaw editor sits on Table Mountain, California. Bishop, California. Mount Shasta, our son trudges. Mesquite Flats, Death Valley, California. On Table Mountain, California. Machu Picchu and Huana...

Early morning color east of Iron Mountain. Editor's silhouette greets the sun. A sunset at a different location. The unofficial, semi-annual San Diego community hike, the second leg, got off to a roaring start. At 5:20am, we met Sam Hoffman in the car park before heading to the peak, some three miles distant. Without clouds, we weren't expecting an exciting sunrise nor for that matter, did we anticipate rain. A little later, Brian caught up followed by Bob, Nancy, Marlene, Neville and Max, the 'dawg'—they had arrived a little late at the trailhead. The first leg, in September, was less than successful because at the time not even a dog arrived for the hike. The beauty of early morning: Some say the rebirth of the world. (Overlooking Mount Woodson and its 'glamorous towers'.) Sunspots across the way below Mount Woodson. On the way back , the group moved quickly while Neville and guess who ambled down. We were stopped by a couple who w...

A view from Cuyamaca early on in the hike, one of two paintings. Treacherous ice. Who knew to wear crampons in San Diego. Remnants from earlier fires. Given time, they'll be back. We were surprised and charmed when our editor suggested a visit to Cuyamaca State Park. We understood the implication that sunrises or sunsets were not on the cards after a number of such hikes recently. Although over an hour from Carmel Valley, it is well worth the journey. Along the way one gets a good look at some of San Diego County's finest peaks. In fact, the prominence of this particularly one is the highest in the county. At over 6,500 feet, it is high for this part of the world although a 'baby' when compared with the volcanoes further north. Nevertheless, you do with what you have. We hiked over 7-miles and climbed 1,600 feet, part of it on snow and black-ice above 5,400 feet. In our opinion, a painting in East County Climbing before losing the hat. The wind wh...