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John McKinney's guide to LA's best urban hikes, "Walk Los Angeles: Adventures on the Urban Edge" was published just after the L.A. Riots of 1992.

May 2, 2017

02May

Walking on Edge and Remembering the LA Riots of 1992

When the L.A. Riots broke out in the spring of 1992, I was the Los [...]

Instant and Profound Connection: Father Daniel and Daniel

February 26, 2017

26Feb

Hiking the Holy Mountain Gallery

After authoring thirty books about hiking, I was compelled by [...]

Hiking the Holy Mountain: Tales of Monks and Miracles on the Trails of Mount Athos, Greece

February 5, 2017

05Feb

Hiking the Holy Mountain Book Trailer

About, TALES, Talks

While the ‘plot’ and colorful cast of Greek monks in “Hiking the Holy [...]

“The Way” Shows the Spiritual Side of Hiking
“Take a hike!” A Positive or Negative Suggestion?
A Hiker’s Homage to Oranges
A Walk in the Woods Trailmaster Review
An Unlikely Hero, Unlikely Hiker and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Backbone Trail Gallery
Bee Rock and Old Zoo Trail
Big Sycamore Canyon Trails Speak in Mysterious Ways
Big Trees, Blessed Moments in California State Parks
Boomers and Zoomers
California Coastal Trail: Read All About It
California State Parks By the Numbers
Cult of the Thru-Hiker
Happy Birthday California’s Desert Parks
Happy Birthday to the National Park Service: Celebrating its Past, Contemplating its Future
Hearts of Stone Inspire Hikers
Hike and Film in Griffith Park
Hike Bommer Canyon with Your Cell Phone
HIKE Griffith Park and the Hollywood Hills
Hike On Halloween: New Holiday Tradition
Hike the Mojave National Preserve and Celebrate its 20th Anniversary
Hike With Gratitude: Giving Thanks On the Trail
Hiking and Beer, Happy Trails and Ales
Hiking and Spelling
Hiking Connects us with Nature
Hiking Death Valley in Summer a Very Bad Idea
Hiking Humor
Hiking Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain
Hiking Songs
Hiking the Holy Mountain Book Trailer
Hiking the Holy Mountain Gallery
Hiking Trails Gone to the Dogs in San Francisco
Holy Land Hiking: On the Trail with Jesus
Homage to Switchbacks
How to Wear-out 240 Hiking Boots
Is Hiking Sport?
King Gillette Ranch
Mount Athos: “My Favorite Story”
Mount Athos: Hiking the Holy Mountain of Greece
NATIONAL LANDS: Twelve Kinds of Public Land You Can Hike
National Parks: The Next 100 Years
Nine Months of Spring Hiking
On the Trail with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Rainbows and Hikers
Remembering the First Trails Day
Samaria Gorge Hike in Crete
San Rafael Wilderness, America’s First
Take a Hike Day November 17
The Many Blessings of Saint Barbara
The Year of The Hiker
WALK Until You’re 99
WALK with Laughter
Walking on Edge and Remembering the LA Riots of 1992
Why I Compiled a Hiker Dictionary
Why I Like to Hike San Francisco
Words You Associate with Hiking