The Hikes are Alive

Name: Short Inca Trail Address:  Machu Picchu, Peru Date of Hike:  Sunday, January 27th, 2019 Duration: 8 hours Distance:  10 miles Difficulty: Challenging ✅Historic Site  ✅Panoramic Views  🚫Shade 🚫Picnic Area  There is no un-pretentious way to say you hiked to Machu Picchu, which is honestly why it took me this long to sit down and be comfortable with the fact that sharing this experience is contrary to my entire relationship with social media. We're just going to pretend that liking stuff ironically is boring and outdated. 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM : Bus from Cusco to Ollantaytambo 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM : Breakfast 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM : Train from Ollantaytambo to KM 104 After our 5:00 AM bus leaves Cusco and drives 2 hours to the small village of Ollantaytambo, we board a train that goes to Aguas Calientes. For people that don't hike the Inca Trail, there are buses that run from Aguas Calientes up to Machu Picchu. If you do hike the trail, you can get off at "KM 10

Name:  Zuma Canyon Trail Address:  5721 Bonsall Dr, Malibu, CA 90265 Date of Hike:  Saturday, January 19th Duration:  1.5 hours Distance:  1.5 miles round trip Difficulty:  Medium Parking:  Free parking lot, free street parking ✅Closed Loop  ✅Ocean Views  ✅Panoramic Views  🚫Shade 🚫Picnic Area 🚫Probably Best Not to a Bring a Dog Probably need a disclaimer here... this trail is a sort of... "enter at your own risk?" kind of deal... We pretty much hit the trifecta going to a place that had a fire that year, days after a massive rainstorm, DURING the government shut down. I would not be in good conscience if I didn't lay out that we knowingly took on the liability of entering this trail. That said, this was an incredibly interesting experience seeing the effects of the Malibu fires. Here is the picnic area at the start of this trail. Just entire tables burned to pieces. There really wasn't a tree that was safe on this hike. It was like walkin

Name:  Switzer Falls Trail Address: 701 Angeles Crest Hwy, Tujunga, CA 91042 Date of Hike:  Sunday, January 13th Duration:  3 hours Distance:  5 miles round trip Difficulty:  Medium Parking:  3 parking lots... $5 day Parking Permit BUT the government was shut down so... ✅Picnic Area  ✅Closed Loop  ✅Shade  ✅Panoramic Views  ✅Dogs on Leash 🚫Free Parking 🚫Ocean Views This hike includes a nice drive through the Angeles National Forest, if you like belting Ariana Grande while swerving around deadly cliffs. So along the main road there are two parking lots (where we took this first picture), and then there's a driveway that leads down to a lower parking lot by a campground.  Us trying to decide who was going to catch us not paying for parking We couldn't get down to the lower parking lot because the gate was closed (thanks, Obama!) so we got to add a cool half mile at the beginning and end of our hike. Yes I do portraits, hit me up on Insta @daveb

Name: Los Liones Canyon Trail Address: 566 Los Liones Dr, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Date of Hike: Sunday, January 6th Duration: 1 hour Distance: 2 miles round trip Difficulty: Easy Parking: 2 Lots and street parking, free Wanted to start off with an easy one!  Los Liones, which is referred to as both Los Liones on Google Maps and Los Leones on park maps, is an up and back down hike in Pacific Palisades that you can easily knock out before your New Year's Resolution-breaking brunch.  During the hike, you'll get some beautiful ocean views from Santa Monica to Malibu, starting off with mostly shaded trail and ending with some upward trail that is exposed. Here I am early on in the hike, describing to Ash what a true wedding arch should look like.  When you reach the top (which is only defined as the top by us because we were ready to turn around, you can continue on up to other trails if you wish), you'll be able to see clearly through Santa