LA Times Today: He once traveled the High Sierra by mule. After 59 years, he tried it again
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It was a trip he first forged as a young man — riding horseback through the high Sierras with pack mules trailing alongside.
Nearly six decades later, L.A. Times reporter Doug Smith returned to the Kern River canyon to retrace his journey.
Nearly six decades later, L.A. Times reporter Doug Smith returned to the Kern River canyon to retrace his journey.