Dan McCaslin
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- Sep 14, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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Dan McCaslin: Return to the Outdoors Leads to Easy Hike at Ellwood Bluffs (opens the original)
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I visited the Ellwood Bluffs (aka Santa Barbara Shores Park) almost a year ago, in late September 2025. I kept returning to these intensely beautiful cliffs above the sea at that time since my partner of 58 years had broken both her ankles at a yoga retreat (yes), and we couldn’t maneuver a wheelchair about in our since-renovated Westside bungalow. One of Santa Barbara’s greatest allures is the nearby availability of enticing nature preserves and gorgeous parks — these aren’t those “savage wilde
Dan McCaslin: Searching for ‘Savage Landscapes’ in Local Wilderness Areas (opens the original)
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Living as we do in this troubled time of climate whiplash and political chaos, more of us look outward in search of relief, alternate realities and enticing landscapes where we can abandon our tiny screens and omnipresent “news of the day.” Always a sports freak and audacious explorer, after I ran into guru Franko and other backcountry “nuts” in the early 1970s, my path became established: repeated quests in search of “savage landscapes” embedded in Los Padres National Forest (see 4.1.1.). Whene
Dan McCaslin: Do We Still Value Historical and Indigenous Sites? (opens the original)
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With all the talk about Homer’s “Odyssey” — not just the recent movie — let’s interpret this story of a western protagonist’s “trail” across the sea in search of … booty, fame and vengeance. The story begins in Homer’s earlier epic poem “The Iliad,” which opens with the famous lines: Sing Goddess of the Wrath of Achilles who fought before the walls of Troy with Odysseus and the Greeks. I believe the story focuses on male human anger and the many stupidities and abominations resulting from the Gr
Dan McCaslin: Wilderness, Empire and the Future of the West (opens the original)
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Most American citizens do not recognize this American Empire we inhabit, but if pressed, they might admit, “Well, we have some soft control and economic dominance, but it’s not really like an empire.” These folks shy away from any admission that the USA and the West run the world, that we do possess a global empire. At the same time, one of America’s greatest strengths resides in our remaining (vast) wilderness areas (Cole quotation, below). When reviewing Jonah Goldberg’s 2018 book “Suicide of
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