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It's that time of year again. The time when you just want to curl up in front of the fireplace and enjoy a nice hot cup of apple cider. For me, the best cider is the kind you make using an old fashioned cider press. In this video, I'll show you how it's done.

This is the eighth episode of "Tales of the Trails." The Jackson Lake Loop is about 10 miles long with roughly 2,500 feet of elevation gain. This scenic trek involved some cross country hiking, a stint on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT,) as well as a side trip to Pinyon Ridge, one of the Sierra Club's "100 Peaks." This was a bit of a trial run with my new GoPro Hero 4 action cam, so I didn't do any talking except at the beginning, which was shot with my Sony NEX C3.

This is episode 7 of "Tales of the Trails." A lush aspen forest, multitudes of wildflowers, pristine alpine lakes, all leading up to a pass overlooking an alluring backcountry. Piute Pass provides the quintessential Sierra experience. The elevation gain is gradual enough that anyone in relatively good physical condition can accomplish this hike in a day. The hike is 10.3 miles round trip with 2,300 feet of elevation gain, so it should take anywhere between 5 to 8 hours to complete. This hike...

In this sixth episode of "Tales of the Trails," I set off on a solo adventure toward the majestic Cloudripper Peak (elev. 13,525ft) in the California Eastern Sierra.

The fifth episode of "Tales of the Trails." Want to climb the highest peak in Death Valley National Park? Join me on that journey in this latest episode of Tales of the Trails where I hike to the summit of Telescope Peak while serving up some inspiration along the way. What sort of tale will we find ourselves in?

In this fourth episode of "Tales of the Trails," we backpacked the popular Rae Lakes Loop in 5 days. The Rae Lakes Loop is located in the California Sierra Nevada and can be accessed through Kings Canyon National Park. The loop can either be hiked clockwise or counter-clockwise. We hiked clockwise and covered a total of 48 miles.

Episode 3 of "Tales of the Trails." In this 12-minute episode, my friends and I took a trip to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Ventura in Southern California. Santa Cruz Island is part of Channel Islands National Park.

Episode 2 of "Tales of the Trails." They call this The Bridge to Nowhere, but for me and four of my friends, it led somewhere, and the broken road toward it taught us some valuable life lessons along the way.

This video is the first episode of the web series "Tales of the Trails," and is about a 1-day adventure to 5 peaks in the San Gabriel mountains of Southern California. In order of ascent, they are San Gabriel Peak, Mt. Disappointment, Mt. Deception, Mt. Markham and Mt. Lowe.

My friends and I built an igloo at the Mt. Whitney Portal in February 2014 and I made this short trailer to document some of the fun. It was my first experience with editing, so I used a template for a movie trailer.