TALES

Spring is the exact same length as other seasons. But wherever you live, and wherever you hike, spring is the one season that everyone agrees…

The idea for a Hiker's Dictionary came to me a few years ago when I was speaking to the annual California Recreational Trails Conference, a…

When Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord appeared before him and said: "I am God Almighty, walk before me and be blameless." Abraham continued…

Is Hiking a Sport? During my long tenure as the Los Angeles Times hiking columnist, my weekly hiking columns were published in several different parts…

“What’s wrong with this trail?” the perspiring young sportsman in the Boston Red Sox baseball cap complains to me as I catch up with him…

By expressing our gratitude, we can hike from feeling stressed to feeling blessed. A grateful thought toward heaven is the simplest of prayers.

Maybe it’s the outwardly stern image of the serious exercise-walker, striding with erect posture, a jabbing arm swing, and unsmiling face that suggests walkers can’t…

Letter from John to the Hikers, a passage from "Hiking the Holy Mountain: Tales of Monks and Miracles on the Trails of Mt. Athos Greece"…

Hike on Halloween and start a new holiday tradition. There's likely a place in your neck of the woods that's just a little bit spooky…

I love the very idea of a hiker boxes, and of course the huge help they can be to the hiker who needs more food,…

Hikers have a sense of humor. Really. Perhaps we project a too serious demeanor as we climb to the top of the hill, prompting non-hikers…

Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain, has several faces: a Greek landscape of astonishing beauty; monasteries of an architectural genius that will not be seen again;…

What are words you associate with hiking? By that I mean the words that describe the feelings (mostly good, I hope) that hiking brings you.…