robertb@jeffnet.org Origin: U. S. A. Residence: U. S. A. none

I was, until his death on the Fourth of July 2002, for 17 years a friend and hiking partner to Lee Mercer (ecozoic.org) with whom I shared, in his words, "a burning passion for remote wilderness that evolved over many years between two people."

Here are our different Journals...

Eastern Washakie Wilderness (Wyoming) 10 Sep 2003  thru  24 Sep 2003 Last Updated 31 Dec 2003 Dear Harriet and Edgar, here, with love, are photographs of our farewell to your son in keeping with his wishes to rest, with his most loyal dog Maggie, in the wilderness he most loved (and wrote about in "Hiking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness

El Jardin of Good and Tired 26 Jan 1994  thru  10 Feb 1994 Last Updated 9 Dec 2004 Almost as an afterthought, I dipped into the cargo box of backcountry maps, grabbed the Big Bend bag, and threw it in the luggage for our Thanksgiving 2004 visit to "Villa Acosta" in Terlingua, Texas—the family home of my wife Iselda. Our first stop

Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington 21 Jun 2013  thru  5 Jul 2013 Last Updated 7 Jul 2013 After a 3-day backpack in The Enchantments with two friends, I did a 10-day solo in another part of the southeastern area of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The ALW comprises a series of mountain ranges on both sides of the Cascade divide. This story