How to Get a John Muir Trail Permit
If you want to hike the John Muir Trail, you’re going to a wilderness permit from Yosemite National Park. But how do you get one?
Making IPA Pickles: Results (and a Recipe)
As it turns out, pickles are insanely easy to make and the recipe is perfect for experimentation. And that’s how I decided to make two batches of IPA Pickles.
On Making Fire Cider
This winter I mixed up a small batch of Fire Cider, a curative tonic made from all sorts of spicy, sinus-clearing ingredients. Here’s how it turned out.
Making a Xanthan Gum Latte
I’m not normally a latte sort of guy, but there are a few I enjoy on occasion — like this xanthan gum latte. And this is how to make one.
On Turkish Delight
I remember in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe that one of the kids was tempted by the evil queen with something called Turkish delight. It was obviously a sweet, but I really had no idea what the stuff was. Until I went to Turkey …
Nice Cairns!
Some people really hate rock cairns. But on the John Muir Trail, they often serve a very useful purpose.
Tomatan, a wearable robot that feeds you tomatoes.
There’s this new robot, the result of the Wearable Tomato Project, called Tomatan. You wear it while running, and it feeds you tomatoes.
New Rules for John Muir Trail Permits
To help non-JMT hikers enjoy some of the other tails within Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service has issued a new interim exit quota system, which took effect February 2, 2015.
John Muir, Dead These 100 Years
John Muir has been dead for 100 years now. But that doesn’t mean his legacy is any less powerful now than it was then.