2018 Trips
January 3 – 6, 2018: Visiting Basel, Switzerland
February 16 – 18, 2018: Explore the high desert, Joshua Tree National Park, CA
April 5 – 7, 2018: Camping and hiking Figueroa Mountain and Manzana Creek, Los Padres National Forest, CA
April 22, 2018: Surfing trip, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
April 30 – May 1, 2018: Exploring the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
May 3 – 14, 2018: Exploring the Holy land – Israel – Hiking the Golan Heights, Israel
August 9-17, 2018: Scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking & visiting ancient temples, sea-side communities and open markets, South Korea
August 17-20, 2018: Surfing, scuba diving, snorkeling and hiking, Hawaii
2017 Trips
February 19, 2017: White-water kayaking down the Santa Clara River, CA
March 11, 2017: Hiking the Santa Monica Mountains National Preserve, CA
March 25 – 26, 2017: Camping and hiking Morro Bay State Park, CA
March 30 – April 1, 2017: Camping, hiking and rock climbing Joshua Tree National Park, CA
April 2, 2017: Structural Geology, Ventura – Cuyama Valley along Hwy 33, CA
April 4 – 5, 2017: Exploring Wildflowers – Carrizo Plains National Monument, CA
April 26 – 27, 2017: Rafting the North Fork Kern River, Kernville, CA
May 2, 2017: Kayaking and hiking Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
June 17, 2017: Scuba diving Bird Rock, Catalina Island, CA
June 20, 2017: Geological Surveys, Potrero Seco - Murietta Divide, Los Padres National Forest, CA
June 23 – 25, 2017: Climb Mount Shasta (14,179 feet above sea level), CA
July 8, 2017: Surfing Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
July 9 – Aug. 3, 2017: Working Whittier wildfire, Santa Barbra District, CA
Aug. 11 – 14, 2017: Geological exploration (hiking), Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
Aug. 17 – 19, 2017: Camping & surfing San Clemente State Beach, San Clemente, CA
Sep. 10 – 18, 2017: Work on the Pier wildfire, Sequoia National Forest, CA
Sep. 18 – 22, 2017: Work on the Railroad wildfire, Sierra National Forest, CA
Sep. 29 – Oct. 6, 2017: Work on (exploring southwest Oregon) the Chetco Bar Wildfire, Southwest Oregon
Oct. 19 – 22, 2017: Geological exploration, Mojave National Preserve, Mojave, CA
Oct. 27 - 28, 2017: Backpacking Sisar – Red Reef Trail – Ladybug campground, Ojai District, Sespe Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest, CA
Nov. 9, 2017: Kayaking, snorkeling and hiking, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
Nov. 11 – 12, 2017: Camping, hiking, Thorn Meadows, Mount. Pinos District, Los Padres National Forest, CA
Nov. 17 – 19, 2017: Geological exploration (hiking), Santa Cruz Island, Nature Conservancy Lands, CA
Dec. 15, 2017 – Jan. 3, 2018: Exploring (hiking, scuba diving, snorkeling) the Holy Land - Israel
Jan. 3 – 6, 2018: Visiting Basel, Switzerland
2016 Trips
January 27, 2016: Hiking Alder Creek, Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
March 2, 2016: Hiking Alder Creek, Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
March 31 – April 1, 2016: Camping & Hiking at Leo Carrillo State Park, CA
April 15 – 17, 2016: Hiking and exploring the desert, Palm Springs, CA
April 22 – 24, 2016: Hiking & Camping Sycamore Canyon State Park, CA
June 4 – 6, 2016: Backpacking the Sespe Creek, Los Padres National Forest, CA
July 6 – 13, 2016: Exploring Kernville and the Sequoya National Forest, CA
August 8 – 11, 2016: Surfing trip – Las Gaviotas, Baja California, Mexico
August 28 – September 7, 2016: Exploring Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
October 3 – 4, 2016: Hike Willow Creek, Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
