John Muir Country!

I'm always happy to hike in the wilderness country named after my boyhood hero and adult mentor - John Muir! His passion, exuberance, balance of masculine and feminine qualities, intelligence and spirituality have influenced me mightily all throughout my life! A few days after this shot was taken, filmmaker Michael Conti took a bit of footage of me walking by the Merced River at Yosemite. Early in the afternoon, he did a very inspiring interview of Park Ranger Shelton Johnson, whom Michael called "a national treasure." Look for Michael's movie on Muir to come out sometime next year :)

Photo: Stephen hiking in the John Muir Wilderness, near Big Pine Lakes, CA, July 19, 2015