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Aaron Rickel

The Secret Shortcut

There are some local secrets I don’t dare publish online. Nevertheless, here’s one…

3 min readJan 25, 2022

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The Secret Shortcut

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Aaron Rickel

Cleaning up our messes.

I grew up in a branch of Christianity that valued certainty and constantly left me questioning my own. Then one day I picked up meditation.

7 min readAug 25, 2021

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Aaron Rickel

What planting corn taught me about being alive.

Back in May I planted corn in the median between the sidewalk and the street in front of our Los Angeles duplex.

8 min readAug 23, 2021

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What planting corn taught me about being alive.

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Aaron Rickel

You can go camping without a Subaru. — The Los Angeles Field Guide

Contrary to both popular belief and the demographic makeup of REI parking lots, you are not in fact required to drive a Subaru to be…

4 min readAug 16, 2021

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You can go camping without a Subaru. — The Los Angeles Field Guide

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Aaron Rickel

Campground Standard Time

Most of us think of the time produced by our clocks as time itself. Camping offers an alternative way of experiencing time.

4 min readAug 9, 2021

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Campground Standard Time

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Aaron Rickel

Thinking About Bears

I’ve been thinking about bears lately. Partly due to the fact that I just got back from some time in the mountains, and partly because it’s…

4 min readAug 2, 2021

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Thinking About Bears

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Aaron Rickel

Fireworks

If you’ve lived in California for any significant length of time, you must be aware of the fact that fireworks are very illegal. (And if…

3 min readJul 5, 2021

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Fireworks

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Aaron Rickel

Lightning Point

I step out of the car. It’s colder here than I thought it would be. Of course it is; it’s February and Mill Creek sits at nearly 5,000…

7 min readMar 8, 2021

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Lightning Point

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Aaron Rickel

That Boring Hike

Oh, that hike? Boring.

4 min readJan 18, 2021

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That Boring Hike

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Aaron Rickel

Do Hard Things

“The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong — that’s when adventure starts.” — Yvon Choinard

2 min readJan 31, 2020

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Do Hard Things

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Aaron Rickel

Aaron Rickel

Camping, biking, rock climbing, gardening, spirituality, humor… I write somewhere between those lines. Weekly outdoor blog—The LA Field Guide.

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