October 12 – 20, 2016: Exploring Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
December 16 – 18, 2016: Camping and hiking outside of Pioneer town, Mojave Desert, CA
December 27, 2016: Hiking and climbing Montanon Peak, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
2015 Trips
December 30-31, 2014 – January 1-2, 2015: Winter exploration of Joshua Tree National Park, CA
January 29, 2015: Hike Alder Creek, Big Sur Coast-line, CA
March 8, 2015: Scuba Diving Catalina Island, CA
April 10-12, 2015: Camping trip, Sycamore Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Monument, CA
April 13, 2015: Surfing trip, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
April 19-20, 2015: Hiking Willow Creek, Alder Creek – Buckeye Trail – Villa Creek – Cruikshank Trail, Big Sur Coast-line, CA
May 2-3, 2015: Camping & hiking Pine Mountain – Reyes Peak, Los Padres National Forest, CA
May 16-18, 2015: Back packing trip from Reyes Peak to Upper Ojai, Los Padres National Forest, CA
May 26-28, 2015: Explore the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
June 11-18, 2015: White-water kayaking the Green River (Gates of Lodore) – Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado – Utah
June 24-July 8, 2015: Hiking, Kayaking and exploring the Adirondack Mountains, Up-State NY
August 18-19, 2015: Hike Willow Creek and San Carpoforo Creek / Peak, Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Big Sur Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA
August 28 – September 15, 2015: Exploring and hiking Shasta – Trinity National Forest and Lassen National Park, Northern CA
September 27 – October 7, 2015: Exploring Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest & Kings Canyon National Park, CA
October 23, 2015: Surfing trip, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA
2014 Trips
April 2-4, 2014: Exploring / Surfing the Southern California Coastline, San Clemente - San Diego, CA
April 22-24, 2014: Hike, camp and explore the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Central California Coastal Range, CA
April 25-26, 2014: Camping trip to El Capital State Beach, CA
May 16-18, 2014: Rafting and camping trip - Upper Kern River, Sierra Nevada, CA
June 18-28, 2014: Exploring, hiking and mountain climbing the remote Southern Altiplano Region, Bolivia, South America
July 4-6, 2014: Surfing, kayaking, hiking and camping Santa Cruz Island, Chanel Islands N.P., CA
July 26, 2014: Kayaking and hiking Anacapa Island, Chanel Islands N.P., CA
July 30-31, 2014: Hiking and camping the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, Central California mountain range, CA
August 8-10, 2014: Climbing Mount San Jacinto (10,834'), Southern California
August 27, 2014: Big Wednesday, Surfing the swell of Hurricane Maria at Zuma Beach, CA.
September 30 - October 13, 2014: Exploring El Dorado National Forest, Northern California
November 22, 2014: Scuba Diving trip to Anacapa Island, Chanel Islands N.P., CA
December 21-28, 2014: Winter exploration of Sequoia National Park, CA
December 30-31, 2014: Winter exploration of Joshua Tree National Park, CA
2013 Trips
March 29 - 31, 2013: Palm Springs, CA. Hiking Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, CA
April 18 - May 8, 2013: Exploring the holy land and Scuba diving the Red Sea, Israel.
May 24 - 26, 2013: Camping, hiking and rock climbing - Joshua Tree National Park
June 2 - 7, 2013: Exploring the flat-lands and National Forest � Houston, Texas
August 3 - 10, 2013: Camping and exploring the east Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Devils Post Pile N.P., hiking to the Minarets, camping and hiking Yosemite N.P.
