Brad Marston
bradmarston@mountains.social
<p>Hiker and trail worker; also climate and quantum physicist. Rhode Island and California. Mostly <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hiking</span></a>, <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wilderness</span></a>, <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meditation</span></a>, and <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>outdoors</span></a> (and occasionally some related politics). Long distance hiking is a form of meditation. For science follow me at <a href="https://fediscience.org/@bradmarston" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://
Posts
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Post #3177731
Fire is now part of nearly every step along the #BigfootTrail https://www.bigfoottrail.org/2026/01/fire-on-the-bigfoot-trail/?mc_cid=1f275f3325&amp;mc_eid=ec18b05454
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Post #3177730
View from Arthur’s Seat, a volcanic core next to Edinburgh. Wind was so strong I couldn’t record at the very top and still stand.
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Post #3177729
View of Mt. San Gorgonio from the Cougar Crest Trail.
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Post #3177728
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve has more than just California poppies.
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Post #3177727
Hole-in-the-Wall and Banshee canyon.
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Post #3177726
Views from Mojave National Preserve: Kelso Sand Dunes, moon rising above Joshua trees before lunar eclipse, dusk, and Kelso depot.
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Post #3177725
Cima Dome, Teutonia Peak, and a mine shaft. Most of the dense Joshua tree forest was killed by 2020 Dome wildfire that spread over 43k acres due in part to invasive cheat grass and probably climate change as well. Only a few trees had new growth.
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Post #3177724
Zzyzx aka the Desert Studies Center.
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Post #3177723
The Mojave River surfaces in Afton Canyon.
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Post #3177722
Cactus gardens in the Mojave that remind me of the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona.
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Post #3177721
California chorus frogs (I think) along the Mojave river. Sound up!
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Post #3177720
Miners lettuce, a red tail hawk eating a snake, and Mt. San Antonio (Baldy) and Big Dalton Dam as seen from the Coulter Pine trail.
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Post #3177719
Rhode Island’s Great Swamp.