Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club After a lot of good planning from the organizing team, the payoff for this year’s Special Hike in Palm Springs, Calif., was a great trip had by all. Day 1 hikes began after a bag lunch picnic at the Sand to Snow National Monument, part of the national conservation…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club Read a good mystery novel and you hope for a good setting, a bit of suspense, and certainly a satisfying conclusion. With a good club hike, you expect much of the same, and more. On recent hikes, the Mellows discovered the unexpected of multiple water crossings over babbling streams…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club No, not Lech Walesa, or any of his Polish contemporaries (although that would be a good article to read). This article is about the power of hiking poles—those sticks you see people using on hiking trails. Not everyone is aware of their power. My first use of poles was…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club It struck me the other day how uniquely different hikes can be in the Valley. On Monday we were in the Superstition Mountains hiking on remote trails that have been in existence for hundreds of years—trails that once were walked on by hunters and gatherers of old, and perhaps…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club The Sun Lakes Hiking Club started off this season in full swing with a great kick-off luncheon at Oasis Park on Nov. 4. Over 75 new and existing members were in attendance. The food was great, and seeing everyone was better. Announcements were plentiful, and here are the most…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club The Sun Lakes Hiking Club has been busy lining up this year’s hikes and hike leaders. We are ready and will officially begin our hikes on Monday, Nov. 7, but first have a Welcome Back Picnic scheduled for Nov. 4 from noon to 2 p.m. Our picnic is open…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club Interested in the thought of hiking socially with others? Come learn from our members what the Sun Lakes Hiking Club is all about at one of two open houses we are hosting in October. Our first open house will be held in the Cottonwood Saguaro Room on Saturday, Oct.…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club We live in a world of distractions. Try to get one thing done, and then a text message pings, a phone call comes in, or a breaking news alert is announced. The consequences can be a challenge. As one friend said, “When I feel constantly distracted, I don’t just…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club We are at the midpoint of the break from our formal hiking season—a hot time when thoughts are elsewhere other than hiking: Facebook posts of recipes to try, fishing trips along the Canadian border, and other vacation destinations that are timed to escape the heat of the summer. But…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club I’ve seen three helicopter rescues in my time hiking in the Valley—two on Camelback Mountain and one on South Mountain. As far as I know, no one in our club has ever had a heat-related rescue on a trail. But with the summer’s heat bearing down on us right…