August 30 - September 2: Palm Springs, CA. Exploring the high desert during flash floods, Twenty Nine Palms, CA
September 7 - 19, 2013: Exploring Yosemite N.P. and Stanislaw N.F., CA
October 19 - 20, 2013: Backpacking along Piru Creek Canyon, Los Padres N.F., CA
October 25 - 26, 2013: Camping at the Fort Tajon State Park, CA
November 1 - 3, 2013: Rock climbing, biking and hiking in Joshua Tree N.P., CA
December 3, 2013: Exploring Native American Rock art, Hopper Canyon, Los Padres N.F., CA
2012 Trips
May 4-6, 2012: Camping and kayaking at the Refugio State Beach, California, USA
May 13-18, 2012: Exploring South-east Utah, USA
May 30-31, 2012: Camping and hiking along Willow Creek, Central California Coast-line, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
July 23, 2012: Trip to the Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA., USA
August 14-29, 2012: Trip to South Korea exploring the interior and south-west coastline of Korea
November 3-4, 2012: Backpacking along Santa Paula Canyon, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
November 16-17, 2012: Climbing Santa Paula Peak, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
December 8-10, 2012: Exploring Death Valley National Park, CA., USA
December 21-30, 2012: Exploring the southern California Coastline, San Diego, CA., USA
2011 Trips
March 10-13, 2011: Surfing trip to Baja California, Mexico
April 1-2, 2011: Kayaking down the Sespe Creek and the Santa Clara River from Fillmore to Santa Paula, CA., USA
April 8, 2011: Kayaking down the Sespe Creek and the Santa Clara River from Fillmore to Santa Paula, CA., USA
April 20-21, 2011: Exploring, hiking and camping - Rout # 1 along the California Central Coast-line up to Pfeifer / Big Sur State Park, CA., USA
May 14, 2011: Hike up Lion canyon to Nordhoff Ridge and down Horn Canyon to Ojai, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
May 29-30, 2011: Backpacking trip up Santa Paula Canyon to Topatopa Bluff and down to Ojai, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
June 10-11, 2011: Camping and hiking Pine Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
June 19-27, 2011: Explore the National Parks and Forests of Colorado, USA
July 1-4, 2011: Backpacking from Piedra Blanca along the Sespe creek through the Sespe Gorge and down to Fillmore, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
August 16-17, 2011: Camping and hiking Pine Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
October 12, 2011: White water rafting the Kern River, Sequoia National Forest, Ca., USA
October 21-22, 2011: Camping and hiking along Sycamore Canyon, Los Padres National Forest, CA., USA
2010 Trips
March 5-24, 2010: Exploring the Holy Land - Israel
April 8-11, 2010: Surfing trip to Baja California, Mexico
April 23-24, 2010: Camping and hiking along the Santa Ynez Creek, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA
October 8-9, 2010: Hiking and exploring Zion National Park, Utah, USA
October 29-30, 2010: Camping and hiking along the Santa Ynez Creek, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA
November 23-29, 2010: Hiking and exploring Grass Valley and the south Yuba River, Sierra Nevada, California, USA
2009 Trips
January 16-18, 2009: Rock climbing and hiking trip in the Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
March 12-30, 2009: Exploring the Holy Land - Israel
April 18-19, 2009: Camping along the Santa Ynez Creek, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA
April 24-26, 2009: Rock climbing, hiking and camping in Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
May 8-9, 2009: Camping and hiking McGrath State Park, Oxnard, California, USA
June 21-27, 2009: Hiking, campling and studying the local geology of the Bitter Roots Mountains, Montana, USA
July 9-11, 2009: Exploring Owns Valley, Mono Lake and the eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA
November 6-15, 2009: Scuba diving, snorkeling and hiking St. Croix, Virgin Islands, USA
2008 Trips
May 21 - June 4, 2008: Trip to South Korea exploring the north-east Coastline of South Korea
October 4-15, 2008: Trip to Peru - backpacking Canyon Del Colca, exploring Cusco and hiking Machu Pichu, Peru
December 3-6, 2008: Visit to Boise, Idaho, USA
2007 Trips
January 12-15, 2007: Canoe trip down the Colorado River, Moab � Bullhead City, Utah, California, USA
February 7-11, 2007: Exploring the Big Apple, NY, USA
March 6-27, 2007: Exploring the Holy Land - Israel
May 21-24, 2007: Exploration of the Sierra Nevada foothills, Sonora, CA., USA
May 26-28, 2007: Kayaking, diving and hiking Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA, USA
July 27-29, 2007: Exploring Central California Coastline, hiking the Muir Wood, Northern California, USA
September 7-9, 2007: Kayaking and diving Anacapa Island, Chanel Islands National Park, California, USA
November 10-12, 2007: Hiking and camping in the Havasu Canyon, Havasu Reservation, Arizona, USA
2006 Trips
March 15-30, 2006: Exploring the Holy Land, Israel
April 3-7, 2006: Visiting Jacksonville, Florida, USA
