Agua Caliente Creek: The Reunion

Heart palpitations took me to urgent care on Thursday morning. I had a thumping in my neck and chest that was occurring for 3 days before I Web MD’d my fate and immediately booked it to my nearest Kaiser Permanente. After two hours, I was laying titties out on a gurney, getting an EKG whileContinue reading “Agua Caliente Creek: The Reunion”

Rancho Mission Canyon & Fergie

So in my quest to complete more difficult hikes and achieve a more twerkable butt, I have been upping my fitness ante. For the past 17 weeks I have been working out 3-4 times a week consistently and I haven’t done that since I’ve graduated high school and I’m stoked. At first I just wantedContinue reading “Rancho Mission Canyon & Fergie”

The Trip Where My Foot Exploded

If you still remember me, it is I, Burpina. It has been three years since I have written in this blog and I have been thinking about it for a long time. There had been a backpacking trip that had brought upon this leave of absence which then evolved into a period of being veryContinue reading “The Trip Where My Foot Exploded”

Penny Pines and the Burning Thighs

My first experience with snow in San Diego was being 8 years old and going to Mount Laguna. I ran onto a snow covered field were I was promptly hit and landed on a person who had been hauling ass down a hill on an inner tube. It was funny, don’t get me wrong, butContinue reading “Penny Pines and the Burning Thighs”

Oak Canyon

As much as I would like to think I can hike at a moderate speed and traverse rocks or terrain with ease, it’s simply not true. I’m incredibly slow. Even walking on pavement I tend to stroll (or lumber, depending on who you ask.) I think life is too hard to be in a rushContinue reading “Oak Canyon”