Blog Status, I May 2013

Personal News
Out of operate again.  Sigh.  In my industry, IT, it seems that most operate these days is projection based work.  I only completed a 4 calendar month contract where I was working sometimes 7 days per week, sometimes to midnight or fifty-fifty later, but straight off I'm unemployed.  Such is life.  At to the lowest degree the projection was successful.

I'm cook for a break, but I promise I'll discovery operate soon.  The extra fourth dimension volition hopefully assistance me larn to some posts I've been wanting to write for some fourth dimension straight off -- as well as allow me to create to a greater extent than hiking.  Because of work, I've actually had to curtail my hiking trips, especially inwards March.  :(

Recent Hiking
I did leave of absence this yesteryear weekend to the San Gorgonio Wilderness inwards Southern California.

Yours truly, inwards the San Gorgonio Wilderness

I spent some fourth dimension inwards a seldom visited corner of the wilderness.  It's dandy that at that topographic point are areas similar this that are visited yesteryear relatively few but all the same are approximately a major urban expanse similar Los Angeles.

You tin encounter my trip report, if you're interested:  East Barton Flats to Grinnell Ridge Camp.  I had a dandy fourth dimension exploring a cross province small cutting as well as checking out a hidden as well as to a greater extent than oft than non unknown saltation -- a valuable resources inwards a dry out expanse similar Southern California.

Hidden Mosquito Spring

A Trail Ambassador
I've croak a "Trail Ambassador" for Gossamer Gear, an ultra low-cal equipment company.

So, what precisely is a Trail Ambassador?  It's a collaboration betwixt an private such equally myself as well as Gossamer Gear.  Basically, I larn to endeavour out Gossamer Gear products as well as inwards provide Gossamer Gear gets some exposure.  People who know me know that I've been trying to lighten upwardly (a lot!) inwards damage of my behave weight on trips over the final one-half dozen years or so.  I'm excited most forming a mutually beneficial human relationship amongst a dandy gear companionship whose products I've already been using for several years.  Can yous spot the Gossamer Gear logo on a slice of my gear inwards my recent trip report?  :)

The solely downwards side mayhap is that Gossamer Gear actually isn't a stove company, hence I in all likelihood won't last doing a lot of stove reviews on their gear.  I volition last using their packs, accessories, etc, as well as hopefully you'll encounter them crop upwardly from fourth dimension to fourth dimension inwards my posts.

The State of the Blog
Adventures inwards Stoving is doing well.  Around the halt of February,  Adventures inwards Stoving passed the one-half meg grade inwards damage of site views.  That agency that over 500,000 people receive got come upwardly to sentiment the data presented hither inwards only a petty over 2 years.  I recall that's pretty skillful for an individual's hobby blog.

Let me part a petty graphic amongst you:

The to a higher identify is Google Blogger's monthly count of visits to .  I started inwards Jan 2011.  Things got off to a irksome start, but yesteryear fall, 2011, readership had climbed to over 40,000 per month.  I as well as then lost a task that I had held for 20+ years inwards Jan 2012.  I perforce accepted a task that required me to drive over 100 miles (160 km) per twenty-four hr menses inwards Los Angeles traffic.  My blogging suffered as well as hence did readership.  In 2013, I got a novel projection to operate on, 1 that was much closer to home.  My blogging picked upwardly over again as well as readership is straight off slightly to a higher identify where it was when I got that distant job.  I give thank yous you for hanging inwards at that topographic point amongst me.

With gratitude as well as appreciation,

HJ