April 22-28, 2006: Exploring Lake Tahoe, Nevada � California, USA
May 15-18, 2006: Visiting and biking around Sacramento, California, USA
August 3-5, 2006: Exploring the Mojave Preserve / Desert, California, USA
August 6-8, 2006: Hiking, camping and snorkeling Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
October 18-November 8, 2006: Visiting the Holy Land, Israel
2005 Trips
March 19-20, 2005: Off road exploration and camping in Death Valley - winter flower bloom
April 18-30, 2005: 13 day trip exploring the Holy Land, Israel
June 18-19, 2005: Off road exploration / Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Desert, California, USA
July 14-19, 2005: 5 day trip to Up-State NY - hiking in the Adirondack Mountains, NY, USA
September 30-October 7, 2005: 8 day trip to the volcanoes of central Oregon and Washington, USA
November 24 - December 3, 2005: Road trip to the Sierra Nevada - Northern California, USA
2004 Trips
January 17-19, 2004: Surfing trip to Baja California - Punta San Jose - Mexico
January 22-26, 2004: Exploring the coastline of Northern California / Surfing and Tai-Chi trip - California, USA
February 24 - March 30, 2004: Backpacking through the Negev Desert & scuba diving in the Red Sea, Israel
September 30 - October 3, 2004: Backpacking and mountain climbing in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range - Sequoia National Park, California, USA
October 22-23, 2004: Off road exploration trip to Saline Valley, California, USA
November 11-13, 2004: Three day hiking and scuba diving trip to Catalina Island, California, USA
November 18-19, 2004: Winter mountain climbing Mount San Jacinto, California, USA
December 2004: 17-day trip to East Africa - Kenya and Tanzania, climbing mount Kilimanjaro, Safari trip and scuba diving in Zanzibar, Tanzania
2003 Trips
January 2003: Backpacking through the Negev Desert & scuba diving in the Red Sea, Israel
April, 2003: Backpacking and mountain climbing, Telescope Peak, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
May 10-11, 2003: Backpacking and mountain climbing in the Mount San Jacinto, California, USA
May 27-29, 2003: backpacking and mountain climbing in Sierra Nevada Mountain Range - Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California, USA
June 2003: Surfing trip along the coastline of Guerrero and Michoacán, Mexico
June 12 - July 1, 2003: Three week Cultural Trip to South Korea, combing outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain climbing and scuba diving in Jedju Island, South Korea
August 15-19, 2003: 4-day trip to Up State NY - hiking in the Adirondack Mountains, NY, USA
October 4, 2003: Scuba Diving - Research, Ventura County, California, USA
October 11-12, 2003: Hiking North Rim to South Rim Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
October 19, 2003: Sea Kayaking trip Los Angeles, California, USA
October 31-November 1, 2003: Off road exploration Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Desert, California, USA
December 2003: Three week off road exploration and hiking the Canyon lands / Southwest, USA
2002 Trips
December 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002: Hiking and camping in the Joshua National Park, CA., USA
January 26 - February 3, 2002: Climb the high volcanoes peaks of Mexico
March 23-26, 2002: Backpack Peiffer Big Sur State Park to Sykes Hot Spring, CA., USA
May 30, 2002: Surf Exploration along the Pacific Coast of (Zihuatanejo) Mexico
August 11, 2002: Climbing Mount Baldy, Ca. USA
August 24-26, 2002: Climbing Mount San Gorgonio, CA., USA
September 13, 2002: Scuba diving Catalina Island, CA., USA
August - September, 2002: California mountain climbing & scuba diving California, USA
December 10-15, 2002: Exploring the coastline of Central California, USA
December 16, 2002 - January 15, 2003: Exploring the Holy Land, Israel
2001 Trips
January - February, 2001: Adventure trips throughout Israel and the Sinai Peninsula combining hiking, backpacking, climbing, scuba diving, and visiting holy sites and ancient cities, Israel and Egypt
May 4-12, 2001: Winter backpacking through the high backcountry of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA
September 15-22, 2001: Backpacked along the John Muir Trail Sierra Nevada, California, USA
October 2, 2001: Exploring the Holy Land - Israel
December 31, 2001: Hiking Joshua Tree National Park, CA., USA
2000 Trips
December 1999 - April 2000: Adventure trips throughout Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, Central America including backpacking, mountain climbing, scuba diving, canoeing etc.
May 12-17, 2000: exploring the South Yuba River, Sierra Nevada, California, USA
September 25-27, 2000: Climb Mount Whitney, CA., USA
October 11-17, 2000: Climb the Pico De Orizaba, Mexico
October 19-25, 2000: exploring South Yuba River, Sierra Nevada, California, USA
November 19-25, 2000: exploring the Adirondack Mountains, NY., USA
November 26, 2000 - February 22, 2001: Exploring the Holy Land � Israel, including backpacking, scuba diving, hiking etc.